You Need to Do More Than Delete Files on an External Drive to Make Them Permanently Disappear

There’s a trick to thoroughly wiping all your data before you junk your old external solid state drive—or even computer.
Morning Overview on MSN

Simply deleting files won’t erase an external drive permanently

On an external drive, the delete key is more of a suggestion than a final verdict. Files that appear to vanish from a USB ...
MUO on MSN

This is what happens to a file when you delete it from your SSD

What this means is that the deleted file is not fully gone and can still be recovered. It's only when the data is overwritten ...
Computerworld

Can data stored on an SSD be secured?

Until a university study emerged last week, few experts suspected that it’s more difficult to erase data stored on solid-state drives (SSD) than that on hard disk drives (HDDs). Industry experts were ...
Ars Technica

Ask Ars: How can I safely erase the data from my SSD drive?

Ask Ars dives into the swampy waters of secure data deletion on solid state drives, why traditional methods don't work, and what recourse you have.
Tidbits

How to Securely Erase a Mac’s SSD or Hard Drive

Over on TidBITS Talk, user Lucas043 posed a question that prompted a fascinating discussion. Lucas043 has a Samsung Portable T7 SSD being used for backup. The SSD has intermittent access problems and ...
Business Wire

Secure Erase SSD With ADISA Certified BCWipe by Jetico

HELSINKI, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jetico, developer of best-in-class data wiping software, announced today that their BCWipe Total WipeOut has been revalidated by the Asset Disposal and Information ...
Business Wire

Jetico DoD Wipe Software to Securely Erase SSD Now in Less Time with NVMe

HELSINKI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jetico, leading-edge developer of DoD wipe software, announced today version 3.5 of BCWipe Total WipeOut. Jetico’s long-trusted solution to wipe hard drive data can now ...
Ars Technica

What is the best way to "erase" ssd?

The option for secure deletion (overwriting) of single files was removed from Mac OS when El Capitan was released as they came to the conclusion that they could not "guarantee" secure deletion.
TweakTown

TEAMGROUP's new P250Q Self-Destruct SSD: erase your data like James Bond in a single click

TL;DR: TEAMGROUP's P250Q Self-Destruct SSD offers innovative one-click data destruction with an independent hardware circuit, ensuring secure and reliable erasure even during power loss. Featuring ...

The Ghosts of Your Files Haunt Old, Erased Hard Drives. Here’s How to Exorcise Them.

Before you junk your old computer or external solid state drive, here’s how to thoroughly wipe all your data, because it’s ...
Electronic Design

11 Myths About SMART Monitoring and SSD Data Protection

Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, or SMART, has its advantages in protecting industrial-grade solid-state drives and securing their data—but it also has its limits. Typical SMART ...