Software:List of data-erasing software
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This is a list of utilities for performing data erasure.
Name | Developer | Licensing | Operating system required to run | Maintained? | Supported wipe methods | Reports |
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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[4][5] | Same as host OS | Unix | Yes | external | not directly supported without scripting | |
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 scripting |
nwipe | Martijn van Brummelen | GNU GPL v2 | Linux | Yes | external | Yes |
Parted Magic | Patrick Verner, Parted Magic LLC | uses mostly GPL components with published source, a few proprietary components, and fee for media/download[10][11] | OS independent, based on Slackware Linux | Yes | internal, external[12] | CSV, TXT, and extended TXT[13] |
Redkey USB | Redkey USB Ltd | Proprietary software | OS independent, based on Linux | Yes | internal, external | Yes |
shred | GNU Project | GNU GPL v3 | Unix | Yes | external[14] | not directly supported without scripting |
ShredIt | Mireth Technology, Burningthumb Software | Trialware | Windows, OS X | Yes | ? | ? |
srm | Dirk Jagdmann | MIT License[15] | Unix | Yes | external | not directly supported without scripting |
Zeero | Proprietary software | Tru64 UNIX | No | ? | not directly supported without scripting | |
BitWipe | BitRecover | Trialware | Windows | Yes | external | Yes |
References
- ↑ "BleachBit Features". https://www.bleachbit.org/features. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ↑ "CCleaner Features". https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/features. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ↑ "DBAN / Blancco Feature Comparison". http://dban.org/download. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ↑ Elliot, Duncan (11 November 2009). "Using "dd" and "urandom" to write random data to a disk". Duncan Elliot's blog. IBM. https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/duncanelliot/entry/using_dd_and_urandom_to_write_random_data_to_a_disk?lang=en. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ↑ Hodgetts, Benjamin (4 December 2010). "Securely Wiping (Zero Writing) a Drive". Robot Butler. http://robotbutler.org/article/36. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ↑ "OS X: About Disk Utility‘s erase free space feature". https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201949. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ↑ "Appendix A: Erasure Methods". https://eraser.heidi.ie/appendix-a-erasure-methods/. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ↑ "HDDErase Readme". http://cmrr.ucsd.edu/people/Hughes/documents/HDDEraseReadMe.txt. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ↑ "kernel.org ATA wiki". https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ↑ "Parted Magic software components". Parted Magic software list. 3 April 2016. https://partedmagic.com/programs/.
- ↑ "Parted Magic source code". Parted Magic source code. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. https://archive.today/20160411043400/https://partedmagic.com/source/. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ↑ "Parted Magic Secure Erase". Parted Magic web site. https://partedmagic.com/secure-erase/. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ↑ "Parted Magic Secure Erase". Parted Magic web site. https://partedmagic.com/secure-erase/. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ↑ "shred invocation". https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/shred-invocation.html. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ↑ "secure rm". SourceForge. Dice Holdings. 31 January 2014. http://sourceforge.net/projects/srm/.
See also
- List of data recovery software
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