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How to Format Your Hard Drive in Windows

This option may sometimes be necessary for a drive. Here's the procedure, step by step.

Remove all data from hard drive, then trash it

Q. I have several nonusable hard drive-type pieces of equipment that have personal data on them that I cannot access to remove. I need to dispose of them or recycle -- whatever is appropriate -- but not with my personal data on them. I have a computer hard drive (just the hard drive), a portable USB hard drive that died and is not accessible, a couple of "old" hand-held storage devices and more ...

EMC Delivers On Server-Based Flash Storage

Originally unveiled last May and scheduled to ship in 2011, EMC's PCIe/flash-based server cache technology, code-named Project Lightning, is now available under the name of VFCache. The enterprise storage giant has been the leader in enterprise flash drive capacity since entering this market in 2008, shipping more than 24 petabytes in 2011, an eight times increase in customer shipments since ...

Researchers claim 100-fold increase in data storage speed

Network World - European researchers may have found a way to speed up data storage 100-fold, breaking one barrier holding back how fast data can be transferred.

Sanitize your hard drives with Drive eRazer Ultra

CRU-DataPort's Drive eRazer Ultra ($249) is a small device that lets you "sanitize" hard disk drives -- that is, remove any data that you wouldn't want somebody else to gain access to, such as credit card numbers, passwords, financial data, photos, web histories, software license numbers or contact information. It can also wipe your entire disk, including the hidden, protected data that most ...