Active KillDisk

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Hard Drive Eraser Active Kill Disk is a DOS and Windows utility that allows you to completely destroy all data on your hard drive, eliminating any possibility of future recovery. It supports 17 sanitizing standards, including DoD 5220.22-M, Gutmann, Gost and many others. Active KillDisk works with any computer that is capable of booting into DOS mode from a CD/DVD or USB drive. It uses access to the drive's data on a physical level via BIOS bypassing logical drive structure organization, thus it does not matter what operating systems and file systems are used on the machine. To use the software, simply create the bootable CD/DVD image with the provided ISO burning application and use it to boot your computer - do not try this unless you want to wipe the content of your drive! Active Kill Disk also includes a Windows application that allows you to securely delete the content of selected drives and partitions, without the need to create a bootable disc. The free (trial) version only allows for single-pass deletion. Copyright Snapfiles.com

Trial Limitations: No time limit but some features disabled.

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Publisher	LSoft Technologies Inc. (7)	Price	$49.95
Version	25.0.27.0	Last updated	May 30, 2025
File Size	86.6 Mb	Requirements	None

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A solid data erasue app for the techies

by milosmil1984599 Jan 02, 2026

For longtime PC users, Active KillDisk is a well-known name. KillDisk permanently erases all data on drives, ensuring that it cannot be recovered. It features more than 20 sanitization standards, including the newest IEEE 2883, so if you are worried about compliance, there is nothing to worry about. The sanitization process is straightforward; you click on the drive, pick the data sanitization process, confirm, and you are good to go. For all the years I have used it, I have never encountered any issues. For those who want certificate creation, there is an editor within the software with which you can customize certificates, labels, etc. Now for the bad stuff. There aren't many, but they should be mentioned. First of the being that, the UI should get an upgrade. This one is not bad; it scales well, but it is visible that it wasn't from recent times. The second issue I have with it is that it is not immediately clear after the purchase how many drives one can erase simultaneously with one license. After reading the description, one might get the (wrong!) idea that it is one license one drive, but in fact, it's first license 2 drives, with every additional drive slot needing an additional license. I somehow feel that this should have been communicated much better. Other than that, the software is fine.

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