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Powerful and compact software that allows you to destroy all data on hard disks, USB drives and floppy disks completely, excluding any possibility of future recovery of deleted files and folders. It's a hard drive and partition eraser utility.
Active@ KillDisk 7.1 released on March 20, 2013

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Windows+DOS version
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Compact DOS version

" Active@ KillDisk is the best HardDisk-Wiping-Tool.
I'm using it for many years. It's easy to use and absolutely reliable. Go on like this. "
Best regards from Germany, Matthias


What is Disk Erase? This is a process of ALL data removal from the physical disk or logical drive's surface...more

What is Disk Wipe? This is a process of UNUSED data removal from a logical drive's surface...more

How to erase hard drive? Hard Drive Eraser for secure formatting of hard drives

Examples of the Erasing/Wiping Certificates and the Log Files
Data Sheet (PDF)

 

If you use FDISK, FORMAT utilities, or DELETE standard operating system command for data removal, there is always a chance to recover deleted files (using undelete or unformat tools) and use against the owner's will. To permanently erase your private data, use Active@ KillDisk which is → DoD 5220.22 M compliant ←

Windows application: DOS application: Supports:
Windows XP/Vista/7/8 (x86/x64)
Windows 2003 / 2008 Server
20MB free disk space
350MB RAM for Boot Disk		 a tiny utility for any PC:
400KB storage space for executable
640KB RAM for real-mode executable
Bootable CD/USB/floppy to start from		 Starting from the bootable CD/DVD/USB media allows the erasure of any disks on Intel compatible based systems like, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenSolaris Unix, Mac OS X, and others

Active@ KillDisk 7.1 (Windows):

  1. One Pass Zeros erase method supported in free version
  2. Erases all data on HDD and USB disks completely
  3. Wipes out all unused space on disks, not touching existing data
  4. Professional package:
    • Supports 17 security standards including DoD 5220.22-M
    • Bootable Disk Creator that allows you to boot from CD/DVD/USB into Windows environment, and erase or wipe out your system disks
    • Supports Vertification, Batch Mode, Emailing Reports, Certificate customization, PC Shutdown after completion
    • USB Plug'n'Play devices are supported

→ What's the new in v.7.1 ? ←

Active@ KillDisk 4.1 (DOS):

  1. One Pass Zeros erase method supported in free version
  2. Erases all data on hard disk drives and USB disks completely
  3. Wipes out all unused space on disks, not touching existing data
  4. Professional package:
    • Supports 17 security standards including DoD 5220.22-M
    • An additional REAL-MODE application (KD_REAL.EXE) which is the most compatible with different types of hardware and more compact in size (fits and operates in 640KB RAM)
    • Distributed as a Zip archive containing protected and real-mode DOS executables, bootable floppy/USB creator, bootable CD ISO image, license agreement and documentation in PDF format
 

