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File Shredder
Permanently deletes data

With File Shredder you can remove files from your hard drive without fear they could be recovered. There are quite a few software tools today for retrieval of deleted files under Windows OS. Those tools, often referred to as "file recovery" software, are taking advantage of shortcoming of WIndows "delete" command that we all use regularly to delete files. Actually, the "delete" operation in Windows only removes bits of information from files so they appear deleted in OS. It is easy to retrieve those files using aforementioned specialized file recovery software.

In order to remove, or shred files permanently from your system you have to use a program that is capable of rewriting the files with random series of binary data multiple times. This process is often called shredding. That way, the actual content of the file has been overwritten and the possibilities to recover such a shredded file are mostly theoretical.

File Shredder has been developed as fast, safe and reliable tool to shred company files. The author of this program released it free under GNU licence and you are welcome to download File Shredder and use it without any restrictions. File Shredder is simple but powerful program that surpasses manu commercial file shredders out there. The Author believes that such a utility should be available to anyone for free and that permanent and safe removal of confidential documents is a matter of basic right to privacy
Win 98/Me/NT/2000/XP
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Pandora Recovery
Find and Recover Deleted Files of Any Type

Pandora Recovery is a powerful free tool that provides its users an effective way to attempt recovery of permanently deleted files. And that does not mean restoration of a file from Recycle Bin. Pandora Recovery actually recovers files permanently removed from Recycle Bin, files originally deleted using Shift + Delete keys bypassing Recycle Bin and files deleted from DOS prompt.

Pandora Recovery is not a backup tool - it can recover files that have been deleted months before Pandora Recovery was installed. And while the likelihood of successful recovery is negatively affected by the time passed since the deletion of files Pandora Recovery users were able to recover files eleven years after deletion and more than five years after re-formatting a hard drive!

Win 2000/XP/2003/Vista
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PC Inspector e-maxx
Permanently delete all your files

PC Inspector e-maxx is a professional data deletion program, that helps you to permanently delete the content of your entire hard drive.
This is useful if you intend to recycle or sell your PC and want to make sure that none of your sensitive data is left on the disk and could be potentially recovered by the next user.
The program runs from a floppy disk, upon running, it will prompt you to insert a Floppy and then create a bootable disk that you can use to boot your PC and wipe your drive.
The program uses U.S Military strength deletion methods. Works with any operating system and any file system (Fat, NTFS, etc.). Only use this if you are certain that you want to erase the content of your drive!
Note:
The full version of PC INSPECTOR e-maxx is sponsored by "CONVAR – Die Datenretter.
Win 98/ME/NT/2000 /XP
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Active@ Kill Disk
Hard Drive Eraser

Active@ Kill Disk is a powerful and compact DOS utility that allows you to destroy all data on hard and floppy drives completely, excluding any possibility of future recovery of deleted files and folders.
If you use FDISK, FORMAT utilities, or DELETE standard operating system command for data removal, there is always a chance to recover them and use against owner s will.

Active KillDisk works with any computer, that is capable of booting into DOS mode from a floppy drive.
It uses access to the drives data on a physical level via BIOS bypassing logical drive structure organization, thus it does not matter what operating systems and file systems are used on the machine.
To use the software, simply copy it to a bootable floppy and insert it when you boot - do not try this unless you want to wipe your drive!
An optional Pro version is available with even greater destruction levels.
Win 98/ME/NT/2000/XP
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Eraser
Secure file deletion

Eraser is a secure file deletion tool that allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with sophisticated patterns (Gutman, USDoD and others).
You can simply drag and drop files and/or folders onto the on-demand eraser, use the convenient Windows Explorer right-click extension or use the built-in scheduler for automated wiping of unused disk space, browser cache files etc. Easy to use and secure!
Win 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista
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AbsoluteShield File Shredder
Secure file shredding

AbsoluteShield File Shredder (formerly CuteShield and SysShield) lets you permanently remove files and folders from your system easily without the possibility of data recovery.
The tool is integrated with the Windows shell and you can start shredding by right-clicking on the selected folders or files. AbsoluteShield File Shredder allows you to choose between a quick two-pass or the standard seven-pass file wiping method.
Win 98/Me/NT/2000/XP
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UltraWipe
Secure file deletion and cleanup

UltraWipe is a utility that enables complete removal of sensitive data from the hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns while protection your privacy and recovering disk space at the same time.

You can quickly select common file types like browser cache, temp files and others - but also add your custom entries as well.
The program comes with an "Urgent Wipe" features that enables a "panic button" which will instantly delete a user defined range of files by either pressing the tray icon or a keyboard shortcut.

UltraWipe includes a scheduler which can use to automate the wiping process. In addition to cleaning up the browser s cache, cookies, history, recent document list and custom entries, UltraWipe can also wipe free space, DRAM and much more!
Win 98/Me/NT/2000/XP
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Recuva
Restore files that have been accidentally deleted


Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back files that have been deleted by bugs, crashes and viruses!

