Alternatives to Darik's Boot and Nuke for Windows with any license

Permadelete

Permadelete is an easy-to-use and beautiful app for windows that can delete files and folders permanently.

Free Open Source Windows
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DiskGenius

DiskGenius, previously PartitionGuru, is a disk recovery and file recovery system to view partitions and to access data across a number of file systems, including NTFS...

Freemium $ $ $ Windows
Recover lost data Recover deleted files Recover deleted files Add a feature

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xShredder

With xShredder you can destroy your sensitive files. Choose from simple destruction or shredding by Peter Gutmann 35 times.

Free Open Source Windows
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4 Like
- Discontinued Development focus moved to http://alternativeto.net/software/context-shredder/
Active@ KillDisk

Active@ Kill Disk is disk eraser software for secure formatting of hard drives without any possibility of following data recovery.

Freemium Windows
Booting from USB Create bootable Image Create bootable CD Create bootable USB ... Portable Add a feature

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SDelete

SDelete, short for Secure Delete, is a command-line based data destruction tool and can be run from the Command Prompt in Windows 7, Vista, or XP.

Free Windows
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HDShredder

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

Freemium Windows
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WipeFile

WipeFile erases files and folders secure and fast. WipeFile overwrites the information completely, so there is no way to undelete the files or reconstruct the file...

Free Windows
Portable Add a feature

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- Discontinued The program is no longer updated. Last version, 2.4, released in April 2014, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Hardwipe

Hardwipe is a free file wiper and drive cleaner for Windows. It can be used to permanently erase, or to "hard wipe", data on disk and portable storage media...

Freemium Windows
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Context-Shredder

With Context-Shredder you can destroy your sensitive files. Choose from simple destruction or shredding by Peter Gutmann. Users can create deletion tasks, overwrite...

Free Open Source Windows
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EraserDrop

EraserDrop Portable is an easy-to-use secure data removal tool. It is a drop target (a floating icon on your desktop) that you can drop files onto to quickly erase them...

Free Personal Windows PortableApps.com
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SSuite File Shredder

Do you have the need to destroy and shred your most secretive, sensitive, or private files without a trace?... Now you have the opportunity to erase and clean your...

Free Windows
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2 Like
AppleXsoft File Eraser

AppleXsoft File Eraser is a user friendly and powerful data wipe software that allows you to permanently delete files on hard disks, USB drives completely. excluding any...

Commercial Windows
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File Shredder

File Shredder is free desktop application for shredding (destroying) unwanted files beyond recovery.

Free Windows
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10 Like
- Discontinued The program is no longer updated. Last version, 2.50, released in 2012, can be still downloaded from the official website.
east-tec DisposeSecure

Don't give away sensitive information, valuable corporate trade secrets, business plans, personal files and letters, or traces of Internet or newsgroup activity with...

Commercial Windows
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BCWipe

BCWipe data wiping software enables you to permanently delete files selectively so that they can never be recovered or undeleted. BCWipe embeds itself within Windows and...

Commercial Mac Windows Linux
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