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.
Network World

Hard disk vs. solid-state drive

Solid-state disk (SSD) drives are all the rage among techies. The drives use non-volatile NAND flash memory, meaning there are no moving parts. Because there is no actuator arm and read/write head ...

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 ...
NewsBytes

Your unused SSD could be quietly losing data over time

Unpowered solid-state drives (SSDs) can gradually lose data over time, making them less reliable for long-term storage ...
PC World

Portable SSDs aren’t just for PC backups. Here’s why everybody needs one

Portable solid-state drives are great, offering lots of storage and faster speeds than a USB flash drive while in a still-portable package. People often use them to back up their PCs with backup ...
Opinion
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4 Terabytes Under $200! I Found 3 Killer SSD Deals Worth Snagging on Cyber Monday

See the 3 best Early Black Friday deals on SSDs from PCMag's longest-tenured storage expert. Score an M.2 SSD or an external SSD. (We even found a 4TB SSD for under $200.) ...
Computerworld

From Hard Drives to Solid State – In a Flash

Frustrated with slow processing rates, many organizations are looking to switch from hard disk drive (HDD) storage devices to solid-state drive (SSD) technology. But questions of SSD capacity and cost ...