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Karl from Fort Wayne, Indiana wants to make sure he destroys his old gadgets the right way.

This is such an important question because many people don’t even know there’s a correct way to do this. “Out of sight, out of mind,” they might think. In reality, if you throw away your old computers, drives or smartphones without taking any precautions, you could put yourself in danger of identity theft.

Physically, you can wipe using DBAN or Eraser. There’s also another option I highly recommend. Tap or click here for my step-by-step guide to deleting files and completely erasing your hard drive.

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