Hardwipe is a free document shredder for your computer. It erases file contents and cleans unused hard-disk space to prevent personal and business information from ever being recovered.
Features:
Cleans USB sticks of sensitive data.
Integrates with Windows Explorer so you can wipe files simply by right-clicking!
Able to purge your Windows Swapfile*. (coming soon)
Drive cleaning is fast! Approximately 3 times quicker than SDelete.
Intelligent use of disk cache so that your computer remains responsive when cleaning entire drives.
Hardwipe can shutdown your computer automatically when finished — so you can simply leave a lengthy job running. Useful when cleaning large hard-drives, which can take several hours.
Supports all major overwriting schemes, including: GOST P50739-95, DOD 5220.22-M, Schneier & Gutmann.
FreewareFiles tested Hardwipe 2.0.0 on 2012-04-02 using leading
antivirus scanners and found it 100% Clean. It does not contain any form
of malware, spyware, viruses, trojans, etc. We will re-test each updated
version and remove the award as well as the program if found infected.