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2. Data erasure - Wikipedia

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   While there are many overwriting programs, only those capable of complete data erasure offer full security by destroying the data on all areas of a hard drive. 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 ...

3. List of data-erasing software - Wikipedia

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   Disk Utility: Apple: Commercial proprietary software: OS X: Yes external [6]? Eraser: Heidi Computers Limited GNU GPL v3: Windows: Yes external [7]? HDDerase: University of California, San Diego: Freeware: OS independent, based on DOS: No internal [8]? hdparm: Mark Lord BSD license: Linux: Yes internal [9] not directly supported without ...

4. Darik's Boot and Nuke - Wikipedia

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   The Gutmann method, Quick Erase, DoD Short (3 passes), and DOD 5220.22-M (7 passes) are also included as options to handle data remanence. DBAN can be booted from a CD, DVD, USB flash drive or diskless using a Preboot Execution Environment. It is based on Linux and supports PATA (IDE), SCSI and SATA hard drives. DBAN can be configured to ...

5. 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.

6. Eraser (software) - Wikipedia

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   Eraser securely erases data by overwriting it such that the data is irrecoverable. [1] 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. 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 ...