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Features Free Professional
Parallel erasing/wiping of several disks at the same time New! How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive. Feature check How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Disk feature check
Support for previewing and wiping Apple HFS+ and exFAT New! How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive. Feature check How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Disk feature check
Universal Boot Disk Creator for CD/DVD/USB for Windows & DOS New! How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive. Feature check How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Disk feature check
Latest Active@ Boot Disk 6 Lite New!   How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Disk feature check
Settings stored in portable INI text file instead of local Registry New! How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive. Feature check How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Disk feature check
Save Log & Shutdown PC option after erase completed New! How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Disk feature check
Notifications and reports can be sent by e-mail New! How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Disk feature check
Ability to send e-mail reports via pre-configured FREE SMTP account New! How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Disk feature check
Certificate can be displayed after erase/wipe completion and saved as PDF How to erase hard drive? Erase/Wipe Certificate Print How to erase hard drive? Erase/Wipe Certificate PDF
Erase/Wipe Certificate can be customized with a Logo and Technician info How to erase hard drive? Erase/Wipe Certificate customization - PRO check
Command line options added to support certificate and log file options How to erase hard drive? FREE: Erases partitions, logical drives and unused disk space Free check How to erase hard drive? PRO: Erases partitions, logical drives and unused disk space PRO check
Securely overwrites and destroys all data on physical drive or logical partition How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive. Feature check How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Disk feature check
Erases partitions, logical drives and unused disk space How to erase hard drive? FREE: Erases partitions, logical drives and unused disk space Free check How to erase hard drive? PRO: Erases partitions, logical drives and unused disk space PRO check
Supports IDE / ATA / SATA / SCSI hard disk drives How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive: Supports IDE / ATA ... hard disk drives Free check How to erase hard drive? Hard Drive Eraser: Supports IDE / ATA ... hard disk drives PRO check
Supports solid state drives (SSD) How to erase hard drive? Hard Drive Eraser supports solid state drives (SSD) in FREE version How to erase hard drive? Hard Drive Eraser supports solid state drives (SSD) in PRO version
Supports fixed disks, USB, floppies, zip drives, FlashMedia drives How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive FREE supports fixed disks How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive PRO supports fixed disks
Supports large-sized drives (more than 2TB) How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive: Supports large-sized drives FREE check How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive: Supports large-sized drives PRO check
Supports Command Line mode (can be run with no user interaction) How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Supports Command Line mode PRO check
Operates from bootable: USB disk or bootable CD/DVD/BD How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Operates from bootable: USB/floppy/CD FREE check How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Operates from bootable: USB/floppy/DVD PRO check
Erasing report is created and can be saved as a file How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Erasing report is created and can be saved as a file FREE check How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Erasing report is created and can be saved as a file PRO check
Scans NTFS and FAT volumes and displays existing and deleted files and folders How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Scans NTFS and FAT volumes FREE check How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Scans NTFS and FAT volumes PRO check
Data verification may be performed after erasing is completed   How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Data verification may be performed after erasing is completed PRO check
Disk Viewer allows you to preview any sectors or file clusters on a drive How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Disk Viewer allows you to preview any sectors or file clusters on a drive FREE check How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Disk Viewer allows you to preview any sectors or file clusters on a drive PRO check
Displays detected drive and partition information How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Displays detected drive and partition information FREE check How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Displays detected drive and partition information PRO check
Wipes out NTFS/FAT/exFAT/HFS+ volumes from areas containing deleted and unused data How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Wipes out NTFS, FAT32, FAT16 and FAT12 FREE check How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Wipes out NTFS, FAT32, FAT16 and FAT12 PRO check
Wipes out free clusters (unused by file data sectors) How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Wipes out free clusters FREE check How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Wipes out free clusters PRO check
Wipes out file slack space (unused bytes in the last cluster occupied by file) How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Wipes out file slack space FREE check How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Wipes out file slack space PRO check
Wipes out deleted MFT and other system records How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Wipes out deleted MFT and ROOT system records FREE check How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Wipes out deleted MFT and ROOT system records PRO check
Wipes out unused space in any MFT records and compressed clusters How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Wipes out unused space in any MFT records and compressed clusters FREE check How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Wipes out unused space in any MFT records and compressed clusters PRO check

Supports 17 security standards:

Erases with one-pass zeros How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Erases with one-pass zeros FREE check How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Erases with one-pass zeros PRO check
Erases with one-pass random characters   How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Erases with one-pass random characters PRO check
Erases with user defined method, using user's pattern and specified number of passes   How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Erases with user defined method... PRO check
Erases with user-defined number of passes (up to 99)   How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Erases with user-defined number of passes (up to 99) PRO check
US Department of Defense 5220.22 M   How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - US Department of Defense 5220.22 M PRO check
US Department of Defense 5220.22 M (ECE)   How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - US Department of Defense 5220.22 M (ECE) PRO check
US Army AR380-19   How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - US Army AR380-19 PRO check
US Air Force 5020   How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - US Air Force 5020 PRO check
Navso P-5329-26 (MFM)   How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Navso P-5329-26 (MFM) PRO check
Navso P-5329-26 (RL)   How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Navso P-5329-26 (RL) PRO check
NCSC-TG-025   How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - NCSC-TG-025 PRO check
Canadian OPS-II   How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Canadian OPS-II PRO check
HMG IS5 Baseline   How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - HMG IS5 Baseline PRO check
HMG IS5 Enhanced   How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - HMG IS5 Enhanced PRO check
German VISTR   How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - German VISTR PRO check
Bruce Schneier   How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Bruce Schneier PRO check
Gutmann's method   How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Gutmann's method PRO check
Russian GOST p50739-95   How to erase hard drive? Erase Hard Drive - Russian GOST p50739-95 PRO check

Active@ KillDisk News 

New! Active@ KillDisk 7.1

Hard drive eraser

LSoft team

  • PDF certificates can be attached to e-mail notifications
  • Improved Wipe for corrupted volumes (when disk integrity check fails)
  • E-mail notifications now have LOG files attached
  • New lightweight installer
  • Minor UI & Kernel improvements
  • Disk Serial Number (S/N) display problem fixed
  • Added Verify Disk S/N' Dialog - to change Disk Serial
  • Active@ Boot Disk Lite improvements:
    - Added pre-configuration of Network & Security features
    - Added WMI & Scripting support
    - Driver's Pack for Mass Storage, USB3 & Network devices
 

How to Erase Hard Drive Data with Active@ KillDisk?

Hard drive eraser

James Moran,
a small business owner in the GTA

If you want to learn how to erase hard drive data thoroughly, then Active@ KillDisk is precisely the tool you need to get the job done. This software will permanently and securely wipe any sensitive data on a hard drive.

Computers have become an important and everyday feature of most people's lives. We use them for communication, work, entertainment and a whole lot more. Many people share sensitive information over the Internet or store personal data on their computers for a wide variety of reasons.

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