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Nova Drive Erase Pro | 
| From: Nova Development US
Category: Software
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $18.99
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Seller: The Markdown Zone
Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 410
Format: CD-ROM
Platform: Windows XP
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9 x 8 x 2
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: DEW
Model: DEW
UPC: 727298402995
EAN: 0727298402964
ASIN: B000DZ96DO
Release Date: January 1, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
If you are planning to sell or donate your PC or to pass it on to another employee you better plan to purge your hard drive of confidential data. Chances are that online banking information, payroll data, social security numbers, credit card numbers, confidential email, personal photos still exist on your hard drive even if you've emptied those files from the Recycle Bin. Drive Erase Pro completely and permanently erases data from your hard drive. In fact, Drive Erase Pro deletes all of the data on your hard drive easily, securely, and permanently. And it does it all to the highest standards, complying with Department of Defense security requirements and more. Drive Erase Pro completely and permanently erases data from your hard drive so that you can sell or donate your computer with confidence. You'll never have to worry about your confidential data falling into the wrong hands. Main Features Manufacturer: Nova Development CorpManufacturer Part Number: DEWManufacturer Website Address: www.novadevelopment.comSoftware Sub Type: Data EraseSoftware Name: Drive Erase Pro Features & Benefits: Completely erase hard drive data Erase your entire drive or selectively shred individual files permanently Supports seven data destruction standards Compatible with all windows hard drives, regardless of size or interface Wipe multiple pcs as many times as you like Create and store your own wiping algorithms Boot disc for 100% erasingStandard Warranty: 90 Day(s)
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 17
 Excellent Product April 7, 2008
Shannon Lawson
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
This product worked perfectly. I had several computer systems that needed to be tossed or donated. I have used BC Wipe and other similar tools for electronic media sanitization before a friend recommended this product. I am glad he did.
The software comes with two discs. One disc is wrapped in a red CD sleeve. It is this CD that one must be careful of (red = warning). It is CLEARLY marked that if you insert this into the computer and reboot, it will ERASE your ENTIRE hard disk drive. As a matter of fact, you have to proceed through several steps in the wizard after you reboot with the CD loaded before it actually wipes your drive. You must tell it which disk (if you have more than one) and/or partition to wipe and with which method of destruction. It seems that perhaps others may not have read the directions or the warning banners in their entirety which were clearly displayed before their hard drives were wiped.
One nice feature is the disk editor utility. You can look at what your disk looks like after you have overwritten it with random characters or zeros.
The other disc is for loaded tools onto your operating system so that you can destroy internet traces, specific files, and removable media such as thumb and flash drives.
If you are looking for an easy tool that will securely wipe your drive for disposal (donation, garage sale, auction, etc...) this is a great tool for the money.
That Safe Secure Feeling......ahhhh..... March 3, 2006
compooter man
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I decided to donate my old computer to my son's high school. I began investigating software I could use to make sure all of my personal files were not recoverable even after I formatted the drive. I finally decided on this application. It was simple and effective! I put my trust in this software and it did not let me down!
Worked great for erasing my hard drive November 28, 2009
W. M. Wilbur (Fairfield, CA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased Drive Erase to delete the contents of the hard drive on three computers that I needed to dispose of (XP and Windows 98). I did not use this for erasing individual files nor did I use its Total Privacy Protection feature so I cannot comment on these. In all three cases the product performed as advertised and I was able to do all three in about 6 hours, most of which involved just letting the software do its job for an hour or so each time. There are some quirks that you need to be aware of:
I first entered the product key in lower case letters with the hyphen and it would not accept it. I then used capitals with the hyphen and it worked in all three cases. This requirement is not documented anywhere. So it appears that the invalid key issue that others had has been corrected but it must still be entered in a specific format.
I tried to use the boot disk without installing the software first. I thought since I was booting to the CD that it did not matter if the software was installed on the hard drive. This did not work so apparently the software must first be installed to the hard drive.
After installation the software asks to reboot the computer. Let it reboot and then use the reboot disk to reboot again this time to the CD. I tried to save a step by rebooting to the CD on the first reboot and somehow it corrupted the installation files and I had to install the software again.
Someone already mentioned that when rebooting to the CD press C during the reboot. I did not do this the first time and the computer rebooted to the hard drive. So this is an undocumented but required step.
Overall I am very pleased with this product (although the documentation could be better) and would recommend it to others. If the correct steps are followed it works very well(install to hard drive, enter key in the proper format, let the computer reboot to the hard drive, load reboot disk and press C while the computer reboots a second time and then follow directions on the screen).
Excellent Product October 16, 2009
Jerry M. Hansen (Tampa, Florida)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was very impressed with the results using Drive Erase Pro. I wish there were more products out there. I had Windows Vista on my new computer, and wanted to install Windows XP. this seems like the only program I could purchase to remove Vista. Just by following the simple instructions, I was able to remove Vista. I notice several people complaining about this wonderful product. It worked great for me!! I guess you always seem to find people who complain just because they like to. lol I recommend this product to do exactly what it says it will do. It did for me.
Did the job completely January 30, 2008
Leventhal Partners LLC (Cleveland, OH)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
The software worked for me. The software comes with a 30 day money back guarentee from the manufacturer, Nova. It also comes with free telephone and email tech support. If it didn't work, why would they offer a money back guarentee and unlimited support?
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