BCWipe 4.0 Beta

2.5 out of 5 stars 2.5 (32 votes)

BETA (October 21, 2009)

Windows (All) / Shareware; $39.95 / 2,064 downloads

BCWipe is designed to securely delete files from your hard drive. Standard file deletion leaves the contents of the "deleted" file on your disk. Unless it has been overwritten by files subsequently saved, it can be recovered using standard disk utilities. Working quickly and integrated with Windows Shell, it shreds data in files so that they can not be recovered by any means.

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  1. 3 out of 5 stars
    gharibyan00

    Reviewing 3.11 (Mar 20, 2009)

    Think before downloading this program.
    Virustotal report – http://www.virustotal.co...c603fe0b19c5e08eaba3596
    I’ve tested over 10 programs and BCWipe on virustotal and most of them were infected; only a few programs were absolutely clean (ex. History Killer Pro and Evidence Eliminator. Btw I found a 40% off coupon for History Killer Pro( http://www.historykillerpro.com ) EMER-G91X-RMEN.

  2. 3 out of 5 stars
    christoofar

    Reviewing 3.10 (Feb 16, 2007)

    sorry but $40 for this app is way too much, especially since Eraser is freeware.
    Pass.

  3. 3 out of 5 stars
    httpd.confused

    Reviewing 3.06.4 (Feb 13, 2005)

    BCWipe will not trash your hard drive, or any contents you don't tell it to. Of course, if you're a careless nitwit, anything can happen--with BCWipe, or any other powerful utility.

    As it is, BCWipe works very well. I do wish it had a normal windowed interface, like Eraser does. (Yes, I know about the "BCWipe Task Manager", but that leaves much to be desired.) Also, there is (currently) no way to have BCWipe overwrite while showing a progress dialog, while also not suspending progress and prompting on in-use files.

    I prefer Eraser, mainly because it's easier to use. BCWipe's interface (including its command line options) just aren't as convenient. Some parts of the BCWipe interface are also just plain stupid. For example, if you create a 3-pass overwriting scheme, then select it, it still gives you the option to specify the number of passes to use, from 1 pass right on up. But... Huh? What does it mean to select 1 pass on a 3-pass wiping scheme?

  4. 1 out of 5 stars
    Johnoost

    Reviewing 3.06.4 (Jan 26, 2005)

    Trashed my whole harddisk when the program stalled. Absolutely not stable. Make a backup before use! Turn off your virusscanner before use because chances are that your data will be completely corrupt / lost after running a clean free space.

  5. 5 out of 5 stars
    keystroke

    Reviewing 3.03.5 (Oct 17, 2002)

    I wouldn't use a PC without it :)

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