If you concerned with data being read or recovered from your hard drive after it has sold or given away, we highly recommend you try the utilities found at the below web pages. Using one of these utilities allow you to completely remove all data and make it impossible to be recovered or read. After it has been erased or overwritten you can re-install Windows or other operating system on the computer.
Warning: If you have an OEM computer (e.g. Acer, Dell, and Hewlett Packard) the hard drive may have a hidden system recovery partition. Using the below utilities may could erase this partition, making it impossible to restore your computer without a disc.
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Product
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Web Page
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Info
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DBAN
(Darik's Boot and Nuke)
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http://dban.sourceforge.net/
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Free
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Blancco
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http://www.blancco.com
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Free
and commercial version
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Disk
Wiper
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http://www.diskwiper.com
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Cost
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Eraser
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http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/
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Free
to all
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Experteraser
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http://www.experteraser.com/
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Cost
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FileAssurity
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http://www.articsoft.com/fileassurity_securedelete.htm
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Cost
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Harddisk
Eraser
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http://www.linux-kurser.dk/secure_harddisk_eraser.html
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Free
to all
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M-Sweep
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http://www.secure-data.com/ms.html
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Cost
and only available to certain customers
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NecroFile
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http://www.necrocosm.com/nfinfo.html
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Free
to all
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No
Trace
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http://www.comtechnologies.com/notracemain.html
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Cost
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Permanent
Erasure
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http://www.winhex.com/security/index-m.html
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Free
to all
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SDelete
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http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/sdelete.shtml
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Free
to all
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