EasyDiskWiper

A tiny Delphi 7 GUI that does one job well: wipe a whole disk with a single zero‑fill pass (like dd), with clear progress, speed and ETA. It can also attempt ATA Secure Erase for SATA SSDs, and NVMe Format/Sanitise on native NVMe devices.

⚠️ Data loss warning: this tool erases the entire selected disk. Double‑check the target before starting.

Features

• Disk list with Path, Model, Bus, Size, Layout, Partitions, Volumes
• Progress bar + “bytes written”, MB/s and ETA
• Stop button (best‑effort cancel)
• Optional Force offline (Win7+) to open busy disks for writing
• Modes
  • Disk – zero‑fill via raw write (works on XP → 11)
  • SSD – ATA Secure Erase (native SATA only; not via typical USB–SATA bridges)
  • NVMe – NVMe Format/Sanitise (Windows 10+; only when the device is on the native NVMe driver, not via USB enclosures)

OS support

• Runs on Windows XP → Windows 11
• On Windows 7+ it auto‑elevates to Administrator
• UI hides/greys out features your OS can’t use (e.g., NVMe on < Win10)

USB enclosure caveats

• Most USB‑SATA bridges don’t pass the ATA Security feature set → Secure Erase won’t work over USB.
• Most USB NVMe enclosures present as UASP mass‑storage, not NVMe → NVMe admin commands won’t work over USB.

Connect SSD/NVMe to a native SATA or NVMe (M.2/PCIe) port for those modes.

Build

• Delphi 7 project. Open EasyDiskWiper.dpr and build.
• Resources / icon:
  • The repo includes EasyDiskWiper.ico and EasyDiskWiper.rc.
  • Easiest: compile the RC so the EXE picks up your icon:

    brcc32 EasyDiskWiper.rc

    This creates EasyDiskWiper.res which the project links via {$R *.res}.
  • If the IDE auto‑generates a duplicate MAINICON, remove {$R EasyDiskWiper.res} from the DPR or rename your RC symbol and load it at runtime.

Usage

1. Run the app (on Win7+ it will prompt for Admin).
2. Click Refresh to enumerate storage.
3. Select the correct disk (use Bus and Volumes to verify).
4. Choose Mode:
   • Disk for zero‑fill,
   • SSD for ATA Secure Erase (native SATA only),
   • NVMe for Format/Sanitise (Win10+, native NVMe only).
5. (Optional) Tick Force offline (Win7+) if a raw write fails with access denied.
6. Click Wipe and watch progress; Stop to abort.

Screenshot

Notes & limits

• Stop during raw wipe is best‑effort; writes in progress may finish.
• NVMe sanitise options are conservative; the app prefers Format NVM with crypto‑erase flag when supported.

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License

This project is distributed under the MIT Licence.
See the LICENSE file for more details.

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Credits

Created by ibizara, 2025
For more information, visit ce.uk

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