CBL Data Shredder

If you intend to replace your entire computer, you might want to be careful what you do with the old hard drive. Deleted data can be recovered, so your valuable files are still vulnerable. The best solution is to destroy the actual information on the disk with a specialized utility. A good example is CBL Data Shredder, which is designed specifically for destroying data on hard drives you don't need anymore. It can shred any data stored no your hard drive and make it virtually unrecoverable.

CBL Data Shredder is distributed as a freeware utility. You can have it up and running in no time, without making any complicated settings. There are no special requirements you have to meet and you don't need powerful hardware to run it.

Shredding data is a straightforward procedure. All you have to do is select a disk and hit a Start button on the main user interface. Additionally, you can choose between different erase methods. You can pick the US DoD or the German VSITR standard or others. It may take some time to complete the process, since CBL Data Shredder will scrub the entire disk.

One of CBL Data Shredder's advantages is the fact that it lets you create your own custom shredding method. You can set it to replace data with ones or zeros, with random data or with custom text and you can also decide how many passes it should make. It is also possible to enable a white signature to the end of each sector and to write a number at the beginning of each sector.

If you erase the data on your hard drive with CBL Data Shredder, it will be as if the data never existed.