The software is a disk wipe program that can overwrite data up to 20GB in free space, and all non-excluded files to prevent recovery. The purge type is customizable, and the tool provides an estimated time of completion.
'Purging' a file on a disk or any writeable magnetic medium involves overwriting the data in the file many times before deleting it. This process ensures that the data in the file cannot be recovered by any means. Data Destroyer Disk Wipe requires several overwrites for security reasons, as just one overwrite may leave electronic traces of the original data.
This software program is ideal for users who want to make sure that information written to disk, such as financial data or company plans, can never be seen again after removal. Similarly, when selling an old PC, users can permanently and irrecoverably erase all data from the hard disk, including data in the swap file, for PCs running Windows 98.
It is essential to be aware of data removal programs that claim to delete files quickly. The only way to remove data permanently is by overwriting it several times, which takes time depending on the speed of the hardware involved. Data Destroyer Disk Wipe provides an estimate for the time required to wipe a disk using a particular number of overwrites. If a particular disk wipe operation would take longer than available, reducing the number of overwrites would decrease the time for the disk wipe.
Version 11.35: Restricted size of disk to be wiped to 20 GB
Version 11.25: Minor improvements
Version 11.15: Maintenance release
Version 11.05: Minor improvements
Version 10.24: Improved activation method
Version 10.13: Improved purge methods
Version 9.91: Fixed bug in selection of top-level folders for exclusion.