Did you wonder what happens when you think you have permanently deleted a file by pressing Shift+Del or emptying the Windows Recycle Bin? You may think the file has been permanently deleted but nothing can be further from the truth. The cold reality is that data can be restored quite easy by using special software which reads data directly from the disk. It would be impractical for any operating system to physically erase the disk occupied by the deleted files (also consider fragmentation) and usually a good compromise is to mark the space used by the deleted file as empty.

So, if the operating system is not doing it for you, how can you delete a file beyond recovery? How can you be sure that nobody can scrap and reassemble your deleted file?

Disk Doctors File Shredder provides a safe, easy to use and quick way to shred files, folders, and unused space from a logical drive. In order to make sure the deleted file can not be restored, Disk Doctors File Shredder actually overwrites the disk sectors which were occupied by the file and this way all one can restore is useless data.

And if you thought that the current empty space is indeed not written then you have to think again. All disk space marked as empty can be investigated with some scavenger software and data may be retrieved. This is why Disk Doctors File Shredder offers the possibility to also shred the currently empty space within each partition.

There are several methods on the market to shred data and Disk Doctors File Shredder implements maybe the largest collection of algorithms:

1. Zeroes
2. Random Numbers
3. DoD 5220.22-M Standard
4. NAVSO P-5239-26(RLL)
5. NATO Standard
6. German VSITR
7. DoD 5220.28-STD Standard
8. Peter Gutmann Standard
9. DoD 5220.22-M + Gutmann Standard

One of the most acute situation which would need a fast and reliable file shredder is whenever you have to extract and trust your hard disk to a 3rd party. You never know who might want to examine your disk and recover private data such as: identity docs, banking details and other sensitive information.

Using the tool is very straight forward: the user must select the file(s) or folder(s) to shred and add them to the shredding zone:


The main features of Disk Doctors File Shredder software are as below.

• Power shredder eliminates files, folders, and deleted data. 
• Context menu integration helps to add files/folders to shredding zone. The option also offers "single click" shredding of files and folders. 
• Unused space shredder to remove deleted data. 
• Inbuilt scheduler to schedule shredding tasks, shred files at a specified time or at the startup of your Windows. 
• Password protect the application for access control.
• Generates event log of the complete shredding process.
• Several military and government shredding patterns to shred data.
• Automatic live update to keep the software up to date.
• Extremely easy to use, several on screen instructions, context sensitive help.
• "How to …." Section of user guide embedded with the application.  

 Disk Doctors File Shredder is available for Microsoft Windows XP/2003/200/Vista and you can download a free 15 days fully functional version.