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Paragon Hard Disk Manager vs ShredOS: catalog facts
Paragon Hard Disk Manager	ShredOS
Paid A paid licence is required.	Free Free to download and use.
Windows	Linux
Partitioning, imaging, migration and wiping in a single supported product Builds a bootable recovery medium from within the application	Boots directly into the nwipe disk eraser Runs outside the installed operating system
Paid licence with no free tier Windows only	Only for 64-bit x86 machines Wiping is irreversible, so choosing the wrong drive destroys data
Downloadable app	Operating system
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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