Simple to use interface - just click 'Scan' and choose the files you want to recover
Easy to use filter for results based on file name/type
Simple Windows like interface with List and Tree view
Can be run from a USB thumb drive
Restores all types of files, office documents, images, video, music, email, anything.
Supports FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, NTFS5 , NTFS + EFS file systems
Restores files from removable media (SmartMedia, Secure Digital, MemoryStick, Digital cameras, Floppy disks, Jaz Disks, Sony Memory Sticks, Compact Flash cards, Smart Media Cards, Secure Digital Cards, etc.)
Restores files from external ZIP drives , Firewire and USB Hard drives
It's fast, tiny and takes seconds to run!

Portable version available here (1.8 MB)

Win 2000/XP/Vista
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UltraShredder
USB Secure file shredder

UltraShredder is a standalone, USB portable file shredder which deletes sensitive files by overwriting them with random characters, saving it to disk each time, and then bypasses the recycle bin, thus acting as your personal, portable file shredder.
If the file were to be recovered by a data recovery program, they would only be able to see unintelligible characters on disk where the file used to be.
The program is a great tool to destroy sensitive data, and is very small with a minute memory footprint, and makes no changes to your system whatsoever.
Win 98/2000/XP
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SDelete
Secure file deletion

The only way to ensure that deleted files, as well as files that you encrypt with EFS, are safe from recovery is to use a secure delete application.

Secure delete applications overwrite a deleted file's on-disk data using techiques that are shown to make disk data unrecoverable, even using recovery technology that can read patterns in magnetic media that reveal weakly deleted files.
SDelete (Secure Delete) is such an application.

You can use SDelete both to securely delete existing files, as well as to securely erase any file data that exists in the unallocated portions of a disk (including files that you have already deleted or encrypted).

SDelete implements the Department of Defense clearing and sanitizing standard DOD 5220.22-M, to give you confidence that once deleted with SDelete, your file data is gone forever.

Note that SDelete securely deletes file data, but not file names located in free disk space.
Win 95/98/NT/2000/XP
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PC Inspector File Recovery
Data recovery tool

PC Inspector File Recovery is a data recovery program with support for FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS file systems.
It recovers files with the original time and date stamp, and can optionally restore them to a network drive and can recover many files, even when a header entry is no longer available.
On FAT systems, the programs finds partitions automatically, even if the boot sector or FAT has been erased or damaged. PC Inspector File Recovery offers an easy to use interface that will scan your drive and automatically make files that can be recovered available from a "Deleted" folder in an Explorer Style navigation tree.
Win 98/Me/2000/XP
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Undelete Plus
Retrieve accidentally deleted files

Undelete Plus is a quick and effective way to retrieve accidentally deleted files, files removed from the Recycle Bin, in a DOS window, from a network drive, from Windows Explorer with the SHIFT key held down.

Undelete Plus works under Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 operating systems. The program supports all Windows file systems for hard and floppy drives including FAT12/16/32,NTFS/NTFS5 and image recovery from CompactFlash, SmartMedia, MultiMedia and Secure Digital cards.
Undelete Plus allows the following tasks to be performed:
- Recovery of deleted files from NTFS/NTFS5, FAT12/FAT16/FAT32 volumes.

Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003
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MjM Photo Recovery Software
Recover images from media cards

MjM Free Photo Recovery Software will recover images that have been deleted from a memory card, or from memory cards that have been formatted.

The easy-to-use interface will automatically detect the media card in the card reader and scan it, while displaying thumbnail images of the photos that are found during the scan. You can view each photos in full-size and recover them all or only save selected images. During our review, we first deleted all images from the card the via Windows - the program found and recovered all of them.
We then formatted the card in the camera and restarted the search - and again it found them all (recovery results after formatting may vary depending on the formatting method used by the camera). Works with Compact Flash, SmartMedia, Memory Sticks and other media storage cards.
Win 98/Me/2000/XP
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Smart Data Recovery
Free Data Recovery

Smart Data Recovery is a free data recovery tool for Windows operating system that supports the FAT and NTFS file systems. The software easily recovers data from hard disks, digital cameras, and any type of storage media - flash drives, USB drives, memory stick, PC card, multimedia card, secure digital card and diskette.

Smart Data Recovery can recover any deleted files, including MS Office files, photos, mp3 and zip files, even if the partition table is lost

Win NT/2000/XP/2003
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CopyWipe for Windows
Secure file deletion

CopyWipe is a utility for copying or securely overwriting (wiping/erasing) entire hard drives.
CopyWipe can ease and expedite the transition to a new hard drive by copying the entire contents of one drive to another. CopyWipe can also help prevent confidential or private data from being recovered, by securely wiping the contents of a drive.
A number of options are provided for wiping, most of which exceed governmental standards (such as DoD 5220.22-M, NAVSO P-5239-26, etc.); this allows the user to choose an optimal balance between security and duration of the wiping operation.
Win 98/ME/2000/XP