How does the licensing work?
The software is licensed on a per floppy or CD basis. Each
license allows you to use the program from a separate floppy or CD. If you want to use the
program to wipe 5 computers concurrently, you would need 5 floppies or CDs (or
combination of the two not exceeding five), and therefore need a 5 user license.
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How to update my current KillDisk software online?
To update or re-download your KillDisk software go to the link below and
follow the instructions:
https://secure.lsoft.net/clients/
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How is the data erased?
Active@ KillDisk communicates with the system
board Basic Input-Output Subsystem (BIOS) functions to access hardware directly.
It uses Logical Block Addressing (LBA) access if necessary to clean FAT32
drives more than 8 Gb in size. To erase data it overwrites all addressable locations
on the drive with zeros (FREE version). Active@ KillDisk Professional
version suggests several methods for data
destruction. For example, in US DoD 5220.22-M method
it overwrites all addressable storage and indexing locations on the drive three times: with zeros (0x00), complement
(0xFF) and random characters; and then verifies all writing procedures.
This complies with the US DoD 5220.22-M security standard.
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What is the difference between the Site and Enterprise license?
Site License means an unlimited usage of the program in one location , Enterprise License - in any location.
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What is the difference between FREE and Professional versions?
Professional version in addition to all features of FREE version supports
more than one hard drive and user can specify number of passes for data overwriting.
Professional version of KillDisk is DoD 5220.22-M compliant
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How many operating systems supported by KillDisk?
KillDisk is a DOS program and it does not matter which operating system
is installed on the machine. If you can boot in DOS mode (from boot diskette
for example), you can erase any drives independently of Operating System installed.
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Which method is used for data erasing?
KillDisk uses BIOS functions to access hardware directly.
It uses LBA access if necessary to clean drives more than 8GB in size.
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Does KillDisk support command line arguments?
Yes, it does. You can place line into for example autoexec.bat to destroy
all HDD (Hard Disk Drive) found. See help for the details.
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What types of HDD it understands?
All types of HDD are supported.
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Will I be able to use my HDD after Active@ KillDisk erase
operation?
To be able to use HDD again you need to:
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repartition HDD using standard utility like FDISK
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reformat hard drive using standard utility like FORMAT
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reinstall Operating System using bootable CD-ROM or floppy
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