Security researchers at BT labs found that around 66% of the used HDD sold on E-Bay contain more then just memory space. They contain sensitive information such as corporate secrets and so. They reveal good amount of info enough for bad guys to steal your identity.

“A significant proportion of the disks examined still contained considerable amounts of information, much of which would have been of a sensitive nature to the organization or individual that had previously owned the disk,” say the researchers.

They recommend that anyone selling or giving a computer uses ‘shredding’ software to delete all traces of their data, rather than just deleting files in Windows, say, which can leave the underlying information intact.

The problem is people use simple Windows delete functionality to erase all files. But those files files can be easily recovered using freeware tools too (and this is not a big secret). So it is advisable to use third part erasing tools like Eraser or Ultrashredder.

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