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Data Shredder - Shred partitions

Manage these settings at: Menu ▸ Settings (gear icon) ▸ Tools ▸ Data Shredder ▸ Customize ▸ Shred partitions

Data Shredder provides a secure way to fully erase sensitive information so that data cannot be restored.

Shred partitions

This operation irreversibly destroys all data currently or previously stored on a partition. You can choose the method. You must format the partition after shredding to make it usable again.

There are three different methods available:

• Random overwrite - This is the simplest and quickest method. You can specify more passes for more security.
• DOD (Department of Defense) - This is a more secure but slower method. The file is overwritten with several types of data.
• Gutmann method - This is the slowest, but the most secure method. It is not possible to recover the original data by any known means.