Installation
After installation Active@ KillDisk still starts as a FREEWARE (unregistered) version having limited functionality. You need to register it first to have all professional features activated.
The installed package contains two main applications:
- Active@ KillDisk - Run this application to inspect local disks and erase/wipe your data
- Active@ Boot Disk Creator - Create a bootable CD/DVD/BD/USB disk to boot from and run KillDisk. Using KillDisk this way allows you to wipe out confidential data from the system volumes while gaining exclusive use to partitions because the operating system runs outside the partition that you are securing.
Windows versions:
In order to install the application double click KILLDISK-<VERSION>-SETUP.EXE file and follow the instructions in the installation wizard.
Linux versions:
In order to install KillDisk make sure you found the Linux installation file as mentioned in the note above. Double click KillDisk_Linux_Installer.tar.gz in your Linux environment and unpack the archive to a proper location.
To start installation simply run the following command in the directory where the archive was unpacked:
sudo ./KillDisk_Linux_Installer.run
KillDisk will be installed to /opt/lsoft/KillDisk/ and menu shortcut will be created.
Apple macOS / OS X versions:
In order to install KillDisk make sure you found the installation file as mentioned in the note above. Double click KillDiskMacOS.dmg and follow installation steps. Drag and drop Active@ KillDisk to Applications folder.
KillDisk will be installed as /Applications/KillDisk.app and KillDisk shortcut appears in Applications in Finder.