Active KillDisk is a quality security application that destroys data permanently from any computer that can be started using a DOS bootable floppy disk, USB Flash or CD-ROM. Access to the drive's data is made on the physical level via the Basic Input-Output Subsystem (BIOS), bypassing the operating systems logical drive structure organization. Regardless of the operating system, file systems or type of machine, this utility can destroy all data on all storage devices. Thus it does not matter operating systems and file systems located on the machine, it can be DOS, Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT/2000/2003/XP, Linux, Unix for PC. Active KillDisk Professional conforms to US Department of Defense clearing and sanitizing standard DoD 5220.22-M. You can be sure that once you wipe a disk with Active KillDisk, sensitive information is destroyed forever.

Limitations: Supports One Pass Zeros method only. A full featured, registered version is available for $29.95.

What’s new in version 5.1 (Windows application):

New! 5.1 version supports 17 security standards from various countries such as:
Bruce Schneier's algorithm
Canadian OPS-II
DoD 5220.22 M
Gutmann's algorithm
German VSITR
HMG IS5 Baseline
HMG IS5 Enhanced
Navso P-5329-26 (RL)
Navso P-5329-26 (MFM)
NCSC-TG-025
Russian GOST p50739-95
US Army AR380-19
US Air Force 5020
One-pass zeros method
One-pass random characters method
User defined method (user’s pattern and specified number of passes)
User-defined number of passes (up to 99)

New Wipe function that wipes out all unused space on existing drives, not touching existing data.
Professional package now includes Windows Vista-based Bootable Disk Creator that allows you to boot Windows Vista from CD/DVD/USB, and to erase or wipe out your disks in Windows environment. USB Plug'n'Play devices are supported.
The FREE application can be registered with a registration key without re-installation to be able to erase data using DoD 5220.22-M and other methods.