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2 of 2 customers found the following review helpful:
 Easy to use, works perfectly, and great support!, 2008-01-22
I wanted to donate my computer to a local school, but wanted to erase my personal information off of it first. Even before purchasing, the customer support staff patiently and quickly answered my questions. WipeDrive was easy to use with clear prompts, and did exactly what I wanted. I chose the single wipe option, so it only took about 40 minutes, but after reinstalling the operating system I checked and nothing was left. The product was cheaper than a few of the others I looked at and I was very impressed with the support and the clarity of the instructions they gave. I would definitely recommend this product.
1 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
 MISLEADING! , 2007-03-16
This program DESTROYED my computer. It is a destructive program that wipes out your hard drive completely. My computer died and ended up in the shop.
1 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
 Can't say if it worked..., 2005-10-12
Can't say for sure if this program worked, because the old computer that I tried it on ceased functioning after I started the program. Well, it did destroy any information on the hard drive... but a hammer would've gotten the same end result.
1 of 7 customers found the following review helpful:
Waste of time and money, 2004-09-11
This product did not work for me. It was a waste of time and money. The box promised ease of use for any system. Well, it didn't work on my windows 98 system no matter what I tried. After several unsuccessfull attempts booting to the WipeDrive CD (and floppy you can create from the CD), I tried booting up to WipeDrive AFTER reformatting my hard drive. Still no success. All I got every time was beeping and flashing gibberish on the screen for over 30 minutes each attempt.
8 of 8 customers found the following review helpful:
Lacking Features, 2004-02-24
I had no trouble operating the software, and it consistently appeared to perform the task of overwriting all portions of my hard drive. The problem, though, is that when the program cleans or verifies that the drive is clean, it displays only a percentage of the space on the hard drive, rather than the amount of space. Because I got the program for the purpose of permanently eliminating malware on my drive, I never knew if Wipedrive was able to clean that part of the drive. Wipedrive offers no means for examining the raw data on the drive or for determining the total space that it verifies is clean. Also, even with an average size 80 GB drive, each overwrite takes an extremely long time, as does the verification routine. You can clean only the entire hard disk and cannot limit it to one drive or partition. It would be helpful if you could selectively clean and/or scan only a portion of the drive, or scan from the end instead of from the beginning. In sum, the product seems well designed for a routine, single cleaning to eliminate personal data on an entire hard disk, but its lack of options left me wondering if it had done the job for me. A partition manager plus one of the free downloads (such as Eraser) could be a better choice in some situations.
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