Drive Wipe – Erase Hard Drive Data Permanently
Deleting files by emptying them from the Recycle Bin, formatting the partitions on your hard drive will not delete the files permanently from your hard disk. The very fact that the data in these files is still very much existent makes it possible to recover data using any data recovery software. However, to permanently get rid of any file or to wipe hard disk completely you need to make use of Drive Wipe software.
Drive Wipe Tool can be helpful in various scenarios. The drive wipe tool can come in handy when you are planning to sell off your PC or want to get rid of some confidential files after its use so that the data in the file is not misused. In such a scenario you would prefer to use a tool that rewrites junk data over the files making it unreadable. As the standard for completely overwriting a file is three times, Drive Wipe Tool sticks to this standard and ensures complete erasure of the data from the hard disk. The tool lets you wipe data form individual partitions or the hard disk as a whole by using various sanitization standards.
Sanitization Standards used by Disk Wipe Utility :
- Fast Zero Overwrite - Overwriting using a fixed sequence of characters
- Random Overwrite – Data is overwritten using random characters in various passes
- US Navy, NAVSO P-5239-26_RLL – Two different fixed values are made use of for overwriting data
- US Department of Defense (DoD 5220.22-M)_DOD Standard 5220.28 STD – Data is overwritten with a fixed value, then the complement of the same and finally with a random value
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization_NATO standard – Data is overwritten seven times, first six times with a particular value and the seventh time with a random value
- Peter Gutmann Secure Deletion – The data is overwritten thirty five times using a combination of both fixed and random values
- German:VSITR-US Department of Defense (DoD 5220.22-M) – Considered the best option along with Peter Gutmann method for erasing hard disk data
- Gutmann Method – Similar to the previous method of data deletion, however a little complicated than the former
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With the wide range of options available, this is the best choice for wiping either the entire hard disk or the partitions on your hard disk individually. By using this drive wiper software all sensitive data can be erased, thus protecting your private as well as your confidential data to the fullest.
Key Features of Drive Wipe Utility:
- Erases sensitive data beyond recovery
- Erases data on partitions individually or wipe entire hard disk data
- Select the strength of wiping the hard disk based on your requirements
- Nine different shredding patterns recommended by US Department of Defense
- Easy-to-use interface ensures effortless usage of the tool
- Erases SATA, IDE, SCSI hard disk of any size
System Requirements:
- Windows 7, Vista, XP and Windows Server 2003, 2008
- RAM – 1 GB (Recommended 2GB)
- Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit PC
- Enough free disk space for installation of software
- Login as System Administrator to run the software
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