There’s a trick to thoroughly wiping all your data before you junk your old external solid state drive—or even computer.

What this means is that the deleted file is not fully gone and can still be recovered. It's only when the data is overwritten that it becomes unrecoverable. However, SSDs don't play by the same rules ...

Drag files to your computer’s trash, and they’re not really gone—most can be recovered with basic tools. Whether you’re wiping a single file or scrubbing an entire hard drive, the Data Shredder Stick ...