Hard Drive Eraser Guide

Guide Contents:

1. Product Overview
   1. Erasing Confidential Data
      1. Advanced Data Recovery Systems
      2. International Standards in Data Removal
   2. Wiping Confidential Data from Unoccupied Drive Space
2. System Requirements for DOS and Windows versions
   1. Personal Computer
   2. Drive Storage System
   3. Other Requirements
   4. Active@ KillDisk for Hard Drives Version
3. Running Active@ KillDisk for DOS
   1. Preparing a DOS-Bootable USB / floppy
      1. System Formatting
      2. Copying Active@ KillDisk to a USB / floppy
      3. One-Step Method
   2. Preparing a Bootable CD
   3. Modes of Operation
      1. Interactive Mode
         1. Erase Data from a Device
         2. Wiping the Data
      2. DOS Command Line Mode
      3. Autoexecute Mode
   4. Erasing or Wiping Logical Drives (Partitions)
   5. Erase Operation Complete
4. Running Active@ KillDisk for Windows
   1. Active@ Boot Disk Creator
   2. Modes of Operation
   3. Command Line Mode
   4. Erasing or Wiping Logical Drives (Partitions)
   5. Erase Data from a Logical Drive
   6. Wipe Data from a Logical Drive
5. Common Questions
   1. How does the licensing work?
   2. How is the data erased?
   3. What is the difference between the Site and Enterprise license?
   4. Which operating systems are supported by Active@ KillDisk?
   5. Is Active@ KillDisk compatible with Macintosh computers?
   6. What to do if I cannot boot from a USB / floppy?
   7. Will I be able to use my Hard Disk Drive after Active@ KillDisk erase operation?
   8. How to wipe a hard drive?
6. Descriptions of Erase/Wipe Parameters
   1. Erase/Wipe Methods
      1. One Pass Zeros or One Pass Random
      2. User Defined
      3. US DoD 5220.22-M
      4. US DoD 5220.22-M (ECE)
      5. German VSITR
      6. Russian GOST p50739-95
      7. Canadian OPS-II
      8. HMG IS5 Baseline
      9. HMG IS5 Enhanced
      10. US Army AR380-19
      11. US Air Force 5020
      12. Navso P-5329-26 RL
      13. Navso P-5329-26 MFM
      14. NCSC-TG-025
      15. Bruce Schneier
      16. Gutmann
   2. Other Parameters
      1. Verification
      2. Retry Attempts
      3. Ignore Errors
      4. Clear Log File before Start
      5. Skip Confirmation
      6. Wipe out Deleted/Unused data
7. Glossary of Terms