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KillDisk Systems — User's Manual

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Page 2: ...ugh the application 15 Disk Explorer view 17 Disk Bays view 17 Disk Bays tree view 18 Local Disks tree view 19 Property views 20 Using KillDisk 23 Processing options and features 23 Disk erase options...

Page 3: ...wser 48 Hexadecimal Viewer 49 SMART Monitor 51 Troubleshooting Backup and System Recovery 53 Hardware diagnostic file 53 System Recovery Reset to Factory Settings 53 System Recovery Reinstallation wit...

Page 4: ...ited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose LSOFT may make improvements or changes in the product s and or the program s described in this documentation at a...

Page 5: ...op KillDisk Desktop is the complete hardware disk erase solution a workstation that is ready and configured to erase drives right out of the box Without the need for additional peripherals KillDisk De...

Page 6: ...ing systems or file systems are located on the machine Security hardware KillDisk authorization provided by external or internal removable USB key with license and user information This USB key must b...

Page 7: ...so physically lockable using the keys included in the system Disk status LEDs Each disk bay contains two status LEDs to monitor the bay status and activity USB 3 0 port Connect USB devices to KillDisk...

Page 8: ...chassis Thecus chassis components back Power switch Master power switch for the unit Power cable connector Connector for a NEMA 5 15 P 3 pronged power cable Audio and microphone connectors Standard c...

Page 9: ...two main areas with lights and indicators the chassis and the individual hard drive bays This section will outline what these indicators represent Figure 3 Thecus LED indicators Chassis Indicators Th...

Page 10: ...nt status of the individual bay or disk using the bay Table 2 Chassis light indicators Item Description 6 Active Disk Indicator Green solid when disk bay is being used Green flashing Read write activi...

Page 11: ...opean customers KillDisk Desktop CD ROM Contains Quick setup guide documentation and clean installation image for KillDisk Desktop Ethernet cable Standard ethernet cable Disk bay keys Two sets of two...

Page 12: ...Tools menu Menu and navigation Most KillDisk Desktop operations can be performed straight out of the box with no additional peripherals using the interface included in the system This interface consi...

Page 13: ...and Down buttons to make a selection and press ENTER button to start Note Use the software s Disk examination preferences on page 41 dialog to select default examination algorithm and other options E...

Page 14: ...top loads an initial boot menu visible in the GUI This menu gives you several boot options to choose from Load KillDisk Desktop This option simply boots into the configured KillDisk desktop environmen...

Page 15: ...k functions without any additional setup required Attention Number of disk bay slots may very depending on exact Thecus model and configuration Software distribution The distribution package contains...

Page 16: ...pending on what window the user is in and what element is selected View Selection Only available in the Disk Explorer View this View Selection allows you to manipulate how the bays are displayed in th...

Page 17: ...edures performed on the disks can be seen here new procedures like cloning and erasure can be initiated and drives can be organized into batches to be managed together Figure 8 Disk explorer view View...

Page 18: ...ws defined by the disk bay layout as columns in the Disk bays view Vertical Bays This setting can also be toggled to change the orientation of the bays to vertical Disk Bays tree view The disk bays tr...

Page 19: ...ays all partitions on the disks Show live volumes Displays live volumes detected Group by chassis rows Displays the groupings of the disk bays by rows as defined in the disk bays layout Show unplugged...

Page 20: ...file etc KillDisk uses information views When open they follow selected changes and show information about the selected item automatically Besides only displaying valuable data they also allow you to...

Page 21: ...Use context menu command Properties for the same effect Figure 13 Property view example S M A R T Information This is another information view displaying SMART Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting...

Page 22: ...Getting started with KillDisk 22 Figure 14 SMART information for physical device example...

Page 23: ...se options for each batch could be set through Edit disk batch attributes dialog Erase method One of the supported by KillDisk erase methods Erase verification Percentage of disk to be verified after...

Page 24: ...capabilities to handle errors encountered during continues disk processing These options could be set through global application preferences dialog or changed each time when disk processing starts Er...

Page 25: ...e following parameters Table 3 XML Report Parameters Type of Information Specific data Name License Location Phone Company Information Disclaimer OS version Platform System Information Kernel Erase Ve...

Page 26: ...rity dialog Click the Examine command in the action toolbar Click Actions Disk Examine command from main menu Click Disk Examine command from context menu 3 Confirm examination options Use tabbed view...

Page 27: ...llDisk is an extremely powerful tool for secure disk erasure Individual disks or batches of disks can be erased to any desired standard with just a few clicks The process to achieve this is outlined i...

Page 28: ...point the bay will show the erase method and progress The progress bay here represents the percentage of data left to erase on the drive with the corresponding percentage shown As the procedure progr...

Page 29: ...dure are listed and the status of the examination is reported Disk Examination Report Verifies that the examination report has been saved and specifies the path to the saved report Allows user to exam...

