Wipe A Hard Drive

Did you know that Windows stores unneeded traces of your personal information, including passwords, credit card numbers, and previously deleted data, e-mail and more, all without you even knowing it? These unnecessary traces can expose you to identity theft.

Reasons to wipe a hard drive:

• Your computer contains sensitive, personal information
• You are donating or recycling your computer
• You want to clean your pc before you discard it
• You are looking to sell your computer
• You want to protect yourself from identity theft

WipeDrive protects you by permanently wipe a hard drive to remove traces of your personal information before get rid of your computer.

Does formatting a hard drive wipe a hard drive?

Many people don't realize that formatting the hard drive DOES NOT wipe a hard drive. Your data is still there and is accessible to most file recovery programs and identity theives. With WipeDrive you can completely wipe hard drives to get your computer ready to sell, donate, or throw away. WipeDrive makes protecting yourself safe and easy.

Problem—Your discarded computer contains your personal information and formatting the hard drive or emptying the recycling bin will not erase the sensitive traces of your identity.

Solution—The only way to erase hard drive data is to overwrite your hard drive with random information using a product like WipeDrive.

Here's a way to understand how WipeDrive works—think of a video tape that has recorded TV shows on it. The only way to get rid of the old show is to tape over it.

Using WipeDrive is like finding a channel completely full of static and then recording over the entire tape. Use WipeDrive before getting rid of your computer to erase hard drive data and protect yourself from identity theft.