Erase Hard Drive.
Command Line Mode

4.2.2 Command Line Mode

To run Active@ KillDisk in command line mode, you open a command prompt screen. At the command prompt, start Active@ KillDisk for Windows by typing: >killdisk_win.exe -?

A list of parameters appears. The explanations of the parameters can be found in the table below.

Command Line Parameters

Parametrs	Short	Default	Options
no parameter			With no parameter, the DOS Interactive screens will appear.
-erasemethod=[0-16]	-em=	0	0 - One pass zeros (1 pass) 1 - One pass random (1 pass) 2 - US DoD 5220.22-M (3 passes, verify) 3 - US DoD 5220.22-M ECE (7 passes, verify) 4 - Canadian OPS-II (7 passes, verify) 5 - HMG IS5 Baseline (1 pass, verify) 6 - HMG IS5 Baseline (3 passes, verify) 7 - Russian GOST p50739-95 (2 passes, verify) 8 - US Army AR380-19 (3 passes, verify) 9 - US Air Force 5020 (3 passes, verify) 10 - Navso P-5329-26 RL (3 passes, verify) 11 - Navso P-5329-26 MFM (3 passes, verify) 12 - NCSC-TG-025 (3 passes, verify) 13 - German VSITR (7 passes, verify) 14 - Bruce Schneier (7 passes, verify) 15 – Peter Gutmann (35 passes, verify) 16 - User Defined Number of Passes (random) and pattern
-passes=[1 - 99]	-p=	3	Number of times the write heads will pass over a disk area to overwrite data. Valid only for User Defined method (-em=16).
-verification=[1 - 100]	-v=	10	Set the amount of area the utility reads to verify that the actions performed by the write head comply with the chosen erasemethod (reading 10% of the area by default). It is a long process. Set the verification to the level that works for you.
-retryattempts=[1 - 99]	-ra=	5	Set the number of times that the utility will try to rewrite in the sector when the drive write head encounters an error.
-erasehdd=[80h - 8Fh]	-eh=		Name the hard drive to be erased. By default, the utility erases the first logical drive encountered.
-eraseallhdds	-ea		Erase all hard disk drives.
-ignoreerrors	-ie	OFF	Do not stop erasing each time a disk error is encountered. When you use this parameter, all errors are ignored.
-clearlog	-cl		Use this parameter to clear the log file before recording new activity. When a drive is erased, a log file is kept. By default, new data is appended to this log for each erasing process. The log file is stored in the same folder where the software is located.
-noconfirmation	-nc		Skip confirmation steps before erasing starts. By default, confirmation steps will appear in command line mode for each hard drive or USB / floppy as follows: Are you sure?
-log			Save report and error events to a log file.
-beep	-bp		Beep after erasing is complete.
-wipeallhdds	-wa		Wipe all hard drives.
-wipehdd=[80h-8Fh]	-wh=		Name the hard drive to be wiped.
-test			If you are having difficulty with Active@ KillDisk for Hard Drives, use this parameter to create a hardware information file to be sent to our technical support specialists.
-batchmode	-bm		Execute in batch mode based on command line parameters with no user interaction.
-userpattern=[fullpath]	-u		Valid only for User Defined method (-em=16).
-help or -?			Display this list of parameters.

Parameters -test and -help must be used alone. They cannot be used with other parameters.