Lenovo thinkpad t430s, n1m2xrt [77/192] Notice on deleting data from your hard disk drive or solid state drive

Lenovo ThinkPad T430s [77/192] Notice on deleting data from your hard disk drive or solid state drive
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Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive
Ascomputersspreadintoeverycorneroflife,theyprocessmoreandmoreinformation.Thedataonyour
computer,someofwhichissensitive,isstoredonaharddiskdrive.Beforeyoudisposeof,sell,orhandover
yourcomputer,besuretodeletedatastoredonit.
Handingyourcomputerovertosomeoneelsewithoutdeletingtheloadedsoftware,suchasoperating
systemsandapplicationsoftware,mightevenviolatelicenseagreements.Youareadvisedtocheckthe
termsandconditionsofthoselicenseagreements.
Therearemethodsthatseemtodeletethedata:
Movethedatatotherecyclebin,andthenemptytherecyclebin.
UsetheDeleteoption.
Formatyourharddiskdrive,usingthesoftwareforinitializingit.
SettheharddiskdrivebacktothefactorydefaultsettingsusingtherecoveryprogramprovidedbyLenovo.
Theseoperations,however,onlychangetheleallocationofthedata,theydonotdeletethedataitself.In
otherwords,thedataretrievalprocessingisdisabledunderanoperatingsystemsuchasWindows.The
dataisstillthere,eventhoughitseemstobelost.Thus,itissometimespossibletoreadthedatabyuseof
specialsoftwarefordatarecovery.Thereisariskthatpeopleofbadfaithmightreadandmisusethecritical
dataonharddiskdrivesforunexpectedpurposes.
Topreventleakageofdata,itbecomesveryimportantthatyoutakeresponsibilityfordeletingallthedata
fromtheharddiskdrivewhenyoudisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer.Youcandestroythedata
physicallybysmashingtheharddiskdrivewithahammer,ormagneticallybymeansofstrongmagnetic
power,thusmakingthedataunreadable.Butwerecommendthatyoumakeuseofthesoftware(payware)or
service(payservice)specicallydevelopedforthepurpose.
Fordisposingofdataontheharddiskdrive,LenovoprovidestheSecureDataDisposaltool.Todownload
eitherapplication,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
Note:Runningtheapplicationwilltakeacoupleofhours.
Ifaharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrivewithencryptiontechnologyisinstalledinyourcomputer,youcan
logicallydisposeofallthedataonthedriveinaveryshorttimebyerasingthecryptographickey.The
dataencryptedwiththeoldkeyisnotphysicallyerasedbutremainsonthedrive;however,itcannotbe
decryptedwithouttheoldkey.ThisfeatureisenabledbyThinkPadSetupMenuExtensionUtilityandis
availableasamenuiteminThinkPadSetup.
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