Category Archives: Disk Wiping

Disk Wiping Test: Active@ Killdisk Free

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For the price (free), I like it.  It costs $39.95 US for the full version.

Version tested: Active@ KILLDISK for DOS v.4.1 Build: 2393

Active Killdisk USB Creation Plus points:

  • it’s free!
  • there is a USB/floppy disk creator which takes the pain out creating your “kill” disk.
  • fast: 1hr 8min 5sec

Things I didn’t like:

  • the free version only does 1 pass zeros wipe.
    For the paranoid out there, that won’t be good enough.
    For the rest of us, that’s fine.

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3 free, and 14 non-free, hard disk wiping programs.

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This is an update on my “Wiping your hard disk, so other people can’t get data off it post”, which WordPress and Windows Live writer just erased on me.  Ironic!

One reader asked what I’ve used.  Well those programs would be: BCWipePD, Darik’s Boot and Nuke and Active@ KillDisk Professional.  Darik’s Boot and Nuke was my choice, the other two have been used by my various employers.

Free
Active@ KillDisk Free
Darik’s Boot and Nuke
CopyWipe

Not-Free
Acronis Drive Cleanser
Active@ KillDisk Professional
BCWipePD
cyberCide Data Destruction
Destroy & Destroy Lite
Disk Wipe
East-Tec DisposeSecure 2008 Enterprise
EBAN 2.1 – the enterprise version of Darik’s Boot and Nuke
Iolo DriveScrubber
OnTrack – Eraser
PC INSPECTOR e-maxx
WhiteCanyon WipeDrive
WipeDrive

Disclaimer:
It’s YOUR choice as to what you use.  In Australia, the “Destroy & Destroy Lite” program is on the Defence Signals Directorate’s EPL list.

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