When selling or recycling a hard drive, simple deletion isn't enough. AOMEI offers military-grade wiping algorithms (DoD 5220.22-M, Gutmann, etc.) to permanently erase data so it cannot be recovered by forensic tools.
Forensic examiners may use the tool to image or wipe drives. However, the tool modifies partition metadata and writes timestamps; therefore, it is not forensically sound for evidence acquisition unless validated write-blockers are used. aomei partition assistant professional portable