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Active@ KillDisk Freeware is an easy-to-use and compact utility designed to securely sanitize storage media using the One Pass Zeros data sanitizing standard. This powerful tool ensures that all data on hard disks, solid-state drives (SSDs), memory cards, USB drives, SCSI storage, and RAID disk arrays is permanently erased, making it unrecoverable. The freeware version includes essential tools and options for users to sanitize their storage devices on Windows, Linux, or macOS X platforms, and even supports booting from external media for system disk erasure.
Key Features:
- Parallel Erasing: Active@ KillDisk Freeware supports true parallel erasing, allowing users to erase two disks simultaneously. Each disk runs independent erase and wipe sessions, ensuring efficient data sanitization.
- One Pass Zeros Data Destruction: The software utilizes the One Pass Zeros method to overwrite data, ensuring that all information is securely and permanently erased from the storage device.
- Wipe Out Unused Space: In addition to full disk erasure, Active@ KillDisk can wipe out unused space on all disks by securely overwriting it at the physical level, preventing the recovery of previously deleted files.
- Universal Boot Disk Creator: The software includes a Universal Boot Disk Creator, allowing users to create bootable media (CD/DVD/Blu-ray/ISO/USB) with the KillDisk Console pre-installed. This enables users to boot and sanitize any PC without needing to access the computer's operating system.
- Disk Inspection Tools: The program comes with powerful disk examination tools such as File Browser and Disk Viewer, providing a comprehensive overview of hard drives. The built-in Hex Viewer allows users to inspect raw disk sectors, including the MBR, volume boot sectors, file system records, and data file clusters.
- Reports & Certificates: After completing the sanitization process, users can generate detailed reports and certificates of erasure, which can be saved as PDF files or exported to XML for compliance and record-keeping purposes.
- Cross-Platform Compatibility: The freeware version includes executables for Windows, Linux, and macOS X, offering flexibility for users across different operating systems. The bootable ISO image is available for Windows and Linux only.
- Support for Various File Systems: Active@ KillDisk Freeware supports previewing and wiping out unused sectors on various file systems, including Apple HFS+, Linux Ext2/Ext3/Ext4, Unix UFS/XFS/JFS, and Microsoft FAT/exFAT/NTFS.
- Comprehensive Device Support: The software supports a wide range of I/O interfaces, including IDE, USB, SATA, eSATA, SSD, and SCSI disks, as well as LUN and RAID disk arrays. It can handle large-size disks (over 4TB) and newer disks with 4kb sector sizes.
- User-Friendly Interface: The utility is designed to be user-friendly, with an intuitive interface suitable for beginners. Advanced users can take advantage of the powerful command-line mode for more complex operations.
- Detects Hidden Zones: Active@ KillDisk Freeware can detect and display information about all volumes, partitions, hard disks, external USB disks, memory cards, and hidden zones on hard drives (HPA/DCO areas).
- MBR and GPT Partitioning Support: The software supports both MBR and GPT (GUID Partition Table) style partitioning, allowing users to erase or wipe volumes according to their specific needs.
- Secure Erasure of Physical Disks and Partitions: Users can erase physical disks, partitions, logical drives, and even unused disk space, ensuring that all data on the storage device is completely sanitized.
- Certificate Display and Storage: Upon completion of the erasure or wipe process, a certificate of erasure can be displayed and saved as a PDF document, providing proof of data destruction.
Active@ KillDisk Freeware is a robust and reliable tool for securely erasing data from various storage devices. Its support for multiple platforms, comprehensive device compatibility, and advanced features like parallel erasing, disk inspection, and certificate generation make it an ideal solution for users who need to ensure the complete and irreversible destruction of sensitive data. Whether for personal or professional use, Active@ KillDisk Freeware offers a secure and user-friendly way to sanitize storage media.
Active@ KillDisk - Changelog:
- Added Barcodes and QR codes to labels and certificates.
- Export erase results to CSV log.
- Latest sanitizing Kernel version 14.1.27 with many improvements.
- Bug fixes and performance enhancements.
- Improved Boot Disk Creator: Display Scaling and Network Resource mapping.
- The latest Active@ Boot Disk based on WinPE (23H2 code base).
- Boot Disk includes much more storage drivers for Dell, HP & Lenovo.