This is just a friendly reminder to everyone here on the BST forum to make sure to PROPERLY erase all of the data on ANY storage device before selling it. Trust me, you don't want those previously private videos of you and the wife showing up on the 'net let alone any personal / financial details.
Formatting a drive only does so much as anyone with an hour on their hands can restore much of the data from a formatted drive.
There are a couple of utilities I am going to recommend:
Heidi Eraser
and
Darik's Boot and Nuke
Both should offer you options for erasing your data before a sale. If you have other suggestions, please don't hesitate to post them up here.
However, if you are an exhibitionalist who doesn't mind your private vids / pics in someone else's hands, be my guest and sell away. :bleh:
Formatting a drive only does so much as anyone with an hour on their hands can restore much of the data from a formatted drive.
There are a couple of utilities I am going to recommend:
Heidi Eraser
and
Darik's Boot and Nuke
Both should offer you options for erasing your data before a sale. If you have other suggestions, please don't hesitate to post them up here.
However, if you are an exhibitionalist who doesn't mind your private vids / pics in someone else's hands, be my guest and sell away. :bleh: