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Hardwipe is a free "document shredder" for your PC. It integrates seemlessly with Window Explorer so that you can simply right-click to wipe files, hard-disks and USB sticks.

Hardwipe provides an auto-shutdown feature, so you can simply leave a lengthy job running and know that your computer will be shutdown when it's finished. It supports all the major overwriting schemes and can also purge your Windows swapfile.


Features:

Cleans USB sticks of sensitive data.
Integrates with Windows Explorer so you can wipe files simply by right-clicking!
Able to purge your Windows Swapfile*.
Drive cleaning is fast! Approximately 3 times quicker than SDelete.
Intelligent use of disk cache so that your computer remains responsive when cleaning entire drives.
Hardwipe can shutdown your computer automatically when finished — so you can simply leave a lengthy job running. Useful when cleaning large hard-drives, which can take several hours.
Supports all major overwriting schemes, including: GOST P50739-95, DOD 5220.22-M, Schneier & Gutmann*.