Open Source Disk Formatting Software - Page 2

LLFW is a tool for Linux users that performs low-level format operations on disks. Thanks to its user-friendly interface and powerful features, you can easily perform operations such as filling with zeros, writing random data or secure erase.

With Context-Shredder you can destroy your sensitive files. Choose from simple destruction or shredding by Peter Gutmann 35 times. Eraser -Tool for Windows. An user can create deletion tasks, overwrite the available free space or destroy disk drives with the help of this handy tool. The included Portable -[Context-Shredder] allows the user to navigate and view all the files found on the system. You need the .Net Framework 4.0 from Microsoft.

DWIP is short for Disk Wiping and Imaging Tool. This tool is being built for Mississippi State Universities National Forensics Training Center for use on a live cd to give out to it's students.

LibSecRm (LIBrary for SECure ReMoval) is a set of replacements for these standard C functions which cause data removing from files. The data is first securely wiped on-the-fly, to protect the user's privacy, then the original functions are called. There is NO NEED to rebuild your software, because LibSecRm is a pre-loadable library, meaning you just need to RUN the software with LibSecRm loaded. LibSecRm is also a development library. The following wiping methods are supported: Gutmann-like, random, Schneier, DoD. See the project homepage https://libsecrm.sourceforge.io and the project Wiki in the menu above. To wipe data that was left on the drive by using "normal" delete operations, you can take a look at WipeFreeSpace (https://wipefreespace.sourceforge.io), which wipes the space used by files marked as deleted (and other things, too).

SimpleDriveWiper is a very simple command line tool that allows you to wipe the free space of a drive/partition. Its purpose is to obfuscate the residual of data that remains even after attempts have been made to remove it. For Windows,Linux and Mac.

WipeOut is secure data deletion method & application. WipeOut method is designed to be fast and secure. WipeOut also has many sub schemes for faster (but not weak) wipe process .

I'm just a student beginning to learn C++. I created this very simple 70 line program that will generate a text file with your choice of extension however may bytes you enter. I believe this could be used to permanently wipe hard drives if reused multiple times. Or just use up a shit-ton of hard drive space on a computer if you choose to do so. I called it "Big 0" because it can generate a big file full of zeros.

BooTium is a software that has been designed so that users can flash or backup a disk very easily and quickly. Because indeed BooTium is the fastest flashing image in the world! BooTium contains everything you need to flash an image or make an image backup easily. You will find multiple tools to carry out your use of BooTium, such as an advanced disk formatter.

A portable FAT file system stack for embedded devices.

This frontend makes it easier (and probably more safe) to use the Windows version of dd (http://www.chrysocome.net/dd) program. User can: * Select the disk device (a partition or a root one) * Put a binary image onto the device * Save a binary image of the selected device to a file * Erase the selected device (fill it with zeroes) Suitable for: * Create a bootable USB disks from an ISO images * Backup disks * Make an ISO image from CD disk * Erase corrupted MBR's which Windows can not handle USE WITH CAUTION - it is a very beta version. Note that the app is writen in JAVA, so you need the JRE installed.

Prefent Bitrot with BitFresh! -Easy to use -Safe -Refreshes the E:\ Disk! (Usb-Stick,Sd card,...) Update:V 1.1 adds: -Select your own Root Dictionary -More Informarion about the prozzes of the refreshing

Disk Nukem is an open source, advanced wiping utility based on Darik’s Boot and Nuke (DBAN). It offers a new Kernel and more devices’ support, as well as a JSON/XML API, a web-based GUI, a callback/notification system in case of start,success and failure and many other features. It is well suited for a large audience including Internet Service Providers, System Administrators and Advanced End Users, just to name some. Disk Nukem is currently under development. You can contribute with donations and pull requests on GitHub.

Software application that permanently erases the contents of a hard drive or floppy disk using multiple passes on IBM PC compatible computers. User must have a Microsoft DOS compatible boot disk to start the computer in DOS Shell.

Xorin is a secure drive erase program that provides the perfect solution to anyone who wants to secure their private data before selling or utilization their PC or drive storage. Xorin is also good in all situations where you want to ensure that deleted data stays deleted and that it can never be recovered. Xorin operates from its own Linux-based bootable environment, Linux or Windows operation system. Xorin supports all popular security methods and standards including DoD 5220.22-M. You can erase your drives unlimited times. In our free version we do not limit quantity of erasing. Also there is no program limitation for parallel drive quantity you want erase.

Ported to GNU/Linux and Solaris from FreeBSD.

Eraser software for secure deletion of files and cleaning of free disk space with full functionality and lightweight GUI.

ErAce is software that will over write hard drive 1-100 times. So it fulfils strictest security standards i.e. DOD 5220.22-M. In that way it is impossible to recover data. If You delete files and empty recycle bin it is possible to recover data with recovery software. ErAce will write whole hard disk and put it to zero at last cycle. After process hard drive looks like it was just came out of factory. ErAce works on Pentium or higher and AMD equivalent systems. It works even Intel based Mac computers. It needs 128 Mb of memory. With ErAce you can recycle, sell or throw away hard drive carefree. There is no way other people to recover data, pictures or documents from your disk

This is a graphical tool for formatting flash, USB, memory stick, external HDD and others on Linux, any flavour will do, Ubuntu, Fedora, Suse, Mandriva, Debian and others. It's developed by Charlie Maere using Visual C++ in Qt3 Designer. Format USB in Linux.