Wipe Your Drive

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Hard drives should be wiped clean before disposing of them. While there are lots of third-party tools available for doing this, Windows XP actually includes a tool as good as any of them: the cipher /w command. And if that’s not enough, slice your hard drives in half with a band saw to make sure!

About The Author

Mitch Tulloch is Senior Editor of both WServerNews and FitITproNews and is a widely recognized expert on Windows Server and cloud technologies. He has written more than a thousand articles and has authored or been series editor for over 50 books for Microsoft Press and other publishers. Mitch has also been a twelve-time recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award in the technical category of Cloud and Datacenter Management. He currently runs an IT content development business in Winnipeg, Canada.

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