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Parted MagicSystemRescue
Paid

Sold as a paid subscription; the licence covers unlimited drives.

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL.

Linux Linux
  • NIST SP 800-88 compliant secure erase for HDD, SSD, NVMe and eMMC
  • Partitioning, cloning, rescue and erasing in one boot drive
  • One bootable stick with partitioning, imaging, filesystem repair and data recovery tools
  • Handles ext4, xfs, btrfs, vfat and NTFS, so it rescues Windows machines too
  • Requires a paid subscription
  • Drives cannot be securely erased through USB connections
  • A rescue environment, not something you run day to day
  • The tools are powerful and unforgiving; a wrong partition command destroys data
Downloadable app, Operating system Downloadable app
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 24, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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