If you have purchased a new Mac or have upgraded your hard drive on an older Mac, you may find when accessing the option to erase free disk space using Apple's Disk Utility that the controls for doing ...

Delete is not allowed on the current boot, system, pagefile, crashdump or hibernation volume. The above error message prevents users from deleting a particular ...

You can't software RAID your boot/OS partition. You can create one small partition (5 GB or so) on one of the drives for the OS, and mirror the rest for your data. Or, do yourself a favor and spend ...

When you’re trying to wipe an old Mac to set it up fresh or to give it away or sell it, you typically want to erase the drive. Sometimes, you’re thwarted. It’s ...

When it comes to disposing of old hard drives, simply erasing your files or reformatting the drive alone is not enough to ensure your privacy. In this age of rampant ID theft, it is more important ...

Are you getting a virtual disk service error when trying to run DiskPart? This can be a very frustrating issue, but luckily it is easy to fix. In this article, I will ...

According to a new study by two MIT grad students, companies are frequently selling or giving away old computer disk drives with sensitive information still on them. Better think twice before you give ...