: A rigorous 35-pass overwrite for extreme security. NIST 800-88 : Modern guidelines for media sanitization. HMG IS5 : The British standard for data destruction. Deployment and Use Cases Corporate Asset Decommissioning
: Added the ability to print physical labels with essential disk information immediately after the wiping process is complete. KillDisk Ultimate Active- KillDisk Ultimate 12.0.25 WinPE
Complete Guide to Active@ KillDisk Ultimate WinPE: Professional Data Sanitization : A rigorous 35-pass overwrite for extreme security
You cannot wipe a hard drive while the operating system running the wiping software is actively using it. WinPE solves this problem. It is a lightweight version of Windows that boots entirely from a USB flash drive or CD/DVD into the system's RAM. Broad Hardware Compatibility Deployment and Use Cases Corporate Asset Decommissioning :
: Because it runs outside the installed OS, it can completely erase the drive where Windows is usually stored. Hardware Support
The WinPE (Windows Preinstallation Environment) edition is superior for secure data destruction because it eliminates the problem.