Active@ KillDisk User Guide

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Active@ KillDisk (DOS Application) USER MANUAL
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Contents

1   Product Overview

1.1  Erasing Confidential Data

1.1.1  Advanced Data Recovery Systems
1.1.2  International Standards in Data Removal

1.2  Wiping Confidential Data from Unoccupied Drive Space

2  System Requirements

2.1  Personal Computer
2.2  Drive Storage System
2.3  Other Requirements
2.4  Active@ KillDisk for Hard Drives Version

3   Running Active@ KillDisk

3.1   Preparing a DOS-Bootable Floppy Disk

3.1.1  System Formatting
3.1.2  Copying Active@ KillDisk to a Floppy
3.1.3  One-Step Method

3.2  Preparing a Bootable CD

3.3  Modes of Operation

3.3.1  DOS Interactive Mode

3.3.1.1  Erasing the Data
3.3.1.2  Wiping the Data

3.3.2  DOS Command Line Mode
3.3.3  Autoexecute Mode

3.4  Erasing or Wiping Logical Drives (Partitions)
3.5  Erase Operation Complete

4  Common Questions

4.1  How does the licensing work?
4.2  How is the data erased?
4.3  What is the difference between the Site and Enterprise license?
4.4  Which operating systems are supported by Active@ KillDisk?
4.5  Is Active@ KillDisk compatible with Macintosh computers?
4.6  What to do if I cannot boot from a floppy?
4.7  Will I be able to use my Hard Disk Drive after Active@ KillDisk erase operation?

5  Descriptions of Erase/Wipe Parameters

5.1  Erase/Wipe Methods

5.1.1  One Pass Zeros or One Pass Random
5.1.2  User Defined
5.1.3  US DoD 5220.22-M
5.1.4  German
5.1.5  Russian GOST p50739-95
5.1.6  Gutmann

5.2  Other Parameters

5.2.1  Verification
5.2.2  Retry Attempts
5.2.3  Ignore Errors
5.2.4  Clear Log File before Start
5.2.5  Skip Confirmation
5.2.6  Wipe out Deleted/Unused data

6  Glossary of Terms

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