Files Terminator Free

Most individuals are looking to sell their old computers when they decide to buy a new one. But there's a critical issue when doing that, especially if you are including the hard drive. Deleting files using conventional methods puts you at a serious risk regarding data leaks. Even if you reinstall the OS, skillful individuals can dig through your drive and find information that can put jeopardize your livelihood.

To avoid putting your data out in the open while selling the hard drive, a file shredder you be the way to go. Files Terminator Free is one example of a shredder that provides you with nine deletion methods that work towards sanitizing your drives.

When dealing with such tasks, simplicity is the main aspect to look forward to. Why? Because besides shredding your files, rendering them irretrievable, there is nothing else to do with the app.

As for how the layout is built, there's a combo menu holding the deletion methods, a descriptive panel below that, which offers a short description of a method's features. On top of that, buttons for file and folders selection are made available, along with a function that helps you clean an already empty drive.

A deletion algorithm alters a file's code until that's not recognizable anymore, hence recovering it becomes impossible. Some methods overwrite an item with random characters, other use ones and zeros to randomize data, others simply employ overwriting cycles with predefined or random numerals or letters.

From top to bottom, Files Terminator Free methods are Pseudorandom, British HGM IS5, Random, Russian GOST, US DoD 5220.22-M(E), German VSITR, CANADIAN RCM. Bruce Scneier and Peter Gutmann.

A file shredder is not a tool one deploys on a daily basis, but can come in certain situations like the one mentioned above. Of course, if you know how drives work when you delete your files, you can use Files Terminator Free as a daily helper too, destroying all traces of data you wish, even if the computer is not sold.