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Future Roadmap

Hardwipe is new and undergoing a period of active development. It aspires to become the leading data sanitization software solution, and the planned roadmap consists of:

Short Term

  • Additional language support.
  • Visual icons on context menus.
  • Implement the "Wipe Recycler" feature.
  • Implement feature to clear the Windows swap-file.
  • Device level wiping. I.e. select device, not volume.

Longer Term

  • Implement bootable version with device wipe function utilizing the ATA "ERASE UNIT" command.

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Version: 2.0.0 (Happy Halibut)

License: Free
Requirements: Windows 8, 7, Vista or XP (SP2)

Changes in 2.0.0

Release Codename: Happy Halibut

Important Changes

  • Re-working of the core disk overwriting implementation.
  • Verification now available with any sanitization scheme.
  • Robustness when encountering write failures (experimental at this stage).
  • Ability to select multiple drives when performing "Wipe Drive".
  • Wipe Drive command now requests UAC admin on demand.
  • Big performance improvement when wiping drives.
  • Settings window re-design and new options added.
  • Audit logging improvements.

Minor Updates

  • Changes of user interface controls.
  • User interface controls updated for touch operation.
  • Changed "Run Admin" in context menu to "Run Standalone".
  • Removed "Admin" toolbar button (it was too prominent).
  • Improvements to the installer.
  • Bug Fix: Drive details were sometimes obscured in icon mode of file/drive selector window.
  • Bug Fix: Language translations are not always shown on some controls.

Version History

1.5.0

Important Changes

  • Status changed from "beta" to "release".
  • Improved menu and animation graphics.
  • Clear swap-file placeholder menu removed for the time being.

Minor Updates

  • Other bug fixes and minor updates.

1.4.0 BETA

Important Changes

  • Implemented the "Wipe Drive" function. This overwrites a logical drive at the volume level.

Minor Updates

  • The "Auto-shutdown" feature no longer needs elevated privileges.
  • Other bug fixes and minor updates.

1.3.0 BETA

Important Changes

  • Implemented the Gutmann overwrite scheme.
  • Added the "Random Overwrite" scheme (now the default).
  • Temporarily disabled "wipe drive" function while it is the focus of development.
  • Major performance improvement when writing to USB devices.

Minor Updates

  • Files truncated to zero size after overwrite.
  • Added "Admin" toolbar button.
  • Added "default scheme" setting.
  • Improvements to the installer.
  • Improvements to Explorer shell context extensions.
  • Fixed text placement at higher DPIs.
  • Changes to interface text and menus.
  • Other bug fixes and minor updates.

1.2.1 BETA

  • Fixed bug preventing cleaning operation.
  • Fixed memory bug in relation to loading and saving of log text between application launches.

1.2.0 BETA

  • Added "Shutdown Computer" on completion feature.
  • Minor updates.

1.1.0 BETA

  • First publicly available version.