I'm erasing my former review, writing a new one, and changing my rating from 2-STARS to 3-STARS (meaning okay).  I think the program may possibly be doing what it claims so I also purchased usage for a second year.

I gave one of my older computers to a neighbor kid and used Drive Scrubber to remove everything from the hard drive.  I then used the software that came with the old computer to restore it to a like new condition.  I don't actually know if criminal investigators, or information hackers, can restore any of the erased data or not.  But for me, at least in this instance, it doesn't matter.

But understand, I cannot prove that the program actually works.  For sure, its not perfect.  For one thing, when I analyze a disk before erasing deleted data, its result is over-printed on the text and cannot be read.  This is clearly a glitch in the program.  It existed in the first copy I installed, and it exists in the new copy I installed after removing the first - even after downloading the newest version.  This glitch of course, could be caused by my own computer or other software corrupting the program.  I just don't have the computer knowledge to know one way or the other.

Anyway, the program is cheap, uses little computer resources, and may be performing as advertised.  I just cannot know for sure.  You pay your money and you take your chances.
I'm erasing my former review, writing a new one, and changing my rating from 2-STARS to 3-STARS (meaning okay). I think the program may possibly be doing what it claims so I also purchased usage for a second year. I gave one of my older computers to a neighbor kid and used Drive Scrubber to remove everything from the hard drive. I then used the software that came with the old computer to restore it to a like new condition. I don't actually know if criminal investigators, or information hackers, can restore any of the erased data or not. But for me, at least in this instance, it doesn't matter. But understand, I cannot prove that the program actually works. For sure, its not perfect. For one thing, when I analyze a disk before erasing deleted data, its result is over-printed on the text and cannot be read. This is clearly a glitch in the program. It existed in the first copy I installed, and it exists in the new copy I installed after removing the first - even after downloading the newest version. This glitch of course, could be caused by my own computer or other software corrupting the program. I just don't have the computer knowledge to know one way or the other. Anyway, the program is cheap, uses little computer resources, and may be performing as advertised. I just cannot know for sure. You pay your money and you take your chances.