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CRU WiebeTech Drive eRazer Ultra User Manual

•  Use the 

Up

 or 

Down

 buttons to scroll through and view the following info about the drive.

MODE

EXPLANATION

Capacity (bytes)

Capacity of the hard drive, measured in bytes

Manufacturer

Manufacturing company name of the hard drive

Model number

Model number of the hard drive

Serial number

Serial number of the hard drive

Firmware Rev

Firmware revision number of the hard drive

HPA size (bytes)

The size of the Host Protected Area of the hard drive, measured in bytes

DCO size (bytes)

The size of the Device Configuration Overlay of the hard drive, measured in 

bytes

Disk health

Displays the S.M.A.R.T. health status of the drive

Secure Erase Nor time

Time reported by the drive that it will take to use Secure Erase (Normal)

Secure Erase Enh time

Time reported by the drive that it will take to use Secure Erase Enhanced

Start/Stops

S.M.A.R.T. information on how many times the drive has spun up and spun 

down

Power Cycles

S.M.A.R.T. information on how many power on/off cycles the drive has under

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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:

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•  Use the 

Up

 or 

Down

 buttons to scroll through and view the following info about Drive eRazer.

MENU ITEM

CONDITION/EXPLANATION

Product Name

Brand name of the product (e.g. “Drive eRazer Ultra”)

Unique ID#

A specific, unique number assigned to the unit for identification, akin to a serial 

number

Firmware ver. #

Specific firmware version installed on the Drive eRazer Ultra product

3.5 OTHER SCREENS DURING THE ERASURE PROCESS

3.5.1 Operational Status

During erasure, status messages are displayed on the LCD. Examples are below.

STATUS MESSAGE

CONDITION/EXPLANATION

STARTING ERASURE Briefly displays when a user first selects “Start Erasing” and then confirms that 

selection

GATHERING INFO

Briefly displays while the Drive eRazer Ultra is gathering information from the 

drive and making calculations to determine such things as the presence of an 

HPA or DCO

PREPARING ERASE

Briefly displays while the Drive eRazer Ultra is checking user settings and plan

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ning the erase

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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