WipeDisk V1.1    Suggested by Gaijin - Updated by Lupo73 on 20 Nov 2009 720KB (uncompressed) - Popularity score (2792) Website - Screenshot - Download - Comments (11) - Post comment - Permalink

Posted comments:

 Mark: Does this app completely wipe HD files or just unused space on HD? [2007-09-20 17:11]

 francis: It wipes the complete medium! For "free-space-only" use Eraser 5.84 (freeware but not portable) [2007-09-23 01:52]

 francis: ....Eraser 5.83r2: freeware AND portable :-) [2007-09-23 01:55]

 r: do not confuse this with WipeFile, the author's other app for securely wiping files:

Wipefile's website:
http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=de&langpair=de%7Cen&u=http://www.gaijin.at/dlwipefile.php

TPFC page:
http://portablefreeware.com/?id=1167 [2008-04-26 10:23]

 Alex: Can I use this tool to erase/format my HardDrive as if it was a boot disk? Does it load after the BIOS screen so I can delete everything without loading Windows? [2008-06-06 13:48]

 Webfork: Much prefer Cybershredder (http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=202) for simplicity and how it handles overwriting filenames.

Alex: no it doesn't. The closest thing to what you describe is at dban.sourceforge.net. [2008-06-12 17:30]

 Luis: Wow.. I have been trying to reinstall XP and I couldn't delete the partition. getting errors that set up files were in the partition i wanted to delete.. Finally, after a lot of researching I stumbled across this free software.. Thanks for helping me see the way... WIPE DISK worked like a charm.. installing XP Pro as I type... [2008-11-04 19:20]

 callen: Does not work on SATA drive [2009-02-03 04:08]

 Joe: Yes it does, Im wiping a SATA 60gb Laptop Drive as i speak... check your sata drivers maybe? [2009-03-10 01:50]

 don: Can it wipe the drive C:\ if I have started windows from C:\ and I run your tool from there? [2009-10-14 08:36]

 jxf011: I'm sure WipeDisk is a fine program but "fancy" multi-pass erasing tools are not necessary. Data can not be recovered from a single over write so just do 1 pass of Pseudorandom Data using Portable Eraser. Check these great articles:
http://www.anti-forensics.com/disk-wiping-one-pass-is-enough
and
http://www.anti-forensics.com/disk-wiping-one-pass-is-enough-part-2-this-time-with-screenshots [2009-12-14 15:00]

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