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Tracy King

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Linda

Last updated on May 10, 2024

Why Do We Need Hard Drive Erasure Tools?

There can be plenty of reasons why you might need to wipe a partition, such as upgrading the hard drive, removing viruses or malware, and so on. The most common one is when you buy a new computer or hard drive and plan to replace your old device with it. In this case, you'll need a hard drive eraser tool to clear the data on the old device, whether you're giving it away to family or friends or selling it to someone else. This is the best way to protect your personal information or data from being leaked. Many people may think they can clean up their old hard drive by deleting files instead of using a third-party hard drive eraser. But is that secure? Of course not. Simply deleting, formatting the hard drive, or reinstalling the operating system only hides data by removing directory references to it but doesn't truly remove its content. In most cases, the data can still be fully accessed by certain data recovery software or skilled computer hackers. That's why we recommend using a third-party hard drive eraser program. Such programs ensure that your data is thoroughly erased and irrecoverable.

Wipe Your Data with Free Hard Drive Eraser Software

Free Partition Manager is the best software to erase or wipe a hard drive or partition. It allows you to completely remove all information from your hard drive or external storage device, including personal data, programs, viruses, and malware. The program employs military-grade erasure techniques that overwrite your data multiple times, ensuring that it cannot be recovered even with the most sophisticated methods.

We have two options for clearing your data. Please choose the one you need.

Option 1: Erase the partition

    1. Right-click the partition you want to wipe and select “Wipe.” 2. In the new window, set the time you want to spend wiping the partition, then click “OK.” 3. Click the “Execute 1 Task” button in the bottom right corner, review your changes, and click “Apply.”

Option 2: Erase the disk

    Select HDD/SSD, then right-click and choose "Erase Disk." Set the number of passes to wipe the data. (Maximum of 10.) Click "OK." Click "Perform 1 Task" and then click "Apply."

Note: Changes cannot be undone after the wipe is applied. Proceed with caution, as data will not be recoverable using any data recovery software once a free hard drive wiping tool performs this operation!

In addition to wiping your hard drive, we also recommend using a reliable antivirus or malware removal tool to protect your data and privacy from unknown viruses. TotalAV is one such tool you can trust:

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