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HDShredder is a specially designed tool for the wiping of complete hard drives or other storage media as well as individually-selected partitions, quickly yet securely - that is, irrecoverably. The media will remain usable following the deletion.The deletion is done irreversibly on a physical level. HDShredder thereby offers special benefits when it comes to the deletion of damaged media. Additionally, when needed, HDShredder works independently from any partitioning scheme, data or operating system, and can therefore delete entire operating systems at once, or in the event of unknown/proprietary data systems, can execute a secure deletion. With its universal deletion process, HDShredder covers a broad spectrum of possible uses. Below you can find descriptions of frequently applied uses, as well as additional tips for the use of HDShredder.
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Generally, HDShredder's main use is the deletion of data. To securely delete data, select a deletion pattern of a higher standard or a self-created pattern. The deletion report, which can be generated at the end of a deletion process, will provide information regarding the parameters and the result of the deletion. This report can be used to provide clients with a confirmation of the completed deletion process.
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When disposing of computers, it is recommended that any installed disk(s) therein are wiped to avoid access of your data by a third party. This is possible with HDShredder, as even non-functional operating systems and defective disks pose no problem, so the deletion can still be executed. Of course this also applies to the disposal of individual and any external storage media.
Before selling your used computer or your used disks, you should ensure that any personal or otherwise sensitive files cannot be accessed or recovered by the buyer. HDShredder enables the fast and secure deletion of the entire disk or of individual partitions.
Prior to transferring computers or storage media to a new user, even within a company or organization, any sensitive data should preferably be wiped. HDShredder offers an advantage over mechanical or physical deletion processes, as the media from which the data is deleted can still be used afterwards..
In some cases it may make sense to not just delete the data, but also to wipe the installed software and the operating system. In cases of commercial software that you may want to continue using, any remaining installation may be regarded as a pirated copy. With HDShredder, when selling or passing on your computer or hard drives, you can make sure that there is no unauthorized use of your software license information.
Nowadays, when passing on or disposing of mobile storage media, especially flash drives for digital cameras and camcorders, the deletion of any images or other files contained therein is often forgotten and may end up in the wrong hands. With HDShredder, you can wipe these media easily and securely.
Even though HDShredder is not an anti-virus program, some viruses are so persistent, that they remain hidden in areas of the hard drive that are normally inaccessible (boot sector, MBR, non-partitioned areas). In these cases, the complete deletion of the hard drive, followed by a new installation, may not provide the most elegant, but definitely one of the safest solutions in order to remove malware from your hard drive in the long term.
HDShredder wipes entire disks or individual partitions, regardless of any file or operating systems thereon. As a result, you can delete all hard drives or partitions with HDShredder, regardless of the type of software or file systems installed on them. Therefore, the deletion of proprietary or rare formats is possible and unproblematic.
Oftentimes damaged media are simply disposed of after data rescue without any further measures, due to them being “defective.” Yet third parties may just as well use data rescue software in order to recover large parts of data. This is why damaged media should also be deleted with HDShredder, of course after it has undergone any possible data rescue.
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HDShredder cannot only be used on PC systems. Many specialized systems, for instance industrial and medical technology, are compatible with PCs. In these cases, HDShredder can be executed directly onto the pertinent system. Due to its independence from any operating system, it does not rely on working with the operating system installed on the PC. You may therefore deploy HDShredder on arbitrary, PC-compatible systems in order to simply and irreversibly delete their data.
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