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CRU WiebeTech Drive eRazer Ultra User Manual

2 INSTALLATION STEPS

a.  Attach the protective metal drive plate to your 3.5” hard drive. (This step is optional.) The purpose of the 

bottom plate is to provide protection to your drive electronics and aid heat dissipation.

b.  If you’re erasing an IDE/PATA drive, configure the jumpers on the rear of the drive. The drive must be set to 

the Master setting. Consult the instructions for your drive. Some drives display configuration information on 
the drive’s label.

c.  Ensure that the Drive eRazer Ultra’s power switch is in the OFF (0) position.

d.  Connect the Drive eRazer Ultra to the drive (or adapter) using either the IDE ribbon cable for IDE/PATA drives 

or the SATA data/power cable for SATA drives.

e.  If you’re using an adapter, connect the drive to the adapter.

f.  Attach the power cable to the Drive eRazer Ultra and to the drive. For SATA drives, the power cable and data 

cable are combined into a single SATA drive interface. 

g.  Plug the AC adapter into the Drive eRazer Ultra.

h.  Turn on the power switch. The connected drive will power up and the Drive eRazer Ultra main menu will 

appear on the LCD screen.

3 USING THE LCD INTERFACE AND MENU

Use the LCD and 4-button navigation interface to start erasing drives, adjust settings, view information about 
the drive and dock, or check on operational status. On the 4-button navigation interface, “Up” and “Down” allow 
scrolling through options, while “Right” selects and “Left” goes back to the previous screen. 

3.1 HOME/START ERASING

Use this screen to begin the erasure process using current settings. “Quick Erase” is the default erasure 
setting. Quick Erase uses all zeroes as the overwrite pattern.

START ERASING 
QUICK ERASE        >

WILL ERASE ALL       
DATA                       >

ESTIMATING

ERASE TIME

ERASING. . . 2%

19 M REMAINING

When Quick Erase is finished, the Drive eRazer Ultra will verify a sample to ensure completion. See section 
3.2.3 for more information on verification. 

PREPARING VERIFY

VERIFY . . .2%

39M REMAINING

VERIFY
DONE                      >

REVIEW  SETTINGS                                                 
 

 

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Summary of Contents for WiebeTech Drive eRazer Ultra

Page 1: ...wn Can unhide or erase HPA or DCO areas that a computer s OS can t see Attaches natively to SATA and IDE PATA drives and connects to other types of drives with optional adapters LCD menus make setup and erasure simple LCD gives clear indication of time remaining for erasure to complete Standalone operation with no computer required USB connection allows the Drive eRazer Ultra to be used to prevew ...

Page 2: ...his will help you to better understand the following instructions TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Pre Installation Steps 2 1 1 Package Contents 2 1 2 Identifying Parts 2 1 3 LED Behavior 3 1 4 Warnings and Notices 3 2 Installation Steps 4 3 Using the LCD Interface and Menu 4 3 1 Home Start Erasing 4 3 2 Review Settings 5 3 2 1 Erase Type 5 3 2 1 1 Supported Erase Specifications 5 3 2 1 2 Custom Erase 6 3 2 2 ...

Page 3: ...recommended to prevent electrical damage to the enclo sure or other connected devices including the computer host Avoid all dramatic movement tapping on the unit and vibration Avoid placing the hard drives close to magnetic devices high voltage devices or near a heat source This includes any place where the product will be subject to direct sunlight Do NOT allow water to make contact with the driv...

Page 4: ...SATA drives the power cable and data cable are combined into a single SATA drive interface g Plug the AC adapter into the Drive eRazer Ultra h Turn on the power switch The connected drive will power up and the Drive eRazer Ultra main menu will appear on the LCD screen 3 USINGTHE LCD INTERFACE AND MENU Use the LCD and 4 button navigation interface to start erasing drives adjust settings view inform...

Page 5: ... zeroes CUSTOM ERASE Performs 1 to 99 passes user selectable overwriting with zeroes for a user selected pattern On every other pass the complement inverse of the se lected pattern will be used but the last pass will always use the user defined pattern RANDOM ERASE Performs 1 to 9 passes user selectable overwriting with a randomly gener ated 32 bit pattern A new pattern is generated for each pass ...

