Windows · Free download · Encryption Decryption
is a complete file deletion and data shredding utility that completely removes all traces of sensitive data from your disks.
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Overview
is a complete file deletion and data shredding utility that completely removes all traces of sensitive data from your disks.
In depth
Shred-X achieves a secure deletion of your sensitive data by overwriting the file up to 35 times before deleting it, and then destroying the File Allocation Table cluster number and size information for that file. Shred-X is able to overwrite all slack space on your hard or removable drives. This may be necessary to remove information from spurious clusters remaining from previous Recycle Bin deletions. Shred-X can overwrite your Swap File; and overwrites file cluster tails, to achieve complete deletion.
You can also run Shred-X in schedule mode, where it automatically invokes Scandisk to ensure that all lost sectors are accounted for, and overwritten during a disk clean, then runs Defrag to remove evidence of the deleted file names from FATs.
Verdict
Shred-X Secure File Deletion runs on Windows 95/98/Me and is available under the Shareware license — the installer is 821 KB. We’ve catalogued it under Encryption Decryption.
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