ProtectStar Data Shredder

Whenever you upgrade your computer and think about selling that old hard drive, you should consider safely deleting all the data. ProtectStar Data Shredder is a software program that promises to securely erase all the data until the information is beyond recovery.

While deletion jobs performed with the help of the traditional Windows methods can easily be reversed by some specialized programs, ProtectStar Data Shredder makes recovering sensitive information impossible.

The program comes with a simple interface that should be easy to figure out even by inexperienced users.

There are a few different types of actions that can be performed with this app. For instance, you can erase files and folders, the free disk space, the temporary and Internet files, entire partitions or even securely move items from one area to another on your computer.

Thus, files and folders can be added to the list by browsing the directories, since the program doesn’t support the “drag and drop” method. Erasing the free disk space enables you to delete all the files that can still be recovered from the partitions even after the hard drive has been formatted.

ProtectStar Data Shredder uses a series of high-level shredding algorithms, such as the German BSI-VS-2011 standard, US Army AR390-19 and DoD 5220.22 to ensure the data can’t be recovered. A wider range of algorithms is available in the Pro version of this software. These methods are used by government and military institutions when erasing classified and delicate digital information.

The program enables you to set up a password and choose one of the overwriting values in order to permanently delete the files.

The bottom line is that ProtectStar Data Shredder is a useful tool that can be of great help on many occasions. Inexperienced users should find the program easy to work with, thanks to the intuitive interface.