Technical data

2.3 Sale of computers

to delete the entire drive (6.1.3 Deleting an entire drive) or a single partition (6.1.4 Delet-

ing a single partition) fast and securely.

2.4 Passing on of computers

Also in case computers or data storage media are passed on within a company or an organiza-

tion, it is desirable that no sensitive data are available on them any more. In contrast to mech -

anical or physical deletion procedure, HDShredder offers the advantage to further use the de-

leted media after the deletion.

2.5 Deleting the software installation

In some cases, it may be useful to not only delete the data but also the software and the oper-

ating system installed. If this involves commercial software, you want to continue to use, the in-

stallations then available could be considered as pirate copies. HDShredder allows you to make

sure that no one can use your software licenses unauthorized when selling or passing on used

computers or hard disks.

2.6 Deleting photos and videos

When passing on or disposing mobile storage media, especially flash storage cards for digital

cameras and video recorders, it is often forgotten that the pictures thereon or other data could

come into the wrong hands. HDShredder allows you to delete these media easily and securely.

2.7 Deleting viruses

Although HDShredder is no anti virus software: some viruses are so persistent that they hide in

usually inaccessible areas of the hard disk (boot sector, MBR, unpartitioned areas). In this case,

a complete deletion of the hard disk with HDShredder and a subsequent new installation is not

necessarily the most elegant but certainly one of the most reliable solutions to finally delete

damaging programs from your hard disks.

2.8 Proprietary formats

HDShredder deletes entire drives or individual partitions regardless of the file or operating sys-

tem thereon. That is why HDShredder allows you to delete any drive or partition regardless of

the software or file systems installed thereon. The deletion of proprietary or rare formats is also

no problem.

2.9 Damaged storage media

Damaged storage media are often simply disposed without further measures after the data re-

covery because they are “defective”. However, just as you third persons may be able to recov-

er great parts of the data with the help of data recovery software. That is why you should de-

lete defective storage media with HDShredder as well – of course only after a possible data re-

covery.