Windows based free disk wiper?

[joblo37pam]

I'm looking for a good free program to do disk wipes from within windows. I use DBAN all the time offline, but I would like a tool that I can do this with from the hot-plug bay in my Windows workstation.

I have used the free version of Active@ Killdisk, and it is exactly the type of program that I want, but the free version will only do single zero-fill passes. You have to pay to get more stringent cleaning. HD Tune Pro is the same way. Are there any other good ones out there for free?

This would all be a moot point if MS Virtual Server would mount a physical disk in a VM, because then I could just build a DBAN VM and not have to mess with any software.

Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[alamone]

Sysinternals SDelete would work, but it works indirectly so while contents will be scrambled, filenames won't be (when cleaning free space).

 

[Joe Average]

Eraser, which of course like almost every other "free" disk wiper, uses the DBAN code to get the job done. Just be careful with it or you'll end up wiping the whole damned thing.

CCleaner (yep, that one) now offers the wipe capability in its newest versions the past few weeks. Offers 1 (Simple Overwrite), 3 (DOD accepted), 7 (NSA accepted), or 35 (Gutmann) pass wiping, and I've found it to be easier to use, less troublesome than other tools and just as if not more effective. It's designed to wipe free space only, so if you have a blank drive, partition it and format it with NTFS (so it has a drive letter) then hit it with CCleaner set for 35 passes then delete the partition when you're done.

Doesn't get any more secure unless you drill the platters... just takes a long time for that many passes.

 

[joblo37pam]

I didn't realize CCleaner had added this functionality. I'll give that a try. I don't really need 35 pass security, but I would at least 3 (or even 1 random in some cases).

Any other suggestions are still welcome.