The Wipe Free Space feature securely overwrites free space so that even if there are traces of files deleted in the past they can’t be recovered anyways. Among them is an option that lets you define your own customized erasing pattern. Those include One Pass, (1 pass), US DoD 5220.22-M (ECE) (7 passes, verify), Russian GOST p50739-95 (2 passes, verify) and Gutmann (35 passes, verify). There are 17 deletion methods, each one being more secure than the other. At the bottom is a horizontal pane that logs all actions performed with KillDisk. The third and last pane is the Properties window and shows information regarding the selected disk. The first pane displays all system storage devices and the second pane displays all included partitions in the selected device. At the top is the toolbar with various buttons (Refresh, Scan, Wipe, Kill, Preview, Properties and Settings) and below you can see a few panes, some of which you can hide and unhide using the buttons in the toolbar.
The organization of the features and buttons stays the same however regardless of the skin you pick. You can choose between two themes: a Light one, which is more similar to a typical program’s interface, and a Dark one, which is more modern and stylish.
Supported operating systems are Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, Server 2000, Server 2003, DOS, Linux and Unix for PC.
The setup package is clean from malicious items and doesn’t install any additional software either (e.g. The main process finishes quickly as well, and when it does you have the options to either launch the program or launch Bootable Disk Creator (DOS). The installation procedure consists of only two steps therefore it won’t tire you with difficult settings and such. Features include 17 deletion methods, erasing of multiple drives at the same time, free space wiping and saving of detailed reports after every task. Killdisk is a program for this purpose and is recommended to those who want a guarantee that their files won’t be recovered in the future. Optional LiveUSB (bootable USB disk), configured with KillDisk and a graphical environment.There are many tools that you can use to destroy data on hard drives and storage devices, however they differ in terms of simplicity, speed, efficiency and a few other factors.Sanitize external disks (USB drives, external HDD/SSD) connected to both USB/USB3/eSATA ports.Provides enhanced information about disks and their attributes including S.M.A.R.T.Advanced error handling of damaged HDDs or HDDs with bad sectors.System advanced configuration and customization.
Supports batches – operations on group of related disks in a context of single transaction.Supports parallel erasure of 100+ disks.Issue customizable certificates and detailed reports for disk erase and examination.Browse file systems on disk volumes and inspect particular sectors Hex Viewer on a low level.Hot-swap operations are fully supported, erase could be auto-initiated upon HDD plug-in.Auto-erase mode sanitizes disks and prints certificates without of any user interaction.Supports layouts configuration – linking controller ports to graphical disks representation.
Examine disk integrity and overall stability, disk verification and detect bad sectors.Destroy data permanently with a choice of dozens of international disk sanitizing standards.Erase data on the entire hard disk drive surface, supports parallel erasing of up to 100+ disks.Non-standard disks, having different sector size NOT supported (like NetApp using 520 bytes sector size disks). all types of disks with standard sector size (5 bytes). Supports erasing: Hard Disk Drives and Solid State Drives SATA and SAS disks External Disks via eSATA, USB, iSCSI, i.e. Licensing policy assumes no additional charges per disk erase! After ordering the software is shipped by FedEx, package includes installation DVD, security key on USB stick and optional bootable LiveUSB. Barcodes & QR Codes for Certificates and Disk Labels for easy tracking and reporting.
DoD 5220-22M erasure and 20+ more international sanitizing standards. Designed for Windows and Linux platforms, this software solution is highly customizable for any context, supports U.S. KillDisk for Industrial Systems is an affordable industrial-grade disk sanitation software solution, supporting parallel erasure of dozens of HDD/SSD. Industrial Software Industrial-grade disk sanitation software solution.