When you delete sensitive files from a disk on your computer, the operating system (for example, Windows or Linux) does not erase contents of these files from the disk - it only deletes 'references' on these files from filesystem tables. Contents of the deleted file (or file's body) continue to be stored on the disk and can be easily recovered using any disk tool utility.
Wiping is a term used to describe a process of shredding contents of a file or disk space. It is impossible to restore any data that has been properly wiped.
BCWipePD utility is designed for quite specific purposes, mainly for government agencies, banking and large corporations, where there is a need in a safe destroying contents of hard drives before computers can be got away from the companies. BCWipePD is a powerful utility designed to provide a fast way for wiping disks on large number of computers without wasting time on installation the program on every computer separately.
Wiping a whole hard drive (or all hard drives) on the computer with BCWipePD is a simple procedure. You boot computer using BCWipePD bootable CD and confirm wiping. It is also possible to run BCWipePD with command-line parameters.
BCWipePD runs from bootable CD with kernel of Linux operating system. Linux is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Linux is distributed according to GNU General Public License (GNU GPL). Source code of the Linux kernel version 2.6.12 used on the bootable CD are available for downloading from http://www.kernel.org . Text of GNU GPL is included into BCWipePD distributive.
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