Acronis Drive Cleanser

Acronis Drive Cleanser is a powerful application developed to completely wipe out data on your hard-disks, offering a wizard to assist users throughout the entire process.

The wizard provides access to a great amount of configuration options, so besides choosing the partition or the drive you wish to clean, Acronis Drive Cleanser also provides three different actions to be performed with the wiped partitions after all data is destroyed.

You can for example leave partition as it is, delete or format it. There are several wiping algorithms, including US DoD 5220.22-M, German Standard VSITR, Peter Gutmann and Bruce Schneier.

The wizard assists users throughout the entire process, so in addition it also gives them the option to configure wiping pass adjustment by choosing a new write pattern. In the end, the app can save the custom algorithms to a file and thus allow users perform the same task at a later time a bit faster.

One of the drawbacks however is that Acronis Drive Cleanser cannot wipe out just a single folder or a specific hard-disk sector, so you can only clean an entire partition.

Although the wizard is there to lend a hand to all users and make the process a breeze, Acronis Drive Cleanser remains an app more appropriate for experienced users, with some of the options clearly requiring advanced technical knowledge.

All things considered, Acronis Drive Cleanser makes for a decent partition wiping tool, offering an effective engine and a helpful wizard. There are things to be improved, that’s true, but with some updates here and there it could easily become a top product in this particular software segment.