HDD Wipe Tool is a free utility designed to securely erase hard drives and other storage media. It allows users to securely erase all data on a hard drive, including any partitions and hidden areas, in order to prevent data recovery by third-party software. The tool can also be used to securely erase other storage media such as USB drives, memory cards, and CDs/DVDs. HDD Wipe Tool supports a variety of different erase methods, including “Full Erase”, which writes zeros over the entire disk, and “Quick Erase”, which only writes zeros to the first and last sectors of the disk. The tool also includes support for creating custom wipe patterns, as well as for verifying that the disk was properly wiped.
The discontinued DBAN was last updated in June 2015 and does not support SSD (SATA secure erase). The official website is now pushing users to use Blancco Drive Eraser, a commercial disk wiping tool.