How to delete your data and protect them from recovery programs

Many of users want to sell their laptops and External hard-disks after period of time but the biggest threat for them is the Recovery Programs like "Recovery my files". so the bad use of this programs by the buyer or the new users of this HD cause a problem to the first user like recovery his photos, videos, documents, even his passwords. so to prevent threats like this,we advise our reader to use wiping programs like DBAN.


DBAN is free erasure software designed for the home user. The program is designed to securely erase a hard disk until its data is permanently removed and no longer recoverable, which is achieved by overwriting the data with pseudo-random numbers generated by Mersenne twister or ISAAC.

DBAN can be booted from a CD, DVD, USB flash drive or diskless using a Preboot Execution Environment. It is based on Linux and supports PATA (IDE), SCSI and SATA hard drives.

 DBAN can be configured to automatically wipe every hard disk that it sees on a system or entire network of systems, making it very useful for unattended data destruction scenarios.

DBAN, like other methods of data erasure, is suitable for use prior to computer recycling for personal or commercial situations, such as donating or selling a computer.

DBAN users should be aware of some product limitations, including:

• No guarantee of data removal (e.g. DBAN does not detect or securely erase SSDs)
• No audit-ready reporting for regulatory compliance
• Limited hardware support (e.g. no RAID dismantling)
• No customer support or regular software updates