Page 6: ...this mode the default when you select it by pressing Enter Press Up or Down to set and con tinue without saving the selection as the future default OF PASSES 01 DATA PATTERN 00000000 CUSTOM ERASE MAKE DEFAULT 3 2 2 HPA DCO Handling Erase modes Quick Erase Custom Erase Random Erase Secure Erase N and Secure Erase E allow the user to select how hidden areas HPAs and DCOs are handled during the erasi...

Page 7: ...options MINIMAL MEDIUM or HIGH Press Enter to select CHANGE VERIFY TO MEDIUM After you select the validation you will be prompted to make your selection the default Press Enter to save the mode as the default Press Up or Down to set and continue without saving the setting as default MEDIUM MAKE DEFAULT 3 2 4 Label Printer Output The Drive eRazer Ultra features a DB9 null modem serial connection fo...

Page 8: ... to make your selection the default Press Enter to save the mode as the default Press Up or Down to set and continue without saving as default SMALL LABEL 4x6 MAKE DEFAULT 3 2 5 Reset to Factory From this screen you can reset the settings on the Drive eRazer Ultra to the factory defaults FUNCTION FACTORY DEFAULT SETTING Erase Mode Quick Erase HPA DCO Handling Ignore All Validation Minimal Label Pr...

Page 9: ...e drive has under gone Bad Sectors Number of bad sectors reported by the drive 3 4 VIEW DOCK INFO This screen displays information about your Drive eRazer Ultra unit From the Home Start Erasing screen press the up or down buttons to get to the View Dock Info screen Press Enter VIEW DOCK INFO Use the Up or Down buttons to scroll through and view the following info about Drive eRazer MENU ITEM CONDI...

Page 10: ...sword reset was thought to have been successful but a subsequent double check detected that the password was still present FACTORY min The drive is suspected of reporting false information The DCO size appears to be unreasonable large leaving less than 5MB of disk capacity NATIVE min The drive is suspected of reporting false information The HPA size appears to be unreasonable large leaving less th...

Page 11: ...Erase will generally finish a little faster than Secure Erase WITH WHAT DRIVE CAPACITIES IS DRIVE ERAZER COMPATIBLE The Drive eRazer Ultra cannot erase extremely small drives or media that are less than 10 000 sectors Assuming a 512 byte sector size 10 000 sectors is less than 5MB There is currently no known limit to how large of a disk Drive eRazer Ultra will erase As of April 2015 the Drive eRaz...

Page 12: ...cable is available from CRU Part Number 7380 8000 03 Check your printer s documentation regarding serial cable types Connecting it to a computer s serial port is possible with a Male to Female RS 232 DB9 Null modem serial cable WHAT SIZES ARETHE LABELSTHATTHE DRIVE ERAZER ULTRA PRINTS The Drive eRazer Ultra can print one of two different label sizes 4 x1 or 4 x 6 depending upon how it s configured...

Page 13: ...data remaining on the drive would not be accessible via normal means Recovering such data would require removing the actual flash chips from the SSD s circuit board and accessing them with special equipment and software tools Secure Erase modes offer the best chance of fully erasing an SSD because they use the drive s built in erasing function Secure Erase is defined by the ATA specification and r...

Page 14: ...stroy it MY DEPARTMENT REQUIRES 100 VERIFICATION OF ERASURE DOESTHE HIGH OPTION VERIFY 100 OFTHE DRIVE No although the high checks a large number of sectors of the drive performing 100 verification would require a much greater amount of time than the erasure process itself For this reason and for the security of having an independent tool we recommend using a 3rd party tool for 100 verification Ma...

Page 15: ... is nontransferable and is limited to the original purchaser Limitation of Liability The warranties set forth in this agreement replace all other warranties CRU expressly disclaims all other warranties including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose and non infringement of third party rights with respect to the documentation and hardware ...

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