Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Many families have welcomed new PCs into their homes, thanks to back-to-school and Labor Day sales, leaving older ...

Selling your old tech can put cash in your pocket, but don’t forget your devices store sensitive data that you don’t want a stranger to access. Your smart speaker, for example, knows your location and ...

Wiping your computer's hard drive is a somewhat drastic yet highly effective measure to restore your computer to peak operating efficiency. Freshly installed operating systems often perform better ...

Time for a new computer? Before you give away your old laptop, make sure you do a deep clean — the RIGHT way. Simply deleting old photos and files off your hard drive just isn’t enough! Matt Ham, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER — Many people have old computers ...

You can wipe a hard drive much easier now with the help of your Windows 10 Settings menu and the Disk Utility manager in a Mac's Recovery Mode. It's also possible to wipe a Mac data drive through the ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Got an old laptop laying around? By selling it or donating it to someone, you can clear up space in your home, maybe earn ...

Selling your old tech can put cash in your pocket, but don’t forget your devices store sensitive data that you don’t want a stranger to access. Your smart speaker, for example, knows your location and ...