HDShredder deletes the contents of hard disks and other mass storage
media reliably at physical level. HDShredder can also be applied to
individual partitions and user can select to perform the deletion
according to international security standards. HDShredder works
independent of partition layout, file system, and operating system. It
also works with proprietary formats which otherwise would be
unaccessible.
HDShredder, the universal drive deletion tool
» for easy and secure drive deletion
» runs even without a working operating system
» reliable deletion of hard disks and other storage media
» protects business and personal data ultimately from illegitimate access
Freely selectable deletion patterns
HDShredder offers an editor for deletion patterns. It lets users freely
define their own specific deletion patterns as well as entire deletion
procedures with up to 398 runs.
NEW: Store the deletion report to USB media
HDShredder creates a detailed deletion report with any deletion from the
Professional Edition on. This report can now be stored to USB keys and
other USB media.
Firewire and SATA-II device support
Deleting fast SATA-II media (internal and external via eSATA) as well as
Firewire hard disks and memory cards using a Firewire card reader.
Note: Please use the Free Edition to find out if a certain PC system and
its mass storage media are supported. The Free Edition shows all
supported and recognized drives, but some of them may only be usable
with one of the higher editions.
Supported Controllers:
• PCI IDE/ATA hard disk controller
• Busmaster IDE controller
• USB 1.1 (UHCI, OHCI)
• USB 2.0 (EHCI)
• Adaptec SCSI host adapter
• AHCI (SATA II) controller
• Firewire / IEEE1394 (OHCI)
Supported Media:
• USB key drives
• Hard disks: IDE, ATA, SATA, eSATA, USB, Firewire, SCSI, SSD
• Flash storage (with card reader): CompactFlash, SD, MMC, xD and other
NEW: HDShredder on Windows (XP/Vista/7/Server)
• access to special media & controllers (SCSI, SAS, RAID, Dynamic Volumes ...)
• using familiar Windows drive letters
Each HDShredder software package now contains a Windows program
(HDShredder/W) in addition to the self-booting program (HDShredder/S).
Since both are operated identically, you do not have to change over when
switching between HDShredder/s and HDShredder/W.