Paragon Launches Disk Wiper 15 Professional and Backup & Recovery 15 Home

Paragon Software Group (PSG) announces the Disk Wiper 15 Professional – for secure data protection on HDDs and SSDs – and Backup & Recovery 15 Home – a data and PC system backup and recovery tool.

Both versions come with free updates for Windows 10 support. A package deal of both tools for the price of one available until December 30th, 2014.

Disk Wiper 15 Professional accomplishes secure data wiping on HDDs. The version is able to sanitize SSDs without affecting their operating life. In addition to protecting sensitive personal information, Disk Wiper frees up space by clearing remnants of deleted files and directories.

Backup & Recovery 15 Home backups not only users’ data, but also the entire OS with all settings and installed applications. Both versions support Windows 8.1, and purchasers will receive free updates for Windows 10 support.

A bundle of Disk Wiper 15 Professional and Backup & Recovery 15 Home is available for $39.95 ($80 value, if purchased separately) until December 30th, 2014.

Disk Wiper 15 Professional
In the light of recent scandals involving unauthorized access to personal information, the issue of data protection has moved back into the public spotlight. For criminal organizations, access to data can be a gold mine. What options are there for protecting data when an old PC or a HDD is being replaced? Merely formatting the HDD is not enough: there are a number of tools on the market that can recover information from a reformatted drive, so it is important to permanently delete sensitive data before disposing of a computer or a disk drive.

Disk Wiper 15 Professional erases data securely, reliably and permanently. Ten different algorithms follow recognized safety standards to make sensitive data or specific data fragments unrecognizable by multiple overwriting, so they are impossible to retrieve by any means.

Disk Wiper supports Windows 8.1 as well as all types of HDD layouts. A special highlight of the version is support for SSDs. SSDs have a fundamentally different structure than traditional HDDs. Data cleansing by multiple overwriting is not designed for SSDs. For one thing, any additional writing cycle contributes to the durability of the expensive SSD and on the other hand, with traditional approaches it is not possible to delete a specific sector on an SSD because sequential and cyclic writing on SSDs allows for uniform use of the SSD cells. The SSD-delete function in the Disk Wiper connects directly to the drive’s internal controller, and therefore deletes data on an SSD reliably and without compromising the durability and functionality of the SSD.

Other features include:

• Wipe Stamp: The user can specify whether it should be added to the MBR (Master Boot Record) of the deleted storage medium. The wipe stamp contains information about the used wiping program, algorithm, wiping status, the serial number of the disk, the system ID (recalled through WMI), etc. If this storage medium is restarted, a notification appears of when and how the data volume has been deleted. This option is available only if the total data volume has to be deleted. Sanitization notifications are useful to public authorities and institutions to ensure information (for example, health records, financial data, etc.) is protected, and is only accessible by authorized individuals in accordance with federal guidelines.

• Deletion of Mac OS drives: Macs can be booted from the Linux-based wipe medium to securely erase all data from any selected HDD/SSD.

• Built-in Wipe Media Builder: Creates in just three steps, a bootable WinPE or Linux-based wiping environment on a USB flash drive or an ISO image. With this wiping media, data can be deleted from HDDs even if the OS fails to boot.

• Free update for Windows 10 support.

• Supported OS: Windows 8.1/8/7Vista/XP.

Disk Wiper 15 Professional is available for $39,95. A free 30-day demo version is available. A bundle of Paragon Disk Wiper 15 Professional and Paragon Backup & Recovery 15 Home is available for $39.95 ($80 value, if purchased separately) until December 30th, 2014.

Backup & Recovery 15 Home
It protects valuable data and the OS so it can be restored in case of a disaster. The software includes range of backup and recovery options for files and folders, the OS or even the entire HDD to any storage of choice (e.g., internal storage, external USB storage, NAS, DVD, flash disks, etc.). The ‘set and forget’ technology allows the user to set up once while the system will accomplish backups automatically.

Features include a backup format with compression and backups on network drives, as well as an improved recovery environment. The Recovery Media Builder 3.0 feature makes creating a recovery environment easy and flexible. Thanks to the WinPE technology, the recovery environment can be operated intuitively. Optionally, one can create a WinPE or Linux-based recovery media on a USB flash drive or save it as an ISO file and then burn a bootable CD/DVD. An enhanced mode allows the inclusion of specific drivers and preconfigured network settings.

The version delivers backup of the system both at sector and file level. The file-based backup and restore to and from virtual containers supports all popular formats, including pVHD, VHD, VHDX, VMDK. Backup to virtual containers (full backups, file increments and supplements) can now also be created on the file level.

The program’s redesigned main window makes the functions easier to find and more intuitive to use. The layout used in the previous version (e.g., the PBF Backup Capsule) is also supported in a special Compatibility View mode.

Free update for full Windows 10 support.

Supported OS: Windows 8.1/8/7Vista/XP.

Backup & Recovery 15 Home is available for $39.95 (a single user license). Family Pack is available for 3 PCs in one household for $69.95. A free 30-day demo version is available. A bundle of Disk Wiper 15 Professional and Backup & Recovery 15 Home is available for $39.95 ($80 value, if purchased separately) until December 30th, 2014.