Eraser

Eraser is a secure data removal tool for Windows. It completely removes sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. (Ref: SourceForge)

Normally, when you delete files from the hard drive, the deleted files can be recovered by recovery software. This eraser tool helps us to delete files using certain overwriting methods until they cannot be recovered. This kind of software is usually used in Department of Defense (DoD), to delete top secret files securely...

Steps for using the software

1. Download it here. (Current version is 5.82)
2. Install it by following the installation wizard.

3. The program main window



4. Go to the menu bar, and click Edit->Preferences->Erasing.




The screenshot above shows five method of erasing files (or unused disk space). GutMann is the most secure one but it takes time to erase.

5. To erase any file securely, just right click the file and then click 'Erase'!!



Let's erase our secret!!!