Alternatives to Autoruns

DriveWipe suits users who need drive sanitization across Linux, macOS, or Windows and want command-line, terminal, or graphical interfaces.

BCWipe Total WipeOut

BCWipe Total WipeOut suits people and organizations preparing storage devices for reuse, disposal, or redeployment.

It is suited to computer recyclers and organizations that need to erase drives before computers are retired or transferred.

nwipe suits Linux users who need to erase block devices through a command-line or ncurses interface, including multiple drives in parallel.

It suits people who need to wipe whole drives offline on Windows or Linux, including SSDs.

It suits corporate IT teams, enterprises, IT asset disposition vendors and other high-volume processors that need verified drive erasure and centralized certificates.

CBL Data Shredder may suit users who need to overwrite a drive and have a supported Windows version or a DOS bootable package.

XErase suits data centers, engineering labs and manufacturing floors that need to erase drives or larger storage systems.

File Shredder may suit Windows users who want to remove selected files or folders or wipe unused disk space.

Parted Magic

It suits IT asset disposal, system administration, disk recovery, forensics, and home disk-management tasks.

ShredOS suits administrators who need bootable disk-erasure workflows on supported x86 systems or Intel-based Macs.

SecureWipe suits users who need traceable disk erasure on Linux or Windows, including professional healthcare environments preparing audit or compliance files.

east-tec Eraser suits Windows users who need file erasure with named algorithm choices, verification, and reporting.

O&O SafeErase

It suits Windows users who need to erase files, folders, drives, or free space.