Not many people out there know that formatting an HD is NOT the most secure way to remove files and folders from theilr computer, since this process may often leave behind a lot of traces.

So what this GAOTD does is to permanently wipe out any partitions from your PC, making them wholly unrecoverable even by using any professional data recovery software out there.

It can completely erase both the unallocated/free space and system/boot partition, even on virtual hard drive in VMware, Virtual Box and Virtual PC.

Here a short tutorial on how to use it:
http://macrorit.com/help/wipe-a-hard-disk-partition.html

So overall I found this GAOTD a very handy tool, very suitable especially for people out there who are eager to sell their PC to somebody else and at the same time want to make sure that nobody may ever recover any personal and sensitive data of theirs stored inside the HD of their machine.

THUMBS UP from me!

BEST FREE ALTERNATIVES

There is a FREE tool called "HDD Low Level Format Tool", which can quickly wipe out both partitions and even MBR data with ease, exactly as this GAOTD.

This FREE GEM is a must have tool to use in case you experience constant data corruption, virus intrusion within the MBR or bad sectors in your HDs, since it re-initializes the hard drive to its original FACTORY CONFIGURATION by writing a zero byte to its each and every location on the disk: this way it can fully and irreversibly erase all data (if present) from your disk.

Low Level Formatting also hides the bad sectors in order to create a clean and error-free surface for your data.

http://hddguru.com/software/HDD-LLF-Low-Level-Format-Tool

Please note that, as far as I'm concerned, you can NOT use it to format (and wipe) your disk if you run it from the same disk, as it needs to run while the disk is not in use by your OS.
So if you want to use this tool to format your C (Windows) partition, you will need to use a live CD or DVD with a WinPE or LiveXP or Live7 on it. In this case, to safely format or wipe your C (Windows) partition, just use the freeware Live CD MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition.

http://www.partitionwizard.com/partition-wizard-bootable-cd.html

See also:
http://www.puransoftware.com/Wipe-Disk.html
http://www.dban.org
http://cmrr.ucsd.edu/people/Hughes/SecureErase.shtml

To completely erase individual FILES and FOLDERS, rather than an entire HD:

* Portable Blank And Secure
Can securely delete any sensitive data by overwriting it with NULL (zeros) before deleting. This way, after such an operation, the data recovery cannot be performed by ANY third party recovery software.

KEY FEATURES
Overwrite the Files 1-32 times with NULL and delete.
Fill the free HD space with null
Remove the standard deletion tracks from the harddrive
Optional translation feature
Support Drag & Drop and Batch processing (so can remove multiple items at once)

http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/BlankAndSecure

Or just use the award-winning freeware PRIVAZER (provides up to 35 overwrites):

http://www.privazer.com

Enjoy!!

Giovanni  –  10 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+186)

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Hello, GOTD users,

Thanks for your support and using our program. Any problem while using our program, please feel free to contact support@macrorit.com. :)

One more thing, all the featured free products have portable version, if you are interested, you can directly download the portable version to try.

Partition Expert Free:
http://macrorit.com/download/mde/mde_portable.exe

Disk Scanner:
http://macrorit.com/download/mds/mscanner-portable.exe

NTFS to FAT32 Converter:
http://macrorit.com/download/n2f/mn2f_portable.exe

Wish you all have a nice day!
Macrorit Support

Macrorit Support  –  10 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+164)

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Hello Karl,
This is used for a special situation. We usually won't wipe a partition or a drive. However, huge amount recovery software tools are really potential threats for business security or personal privacy. Sometimes we might have an emergency need for this kind of tool to even wipe system drive.

Macrorit Support  –  10 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+46)

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I really don't understand why almost everybody is posting questions and problems, when the very first post is from Macroit stating

"Thanks for your support and using our program. Any problem while using our program, please feel free to contact support@macrorit.com."

Perhaps you think the esteemed posters here know more about the software than the developers?

Chris~  –  10 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+42)

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David,

Diskpart Command built in Windows cannot erase sensitive data irreversibly. This tool is used for erasing confidential data permanently which has no possibility to recover.

Thanks! :)

Have a nice day,
Macrorit Support

Macrorit Support  –  10 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+33)

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