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Free File Shredder Software To Secure Delete File Forever

Deleting sensitive data files using Windows Recycle Bin isn’t the best secure data erase ways. Due to the Windows Recycle Bin file deletion process is only removing master file index on the hard disk only. But the 1 and 0 bytes of the deleted files are still remaining on your hard disk, which often be recovered by free data recovery program.

Unless the 1 and 0 bytes of sensitive files index on hard disk has been overwritten by other application then the sensitive data can’t be recovered again. Over here, I will introduce some file shredder freeware can wipe off or delete files permanently from your hard drive, which can’t recover by any data recovery software.

Notes: Below free file shredder software that listed is extremely powerful. Once perform data deletion, there is no way you can recover the deleted files in the future. Think twice before performing secure deletion process.

Free File Shredder To Secure Delete File Forever:

File Shredder from FileShredder.org

Powerful file shredder program that surpasses commercial file shredders out there. This file shredder developer believes such a utility can permanently delete and safe removal of all confidential documents is a matter of basic right to privacy.

This File Shredder is utilizing 5 different shredding algorithms to delete file, each one gradually stronger than the previous one. It also has integrated Disk Wiper, which uses shredding algorithm to wipe unused disk space.

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Eraser – Advance File Shredder

Eraser is an advanced file shredder tools that allow you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting deleted file space several times with carefully selected patterns. This free file shredder is works with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 2003 Server and DOS.

Eraser Free file shredder program using several file deletion patterns for overwriting are based on the Guttmann (Default), Pseudorandom Data and US DoD 5220-22.M methods.

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SDelete – Free File Shredder

Microsoft develop this Free file shredder. It able to delete any sensitive files permanently that unable to recover by any file recover software. Meanwhile, SDelete file shredder program is build based on Department of Defense clearing and sanitizing standard DoD 5220.22-M to wipe off your data forever.

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Active@ Kill Disk – Simple File Shredder

Simple file shredder program that allows you wiping all sensitive data on a physical hardware drive either run from bootable CD, program files or DOS. Meanwhile, the best part of Active@ Kill Disk is display all information about the drive, including data present in any sector on the drive before wiping. However, the file shredder program only writes zeros to the drive but you upgrade the wipe data technology like Standard DOD 5220.22-M with 50USD.

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Hard Wiper 2 – Free Data Wiper Software

Hard wiper is a simper data wiper freeware, which utilizing three major data wiping schemes such as GOST R 50739-95, DOD 5220.22-M and Schneier & Gutmann. Three data wiping options on their left interface: Wipe Files (delete selected files and folders), Wipe Drive (wipe complete folders or drives) and Clean Space (clean the free space of drives) buttons. Plus more, it also also integrates into the Windows Explorer context menu to securely delete files and folders directly from the default file manager.

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Hard Drive Eraser

Hard Drive Eraser is free Windows deleted data application on whole volumes (hard drives). It does so by filling the magnetic surface multiple time with a useless binary data. Hard Drive Eraser will work on any computer with Windows Vista or Windows XP Operating System. Hard Drive Eraser uses an advanced and secure algorithms to erase drive volumes and partitions. The speed of erasing is dependant of the speed of your system, particularly hard drive.

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Disk Redactor 

Disk Redactor is a data WIPE utility that lets you securely erase any old ( deleted ) files and prevent them from being recovered. All your private sensitive insecurely erased information will be wiped from free unused space on your drives to ensure complete data destruction.

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Beside that, you can check out iolo Drive Scrubber program. A commercial file shredder that using DoD 5220.22-M data deletion standard to scrub your information forever from your hard disk.

So, I hope above free file shredder program can wipe off or delete your un-use personal data or sensitive data forever to avoid information restoration or other unwanted situation.

Posted by km. Filed in Freeware, Security, Tips, Utilities, Windows

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