BCWipe was the very first disk wipe program I ever used.  So I have some fondness for it.  Having said that, the create “Bootable USB disk” wizard had some strange “No Disk” errors.  I got it to create a bootable USB, but I was disappointed with the error.

Regardless, if you needed to buy a commercial product, this would be the one I’d buy.  For the logging function it has, and the fact that Jetico have been in the market for a long time.

Version tested: BCWipe Total WipeOut 2.30

Plus points:

• I like the amount of detail that BCWipe captures to it’s log file
  
• Built-in disk hex viewer.
• it still is being actively developed.

Things I didn’t like:

• Biggest beef was the create Bootable USB Disk Wizard, with it’s “No disk” error.
   

Test notes:

• Accepted the defaults, which was US DoD 5220-22M
  This meant 7 wipe passes, which took 283 mins.
  A one pass Zero wipe took 39 mins
• Other wipe options are:
  Peter Gutmann’s
  Bruce Schneier’s
  3-pass US DoD 5220-22M
  One-pass random
  Zero
  Test
  US DoE 

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