As our computing lives continue to become ever more connected, what data is being shared with who is continues to be at the ...

Before you sell, recycle, donate, or trash that laptop, you’re going to want to take a few simple steps to wipe all your data and protect yourself. Before we get started, though, I need to get ...

Many people sell or discard old electronic devices daily, such as smartphones, laptops, external storage media, and desktop computers. Unfortunately, they usually do not properly remove their data ...

If you do buy a new laptop, you'll probably want to transfer all of your data from your old laptop to the new one. Roger from Findlay, Ohio, emailed us asking for help with buying a new laptop and ...

You saw it only the other day, but it seems to have vanished. Hunting down data stashed on your computer can be a frustrating experience—partly due to our untidy habits when it comes to saving ...

For most people, this means the original data on your computer, a backup on an external hard drive, and another on a cloud backup service. With this system, you’re highly unlikely to lose all ...

Windows keeps track of all files visited on a computer and organizes them based on user. From documents to media files, you can check to see which files an employee has opened while at work.