List of data-erasing software
This is a list of utilities for performing data erasure.
| Name | Developer | Licensing | Operating system required to run | Maintained? | Supported wipe methods | Reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCWipe | Jetico | Commercial proprietary software | Windows, Unix, OS X | Yes | external[1] (using OS-driven disk writes) | Yes |
| BCWipe Total WipeOut | Jetico | Commercial proprietary software | OS independent (runs from bootable media), based on unknown OS | Yes | internal[2] (using on-controller ATA Secure Erase commands), external | Yes |
| BleachBit | GNU General Public License | Windows, Linux | Yes | external[3] | on screen, Copy and Paste-able | |
| CCleaner | Piriform | Trialware | Windows, OS X | Yes | external[4] | ? |
| Data Shredder | CBL Data Recovery Technologies | Freeware | Windows | Yes | external[5] | ? |
| Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN) | Darik Horn | GNU General Public License | OS independent, based on Linux | Yes | external[6] | ? |
| dd[7][8] | Same as host OS | Unix | Yes | external | not directly supported without scripting | |
| Disk Utility | Apple | Commercial proprietary software | OS X | Yes | external[9] | ? |
| HDDerase | University of California, San Diego | Freeware | OS independent, based on DOS | No | internal[10] | ? |
| hdparm | Mark Lord | BSD license | Linux | Yes | internal[11] | not directly supported without scripting |
| Parted_Magic | Patrick Verner, Parted Magic LLC | uses mostly GPL components with published source, a few proprietary components, and fee for media/download[12][13] | OS independent, based on Slackware Linux | Yes | internal, external[14] | CSV, TXT, and extended TXT[15] |
| shred | GNU Project | GNU GPL v3 | Unix | Yes | external[16] | not directly supported without scripting |
| Shredit | Mireth Technology, Burningthumb Software | Trialware | Windows, OS X | Yes | ? | ? |
| srm | Dirk Jagdmann | MIT License[17] | Unix | Yes | external | not directly supported without scripting |
| WipeDrive | WhiteCanyon Software | Commercial proprietary software | OS independent (any x86-based target system), based on unknown OS | Yes | unclear, but references to "freeze locks" implies internal[18] | PDF, XML, TXT, CSV and DB |
| Zeero | proprietary software | Tru64 UNIX | No | ? | not directly supported without scripting |
References
- ^ "Jetico Enterprise Data Protection". Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ "Jetico Enterprise Data Protection". Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ "BleachBit Features". Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ "CCleaner Features". Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ "CBL Data Shredder Features". Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ "DBAN / Blancco Feature Comparison". 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. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ Hodgetts, Benjamin (4 December 2010). "Securely Wiping (Zero Writing) a Drive". Robot Butler. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ "OS X: About Disk Utility's erase free space feature". Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ "HDDErase Readme". Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ "kernel.org ATA wiki". Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ "Parted Magic software components". Parted Magic software list. 3 April 2016.
- ^ "Parted Magic source code". Parted Magic source code. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ "Parted Magic Secure Erase". Parted Magic web site. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ "Parted Magic Secure Erase". Parted Magic web site. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ "shred invocation". Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ "secure rm". SourceForge. Dice Holdings. 31 January 2014.
- ^ "White Canyon - Erase Hard Drive". Retrieved 3 April 2016.
