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How to Destroy a Hard Drive

Ever wonder what to do with old hard drives? Here's the right way to destroy an old hard drive. The post How to Destroy a Hard Drive appeared first on Family Handyman.
To format a hard drive before you start using it in Windows, use the Disk Management utility; on a Mac, use Disk Utility.
How do I format a hard drive? A computer hard drive stores your files, allowing you to access them at any time. The majority of the time, you want these files to remain stored properly and safely.
For safety purposes as well as to prevent corrupting the data inside the external hard drive, it is highly recommended to safely eject the external hard drive. Although most Windows 10 already has a ...