Opinions on absolutely best file eliminating software

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 10:59 am

I've never dabbled in this stuff before, but someone asked me if I knew what software was the best in eliminating files..like lets assume within 30 days all the hard drives in the company were to be scoured through by professionals to look for traces of files.

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:34 am

Acronis DriveCleanser 6.0 is the best I've used. All of the Acronis utilities are top notch.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:53 am

Hmm...looked good...until I noticed it looks like it only wipes entire drives/partitions. Needs to keep computers running, only wipe selected files/folders/data.

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 12:05 pm

Oh sorry I thought that is what you needed to do. They also make Acronis Privacy Expert.

Easto · Post by **Easto** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 12:09 pm

Eraser

http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 12:23 pm

I've used CyberScrub Pro for over a year now...I used to use BCWipe, but this one blew it away.

TonyT · Post by **TonyT** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 3:57 pm

The best is Eraser. It can be run without any damage to existing fles. What it does is 'erase' the already deleted data on the disk.

cyberskye · Post by **cyberskye** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 5:56 pm

Ghost? Comforms to US military specs, but not sure if you can be as selctive as you need to be...

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 5:59 pm

CyberScrub Pro has various levels of deletion/wiping, from basic wiping all the way to what they call the Gutmann standard, which prevents both software and hardware recovery and is "better" than the DoD standard.

UnitedWeStand · Post by **UnitedWeStand** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 6:32 pm

Originally posted by TonyT
The best is Eraser. It can be run without any damage to existing fles. What it does is 'erase' the already deleted data on the disk.

personally its my favorite and its free too.
it won't delete files inuse.
I've not had a problem at all with using Eraser. and it does what its named. ERASE.
and no way at all will you be able to recover what you [ ] with it.

Peace,

UnitedWeStand.