Hi friends
I am looking for a professional tool for my data sanitizing requirements. I have various hardware based tools as well as lots of softwares which works on device level (erase entire disk) , another disadvantage of this method is no reporting is there.
I have tested most of the so called DoD 5220.22-M tools as well as I am aware of latest update to DoD ( NIST SP 800-88 Rev1 guidelines)
Somehow I am not satisfied with these breed. Some vendors are charging exorbitantly ( blancco /Jetico etc)
I am keen to know if any more efficient software is there which I am not aware of.
My basic requirement is ---
1) It should support various eraser methods - one pass zero etc.
2) It should log process with device details (model / sn , start sector , end sector , start time end time and output of process). Active killdisk has some of the features but again it erases entire disk not individual files /folders etc.
3) If it allows to make live USB using winPE / any other OS that will be good.
4) It should give all available erasing options --- 1) files /folders 2) partitions 3) Entire disk 4)Dynamic disks and any other formats.
Thank you.

If you do not spend serious money here you won't get such a solution.

1. Only way to guarantee a full data destruction is a degauser.
2. There are areas, software can't access and overwrite. You would need MRT or PC3000 to access that.
3. Software won't work on anything that is flash based tech.

Hi nicoalbrecht
I do not agree with you. I think using pc3000 for disk eraser is only good if client is paying $ 500 per eraser otherwise its like using a AK47 machine gun to kill a mosquito . Ina typical enterprise customer there could 10000+ hdds erasing them with pc3000 will take ages. Instead with dedicated hardware /software one can erase no. of disks at a time. One can even use ATA commands (secure erase) .
There is no guarantee that whether disk is properly erased by degauser as there is no process log to confirm the same.
I think and as per US NIST SP 800-88 rev 1 one pass overwrite is more than enough to erase hard disk beyond recovery for most of the business level.
Recovery from remapped sector / overwritten track is not possible on commercial level and is important to CIA and pentagon only .For average users single pass overwrite ( zero fill ) is more than enough. (see attached pic)

Hi Spildit
Thanks a lot for the valuable information.

Personally I use this one. It gives you lots of options for the types of erase and generates certificates if needed. It does work with Windows 10.
https://www.prosofteng.com/mediatoolswipe-disk-wipe/

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Is it possible to get data back if I make low level format with windows?
I have tried before. It's filling zero. Any way to recover it ?

Or
If I fully write a random files (ex: videos ) over the my data , all to hdd capacity
Who can get back again old data? ?
Write random files over old datas from 0 gb to the end of hdd capacity.
And format it? . Easy . Who can get back ex data after then?

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