Free Disk Wipe Software: Erase Hard Drive Data in Windows 10, 8, 7

▶ Need to wipe disk data completely
▶ Free disk wipe software for Windows 10, 8, 7
▶ How to: use the disk wipe software
▶ Wrap things up

Need to wipe disk data completely

When you want to sell or donate it after replacing the old hard drive with a new or larger drive, you may consider formatting the hard drive or delete all partitions to protect personal information.

However, after formatting, the data saved on the disk don’t really disappear and can be easily recovered by certain data recovery software. To keep your private information from exposure, it’s advised to wipe your hard disk drive completely. Wiping disk also can be helpful if you face issues such as hard drive only showing half capacity, hard drive slowing to respond, etc.

Free disk wipe software for Windows 10, 8, 7

To wipe disk data completely in Windows 10/8/7, you can choose to zero fill hard drive from Command Prompt by running “format n: /fs:NTFS /p:1” command. After that, every bit in the disk will be replaced by a zero volume. However, this process can be a lit bit complicated and time-consuming for a green hand in computer. In such a condition, here introduces a great disk wipe tool, AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard.

♦  It allows you to wipe an entire hard disk, wipe a specific single partition, or wipe a file (files) on the hard drive.  
♦ It has "Make Bootable Media" function, allowing you to create a bootable USB; you can boot PC from the USB and wipe disk if system crashes. 
♦  It has a user-friendly & intuitive user interface, allowing you to handle it effortlessly. 

Now, free download it and see how it erases disk data totally in Windows 10/8.1/8/7 presented in the following content.

How to: use the disk wipe software 

Step 1. Install and launch AOMEI Partition Assistant,  click the "Wipe" main tab, and select the "Wipe Hard Drive" option. 

Step 2. Select the drive you want to wipe and click "OK" to continue. 

Here are four wiping methods you can choose from. By default, it wipes your drive using the Fill in 0 option, free of charge.

To employ one of the other three wiping methods, you need to upgrade to Professional version.
✔ Fill in random information: This method writes random data to all sectors, which is more secure than the first option.
✔ DoD 5220.22-M: A software-based data sanitization method, can prevent all software-based file recovery methods from recovering data. It is very much safer but takes a longer time.
✔ Gutmann: A software-based data sanitization way to overwrite existing information, preventing all software-based file recovery methods from retrieving data and most hardware-based recovery methods from recovering information on the wiped flash drive. 35 passes make the erase more secure but take more time.

Step 3. Go to preview the shrink operation by viewing the"Pending Operations", then click Apply and Proceed to commit operation.

✍ Note: This way is for destroying data on hard disk drive (HDD). If you want to erase data on solid-sated-drive (SSD), you can use SSD Secure Erase Wizard that is available in AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional.

Wrap things up

The professional disk wipe software – AOMEI Partition Assistant is very useful in destroying data completely. And it is featured with many other functions. It allows you to migrate OS to new hard drive without reinstalling; convert disk from MBR to GPT/GPT to MBR; extend partition with non-adjacent unallocated space and so on.