| KillDisk overview |
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Formatting a disk removes all information from the disk.
The FORMAT utility actually creates new FAT and ROOT tables, leaving all previous data on the disk untouched.
Moreover, an image of the replaced FAT and ROOT tables are stored, so that the UNFORMAT command can be
used to restore them.
As well, FDISK merely cleans the Partition Table (located in the drive's first sector) and does not touch anything else.
International standards in data removal
KillDisk for Industrial Systems conforms to four international standards for clearing and sanitizing data. You can be
sure that once you erase a disk with KillDisk for Windows, sensitive information is destroyed forever.
KillDisk for Industrial Systems is a quality security application that destroys data permanently from any computer
that can be started using a bootable CD or DVD-ROM. Access to the drive's data is made on the physical level via
the BIOS (Basic Input-Output Subsystem), bypassing the operating system’s logical drive structure organization.
Regardless of the operating system, file systems or type of machine, this utility can destroy all data on all storage
devices. It does not matter which operating systems or file systems are located on the machine
Security hardware
KillDisk authorization provided by external or internal removable USB key with license and user information. This
USB key must be inserted all the time to make KillDisk software operable.
Advanced data recovery systems
Advances in data recovery have been made such that data can be reclaimed in many cases from hard drives that have
been wiped and disassembled. Security agencies use advanced applications to find cybercrime related evidence. Also
there are established industrial spy agencies adopting sophisticated channel coding techniques such as PRML (Partial
Response Maximum Likelihood), a technique used to reconstruct the data on magnetic disks. Other methods include
the use of magnetic force microscopy and recovery of data based on patterns in erase bands.
Although there are very sophisticated data recovery systems available at a high price, data can easily be restored with
the help of an off-the-shelf data recovery utility like Active@ File Recovery, making your erased confidential data
quite accessible.
Using KillDisk for Industrial Systems, our powerful and compact utility, all data on your hard drive or removable
device can be destroyed without the possibility of future recovery. After using KillDisk, disposal, recycling, selling or
donating your storage device can be done with peace of mind.
