Data Sanitization Resources
Data Sanitization - Resources
The following information is provided as a resource to UCR staff and faculty involved in Data Sanitization efforts. Please check with your organization's technical support staff prior to utilizing or adopting any of these tools / approaches.
- Windows
Product Windows Platforms Options Website BC Wipe 95, 98, ME, NT, XP, 2000 and 2003 Free trial, purchase http://www.jetico.com/ Darik's Boot & Nuke 95, 98, ME, NT, XP and 2000 Free http://dban.sourceforge.net/ Data Eraser All IBM compatible PC's on all operating systems Purchase http://www.ontrack.com/ Eraser 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP and DOS Free http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/ PGP Wipe Utility & Wipe Free Space 95, 98, ME, NT, XP and 2000 Free trial or purchase http://www.pgp.com/ R-Wipe & Clean 98, ME, NT4.0, 2000, XP Free trial, purchase http://www.r-wipe.com/ WinPT Wipe File Utility 95, 98, ME, NT, XP and 2000 Free http://winpt.sourceforge.net/en/
(a front-end for http://www.gnupg.org) - Macintosh
Product Macintosh Platforms Options Website Burn OS 8.5 and the new Mac OS HFS+ file system Free http://www.thenextwave.com/ Eraser Pro Minimum OS 7 Free http://users.libero.it/yellowsoft/ ShredIt Minimum OS 8 Purchase http://www.mireth.com/ PGP Wipe Utility & Wipe Free Space OS X 10.3.9 ("Panther"), 10.4.0 through 10.4.4 ("Tiger") Free trial or purchase http://www.pgp.com/ - Unix
Product Platforms Options Website BC Wipe Various platforms Free trial, purchase http://www.jetico.com/ Darik's Boot & Nuke Various platforms Free http://dban.sourceforge.net/ UniShred Various platforms Purchase http://ftp.lat.com/usp_main.htm Wipe Various platforms Free http://wipe.sourceforge.net/
