Flash drives work faster and, since they store data in solid-state memory instead of on spinning magnetic platters, they also work longer.Īnd they’re a lot smaller. The computer industry’s migration from hard drives to flash drives has mostly brought good things. When it's time to donate or ditch an old flash-memory drive that stored sensitive information, deleting those files isn't enough. The safest way to wipe the slate clean is actually to encrypt it - and that's not as hard as it sounds.
