ABAN Alternatives

ABAN is described as 'Boot CD/USB stick for easily and securely wiping all the disks in a machine. Boot disks are available for both 32-bit and 64-bit machines. As a boot disk, it doesn't care what OS is on the machine (or if there y OS at all)' and is a File Shredder in the security & privacy category. There are four alternatives to ABAN for Windows, Linux and Mac. The best ABAN alternative is Darik's Boot and Nuke, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ABAN are HDShredder, Shredos and nwipe.

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  1. Darik's Boot and Nuke icon

    Darik's Boot and Nuke

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    Dariks Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot disk that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency...

    34 Darik's Boot and Nuke alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Application type

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • Darik's Boot and Nuke is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to ABAN.

    • Darik's Boot and Nuke is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to ABAN.

    • Darik's Boot and Nuke is Freemium and Open SourceABAN is Free and Open Source
  2. HDShredder icon

    HDShredder

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    HDShredder by Miray Software deletes entire hard disks, partitions or other storage media securely and according to international standards if desired. Safely recycle your hard drive!.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. Shredos icon

    Shredos

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    Shredos Disk Eraser 64 bit for all Intel 64 bit processors as well as processors from AMD and other vendors which make compatible 64 bit chips. ShredOS - Secure disk erasure/wipe.

    5 Shredos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Anonymised data mode to hide serial number & host info.
     
  5. nwipe icon

    nwipe

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    nwipe is a fork of the dwipe command originally used by Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN). nwipe was created out of a need to run the DBAN dwipe command outside of DBAN, in order to allow its use with any host distribution, thus giving better hardware support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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