ByebyeData Eraser is a secure data erase tool to delete data permanently, this shredder program scrubs files and folders, drives, or disks with advanced and secure data sanitation standards.
ByebyeData Eraser is a disk wipe utility to securely erase the hard drive and shred files, with built-in secure wipe standards like DoD 5220.22m and other government, approved algorithms. With this DoD wipe software, you’ll know how to completely erase a hard drive (HDD or SSD) and make data clean. Wiping a hard drive with this data Eraser will keep private data secure.
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Reviews for ByebyeData Eraser Pro
With new data recovery solutions available in the market it has become quiet easy for any user to recover data. It is great, but due to this now you need extra precautionary measures when deleting sensitive information from your drives. Deleting the files sends them to the Recycle Bin to be easily recovered, using Shift+Delete makes the files disappear but they are still somewhere in the hard drive and many recovery tools can easily recover them. To delete data securely and forever you need to use dedicated data wipe tools.
ByebyeData Eraser Pro is a secure data erase tool to delete data permanently, using various simple or complex data shredding algorithms. The data you delete with this application is deleted forever, as the name of the application suggests, this application will actually let you say Bye Bye to your data forever.
Installation & Set-up
The installer size is ~15MB and the installation process is simple and straightforward taking not time at all. After the installation, the application asks you for the license information if you have any, to activate the application. You need to use ‘Run as Administrator’ option to launch the application, otherwise it won’t launch.
User Interface
The UI of this application looks very simple, as it contains only shades of black and white, no colors are used. This makes it comfortable to use and pleasing to the eyes. All the options and features are arranged in 6 tabs on the left-side, namely ‘Files and Folders’, ‘Free Space’, ‘Entire Drive’, ‘Entire Disk’, ‘Bootable Media’, and ‘Upgrade’. The window in the middle is labeled ‘Security’, and it lists all the shredding algorithms that this tool supports, divided in categories like Simple overwrite, Advanced overwrite, Complex overwrite, and Very complex overwrite.
Wide-range of overwriting algorithms
This application comes with 14 different algorithms to choose from, strating from the simple to the very complex ones. Users can choose the one they require, depending on the importance of data being deleted. The options start with simple zeros, ones, and pseudo-random, to advanced algorithms like GOST, DoD, US Army AR, US Air Force. The complex options include RCMP, German Standard, Bruce Schneier;s algorithm, or Peter Gutmann’s algorithm.
Delete files, folders, drives, disks & Create bootable media
Alongwith the ability to delete files and folders, this tool is also capable of wiping entire drives and disks, and the free space present on them too. Doing this is as easy as deleting files and folders, you just need to navigate to the relevant tab, select your desired drive or disk, select the algorithm to use and click ‘Erase Now’ button. The application does support batch-processing so you can select more than one files, folders, or drives together and wipe them.
Pro, Business, and Admin versions of the application also come with a built-in WinPE bootable media creation tool.
Pros
14 algorithms to choose from
Erase files, folders, drives, disks, and even free space
Supports FAT/exFAT/NTFS, Apple’s HFS+, Linux Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 and Unix UFS file systems.
Supports various Input/Output interfaces: IDE, USB, SATA, eSATA, SSD, SCSI disks, LUN, RAID Disk Array.
WinPE bootable media creation tool
Cons
No drag and drop option
No context menu integration
No settings menu, so no customization available
Conclusion
ByebyeData Eraser Pro is a handy-tool to get rid of your private and sensitive data and information permanently. It comes with the option to choose from simple to very complex algorithms. Moreover, batch-processing helps perform more than one tasks together. The application works smoothly, and does not run into any errors or lag the computer.
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