Apps similar to Shredos include Darik's Boot and Nuke, which is open source with a free version. Other options are HDShredder Free, ABAN, nwipe and east-tec DisposeSecure. In total there are five File Shredders like Shredos for Windows, Linux and Mac.
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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HDShredder Free Edition securely erases data from hard drives, SSDs and other storage media. It works independently of the file system and operating system, making it easy to wipe entire drives before disposal, recycling or resale.
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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).
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.
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.
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