Shredos Alternatives

Shredos is described as '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' and is an app. There are five alternatives to Shredos for Windows, Linux and Mac. The best Shredos alternative is Darik's Boot and Nuke, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Shredos are HDShredder, ABAN, nwipe and east-tec DisposeSecure.

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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...

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    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    DBAN Installer
     

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

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

    • Darik's Boot and Nuke is Freemium and Open SourceShredos 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. ABAN

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    ABAN is a 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 is any OS at all).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Disk wipe in progress
     
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    east-tec DisposeSecure

    Bootable tool permanently erases hard drives, partitions, and external storage using leading government and industry-standard algorithms, supports network multi-device wiping, enables centralized reports, and produces tamper-proo...

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    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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  7. east-tec DisposeSecure icon

    east-tec DisposeSecure

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    Bootable tool permanently erases hard drives, partitions, and external storage using leading government and industry-standard algorithms, supports network multi-device wiping, enables centralized reports, and produces tamper-proof audit certificates for compliance.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    The Media Creator and External Removable Wiper
     

    • east-tec DisposeSecure is the most popular commercial alternative to Shredos.

    • east-tec DisposeSecure is Paid and ProprietaryShredos is Free and Open Source
    • east-tec DisposeSecure is Privacy focusedShredos is not according to our users
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