The Windows tool Diskpart overwrites all data on the hard drive with a zero, which is considered a secure deletion method. This applies at least to classic hard drives, i.e. HDDs with magnetic discs.

Zip, with its 7z format, has long been considered one of the best apps to compress Windows archives. With PeaZip, you can use 7z as well as newer algorithms like Brotli and Zstandard, which can ...