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2. List of data-erasing software - Wikipedia

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   Supported wipe methods Reports BleachBit: Andrew Ziem and contributors GNU General Public License: Windows, Linux: Yes external [1] on screen, Copy and Paste-able CCleaner: Piriform: Trialware: Windows, OS X: Yes external [2]? Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN) Darik Horn GNU General Public License: OS independent, based on Linux: No external [3]? dd ...

3. Darik's Boot and Nuke - Wikipedia

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   Darik's Boot and Nuke, also known as DBAN / ˈ d iː b æ n /, is a free and open-source project hosted on SourceForge. [2] The program is designed to securely erase a hard disk until its data is permanently removed and no longer recoverable, which is achieved by overwriting the data with pseudorandom numbers generated by Mersenne Twister or ISAAC.

4. Data erasure - Wikipedia

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   Disk overwriting programs that cannot access the entire hard drive, including hidden/locked areas like the host protected area (HPA), device configuration overlay (DCO), and remapped sectors, perform an incomplete erasure, leaving some of the data intact. By accessing the entire hard drive, data erasure eliminates the risk of data remanence.

5. Eraser (software) - Wikipedia

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   It supports a variety of data destruction standards, including British HMG IS5 (Infosec Standard 5), American DoD 5220.22-M, and the Gutmann method which features a 35-pass overwrite. [ 7 ] The tool has been recommended in TechAdvisor , [ 8 ] The Guardian , [ 3 ] and PC World , [ 9 ] and is a tool suggested by the United States government ...

6. HDDerase - Wikipedia

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   HDDerase is a freeware utility that securely erases data on hard drives using the Secure Erase unit command built into the firmware of Parallel ATA and Serial ATA drives manufactured after 2001. [1] HDDerase was developed by the Center for Magnetic Recording Research at the University of California, San Diego. HDDerase is designed for command ...

7. Comparison of S.M.A.R.T. tools - Wikipedia

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   Windows: Freeware: GUI IDE(PATA), SATA eSATA, USB No Yes No No Primarily a defragmenter; supports basic S.M.A.R.T. stat display, includes the one-word summary of drive-health. Disk Utility: macOS: Commercial proprietary: GUI Yes eSATA and removable drives ? No No No Summary information includes one line for S.M.A.R.T. [5] HDDExpert: Windows ...

8. Gutmann method - Wikipedia

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   The Gutmann method is an algorithm for securely erasing the contents of computer hard disk drives, such as files.Devised by Peter Gutmann and Colin Plumb and presented in the paper Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid-State Memory in July 1996, it involved writing a series of 35 patterns over the region to be erased.

9. List of disk partitioning software - Wikipedia

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   Windows NT family: fdisk (FreeDOS) Brian Reifsnyder Free software Yes FreeDOS: fdisk (Microsoft) Microsoft Proprietary software No MS-DOS, Windows: fdisk (OS/2) IBM: Proprietary software Yes OS/2: fdisk (Unix-like) util-linux project Free software Yes Unix-like: FIPS: Arno Schäfer Free software No MS-DOS: 1998-05-11 GNOME Disks: Red Hat: Free ...