2.4 Active@ KillDisk for Hard Drives

The performance of Active@ KillDisk for Hard Drives depends on the version of the application, as displayed in the table below.

FREEWARE vs. PROFESSIONAL

Features Free Professional
Securely overwrites and destroys all data on physical drive or logical partition Erase Hard Drive. Feature check Erase Hard Disk feature check
Erases partitions, logical drives and unused disk space FREE: Erases partitions, logical drives and unused disk space Free check PRO: Erases partitions, logical drives and unused disk space PRO check
Supports IDE / ATA / SATA / SCSI hard disk drives Erase Hard Drive: Supports IDE / ATA ... hard disk drives Free check Hard Drive Eraser: Supports IDE / ATA ... hard disk drives PRO check
Supports solid state drives (SSD) Hard Drive Eraser supports solid state drives (SSD) in FREE version Hard Drive Eraser supports solid state drives (SSD) in PRO version
Supports fixed disks, USB, floppies, zip drives, FlashMedia drives Erase Hard Drive FREE supports fixed disks Erase Hard Drive PRO supports fixed disks
Supports large-sized drives (more than 128GB) Erase Hard Drive: Supports large-sized drives FREE check Erase Hard Drive: Supports large-sized drives PRO check
Supports Command Line mode (can be run with no user interaction) Erase Hard Drive - Supports Command Line mode Free check Erase Hard Drive - Supports Command Line mode PRO check
Operates from bootable: USB / floppy disk or bootable CD(DOS) or CD/DVD, USB(Windows) Erase Hard Drive - Operates from bootable: USB / floppy disk FREE check Erase Hard Drive - Operates from bootable: USB / floppy disk PRO check
Customizable security levels   Erase Hard Drive - Customizable security levels PRO check
Supports all detected hard disk drives Erase Hard Drive - Supports all detected hard disk drives FREE check Erase Hard Drive - Supports all detected hard disk drives PRO check
Erasing report is created and can be saved as a file Erase Hard Drive - Erasing report is created and can be saved as a file FREE check Erase Hard Drive - Erasing report is created and can be saved as a file PRO check
Displays detected drive and partition information Erase Hard Drive - Displays detected drive and partition information FREE check Erase Hard Drive - Displays detected drive and partition information PRO check
Scans NTFS and FAT volumes and displays existing and deleted files and folders Erase Hard Drive - Scans NTFS and FAT volumes FREE check Erase Hard Drive - Scans NTFS and FAT volumes PRO check
Data verification may be performed after erasing is completed   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 Erase Hard Drive - Disk Viewer allows you to preview any sectors or file clusters on a drive FREE check Erase Hard Drive - Disk Viewer allows you to preview any sectors or file clusters on a drive PRO check
Wipes out NTFS, FAT32, FAT16 and FAT12 volumes from areas containing deleted and unused data Erase Hard Drive - Wipes out NTFS, FAT32, FAT16 and FAT12 FREE check Erase Hard Drive - Wipes out NTFS, FAT32, FAT16 and FAT12 PRO check
Wipes out free clusters (unused by file data sectors) Erase Hard Drive - Wipes out free clusters FREE check Erase Hard Drive - Wipes out free clusters PRO check
Wipes out file slack space (unused bytes in the last cluster occupied by file) Erase Hard Drive - Wipes out file slack space FREE check Erase Hard Drive - Wipes out file slack space PRO check
Wipes out deleted MFT and ROOT system records Erase Hard Drive - Wipes out deleted MFT and ROOT system records FREE check Erase Hard Drive - Wipes out deleted MFT and ROOT system records PRO check
Wipes out unused space in any MFT records and compressed clusters Erase Hard Drive - Wipes out unused space in any MFT records and compressed clusters FREE check 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 Erase Hard Drive - Erases with one-pass zeros FREE check Erase Hard Drive - Erases with one-pass zeros PRO check
