Trying to remove and delete stubborn files, folders, and even software programs from your PC can be a tedious and frustrating task. Soft4Boost Secure Eraser offers a free and simple way to remove all those hard-to-erase items once and for all in a single batch operation and using state-of-the-art and secure erase methods.
The program’s minimalist interface will give you a clear idea of how simple it is to use. It opens on a clean window where all you have to do is add all the files and folders you wish to eliminate and select the preferred erase method.
You won’t be offered much information about what each method does and how it works, apart from the name and the number of passes it uses to remove the items on the list. Most users won’t need that anyway as long as the method selected works for them — this, however, may turn the erase operation into a repetitive trial-and-error process. Again, I don’t think it does really matter much if it works in the end.
The methods range from a 1-pass simple overwrite (the kind of erase operation that you can perform directly with your Delete key without even opening Secure Eraser) to a 35-pass Gutmann method, with some 2-, 3- and 7-pass algorithms in between. The program will rewrite each of the sectors occupied by the data you wish to render unrecoverable with as many segments as passes selected. Remember that data is actually never “removed” as such but turned into an unrecoverable gibberish on each pass.
Thus, the more passes you select, the harder it will be for any data recovery tool to find out where your data begins or ends, and, most importantly, what to make of that now meaningless piece of information. If you intend to throw away your current hard drive, do not forget to perform any of these deep-erase processes before disposing of it to avoid unwanted data leaks.
Soft4Boost Secure Eraser is a free utility that you can download and install on your system without acquiring any of the packages or suites that include all the other company’s useful set of utilities. I can’t find no reason not to add this one to our desktop — you never know when you are going to need it.
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