Hard Drive Format Tool With Certificate After Formatting

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Hi.

Im looking for recommendations on a hard drive formatting tool which will provide me with a printable certificate at the end of the format. The certificate needs to show that the hard drive model and method of deletion etc.

Does anyone have any recommendations on a low cost piece of software, I don’t want to start paying for various ones only to find they don’t do what I want so if someone has any ideas of a good piece of software that would be much appreciated.

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I agree that a cost per erasure is a bit prohibitive for your situation.
I do not know of another secure erase option that would do what you desire.
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Probably Blancco Drive Eraser, from DBAN
"Should you need to erase data from a SSD or require a certificate of data removal, request a free trial of Blancco Drive Eraser."
 
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Blancco looks great for wiping one drive with their free one off license but I want some software that I can use multiple times for the next 12 months without having to pay a one off fee each time. Blancco want £37 per license / per erasure, which would make the whole process pointless if recycling drives. From a corporate business point of view its fair as they need to destroy important information where as I the home user just want to wipe some drives from time to time and prove that ive wiped them before passing on someone elses computer.
 
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If just for home use, why the need for a certificate?
Unfortunately, that feature costs.
 
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I sometimes get computers donated to me and its just nice to do a print off to prove that I have wiped the drives for peoples piece of mind. Im more than willing to pay for some software, but Blanccos £37 per drive would cost more than most drives are worth. It doesnt have to be a certificate, just a report maybe to say that the drive has been wiped at the end of it.
 
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I agree that a cost per erasure is a bit prohibitive for your situation.
I do not know of another secure erase option that would do what you desire.
 
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