Erases with one-pass random characters   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   Erase Hard Drive - Erases with user defined method... PRO check
Erases with user-defined number of passes (up to 99)   Erase Hard Drive - Erases with user-defined number of passes (up to 99) PRO check
US Department of Defense 5220.22 M   Erase Hard Drive - US Department of Defense 5220.22 M PRO check
US Department of Defense 5220.22 M (ECE)   Erase Hard Drive - US Department of Defense 5220.22 M (ECE) PRO check
US Army AR380-19   Erase Hard Drive - US Army AR380-19 PRO check
US Air Force 5020   Erase Hard Drive - US Air Force 5020 PRO check
Navso P-5329-26 (MFM)   Erase Hard Drive - Navso P-5329-26 (MFM) PRO check
Navso P-5329-26 (RL)   Erase Hard Drive - Navso P-5329-26 (RL) PRO check
NCSC-TG-025   Erase Hard Drive - NCSC-TG-025 PRO check
Canadian OPS-II   Erase Hard Drive - Canadian OPS-II PRO check
HMG IS5 Baseline   Erase Hard Drive - HMG IS5 Baseline PRO check
HMG IS5 Enhanced   Erase Hard Drive - HMG IS5 Enhanced PRO check
German VISTR   Erase Hard Drive - German VISTR PRO check
Bruce Schneier   Erase Hard Drive - Bruce Schneier PRO check
Gutmann's method   Erase Hard Drive - Gutmann's method PRO check
Russian GOST p50739-95   Erase Hard Drive - Russian GOST p50739-95 PRO check
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  1. Product Overview
    1. Erasing Confidential Data
      1. Advanced Data Recovery Systems
      2. International Standards in Data Removal
    2. Wiping Confidential Data from Unoccupied Drive Space
  2. System Requirements for DOS and Windows versions
    1. Personal Computer
    2. Drive Storage System
    3. Other Requirements
    4. Active@ KillDisk for Hard Drives Version
  3. Running Active@ KillDisk for DOS
    1. Preparing a DOS-Bootable USB / floppy
      1. System Formatting
      2. Copying Active@ KillDisk to a USB / floppy
      3. One-Step Method
    2. Preparing a Bootable CD
    3. Modes of Operation
      1. Interactive Mode
        1. Erase Data from a Device
        2. Wiping the Data
      2. DOS Command Line Mode
      3. Autoexecute Mode
    4. Erasing or Wiping Logical Drives (Partitions)
    5. Erase Operation Complete
  4. Running Active@ KillDisk for Windows
    1. Active@ Boot Disk Creator
    2. Modes of Operation
    3. Command Line Mode
    4. Erasing or Wiping Logical Drives (Partitions)
    5. Erase Data from a Logical Drive
    6. Wipe Data from a Logical Drive
  5. Common Questions
    1. How does the licensing work?
    2. How is the data erased?
    3. What is the difference between the Site and Enterprise license?
    4. Which operating systems are supported by Active@ KillDisk?
    5. Is Active@ KillDisk compatible with Macintosh computers?
    6. What to do if I cannot boot from a USB / floppy?
    7. Will I be able to use my Hard Disk Drive after Active@ KillDisk erase operation?
  6. Descriptions of Erase/Wipe Parameters
    1. Erase/Wipe Methods
      1. One Pass Zeros or One Pass Random
      2. User Defined
      3. US DoD 5220.22-M
      4. US DoD 5220.22-M (ECE)
      5. German VSITR
      6. Russian GOST p50739-95
      7. Canadian OPS-II
      8. HMG IS5 Baseline
      9. HMG IS5 Enhanced
      10. US Army AR380-19
      11. US Air Force 5020
      12. Navso P-5329-26 RL
      13. Navso P-5329-26 MFM
      14. NCSC-TG-025
      15. Bruce Schneier
      16. Gutmann
    2. Other Parameters
      1. Verification
      2. Retry Attempts
      3. Ignore Errors
      4. Clear Log File before Start
      5. Skip Confirmation
      6. Wipe out Deleted/Unused data
  7. Glossary of Terms
 

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KillDisk Datasheet
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