Page 30: ...ss these features in length Erase certificate Overview KillDisk provides PDF certificates of erasure upon the completion of data erase operations These certificates may be customized to include compan...

Page 31: ...information like Name Serial Number Size and Partitioning Scheme System Information Provides details on the system used to run KillDisk such as the Operating System and architecture Note The system i...

Page 32: ...e KillDisk allows you to print labels to place on erased disks with its Print Label features These labels may be completely customizable to print on any sized sheet with any dimension Simply specify t...

Page 33: ...pare them for printing The top of the dialog will show you a list of the drives that will have labels generated for them At any point in the operation a sample of the label is shown in the Label Previ...

Page 34: ...ws you to modify an existing template and the button deletes the selected template Creating a new template Upon clicking the button the following template editor window will appear Descriptions of the...

Page 35: ...he 1x1 position so you can adjust this setting accordingly Label Style and options These option allow you to change the styling on the labels with the following options Label Title Allows you to set a...

Page 36: ...Using KillDisk 36 Figure 22 Example of a print preview...

Page 37: ...erences or Use F10 keyboard shortcut at any time Preferences dialog could be open from other task dialogs to change related settings The process and functionality of the preferences for each of these...

Page 38: ...cons with text Application log file settings These settings apply to the log file automatically generated by the application Not to be confused with the erasure report or certificate All operations pe...

Page 39: ...d Write fingerprint to first sector This feature will write the specified fingerprint to the first sector of the erased drive If a machine is booted from this drive the user will see this fingerprint...

Page 40: ...mm ss To see additional file name tags available see the File name tags section in the Appendix Include system and hardware info Ensures that the system specific information is saved in the XML report...

Page 41: ...sent first second and third grade disks and the examination XML report settings Figure 29 Examination Preferences Disk grade settings For each grade you may select the Green Yellow or Red to represent...

Page 42: ...ch as Operating system Kernel version Platform name Device attributes Disk geometry Partitioning information Active partitions Include technician information Optionally place the technician informatio...

Page 43: ...Location Phone Disclaimer Signature field for a company supervisor optional Additionally custom logos can be added by clicking Set and selecting an logo through the file explorer The logo will be prev...

Page 44: ...lude detailed information about chassis hardware Ensures that the system specific information is saved in the XML report such as Operating system Kernel version Platform name Device attributes Disk ge...

Page 45: ...he suggested setting Failed disks will return an error and terminate the erase process but other disks in the batch will not be interrupted from completing the erase operation Ignore error for disk gr...

Page 46: ...highly customizable labels features Figure 32 Erase label preferences dialogue Label preview Displays a preview of one label given the current inputted settings Refreshes as adjustments are made to t...

Page 47: ...ll take place Print Start Position The print start position section of the dialogue allows you to select what label on the page the labels start printing from As you use labels the labels won t always...

Page 48: ...Hexadecimal Viewer SMART monitor File Browser KillDisk also includes a built in file browser for examining the contents of disks for verification purposes of the procedure and that correct hard drives...

Page 49: ...xplorer windowed view may also be manipulated by navigating to the Settings button at the top Here you can you have options to manipulate the elements below Advanced Toggles advanced disk information...

Page 50: ...s built in disk editor To make it easier to navigate the Hex Editor view KillDisk also offers a list of templates to help display the organization of the sectors on the disk by colored sections Figur...

Page 51: ...shows the SMART information next to them in table format The following SMART information is shown as separate columns Display name Device model Serial number Firmware version Raw read error rate Reall...

Page 52: ...n the SMART Monitor is running Running the SMART monitor The SMART monitor can either be refreshed manually or run to keep the information current To run the SMART monitor simply click the Start butto...

Page 53: ...lation using bootable media Rollback to previous configuration using Acronis True Image Hardware diagnostic file If you want to contact our technical support staff for help a file that contains a summ...

Page 54: ...ral Computer monitor Keyboard KillDisk includes a CD that can be used to create a recovery CD or USB for the system This process will re install KillDisk on the system during disaster recovery or need...

Page 55: ...ries related to application behavior and data analysis Show console entries Duplicate console entries into main log view Show system entries Show entries related to operating system activity and state...

Page 56: ...erating system for storing files Each cluster is assigned a unique number when it is used The operating system keeps track of clusters in the hard disk s root records or MFT records See lost cluster f...

Page 57: ...from the MFT the size of the table could grow to a point where it becomes fragmented affecting the performance of the MFT and possibly the performance of the computer This space may also contain resid...

Page 58: ...5020 The write head passes over each sector three times The first time with random characters second time with zeros 0x00 and the third time with 0xFF There is one final pass to verify random charact...

Page 59: ...cs auckland ac nz 7Epgut001 pubs se 0Acure_del html User Defined You indicate the number of times the write head passes over each sector Each overwriting pass is performed with a buffer containing ra...

Page 60: ...y be vary due to OS format Product ID Disk manufacturer id Model Disk model name if available Size Disk size in gigabytes Sectors Disk size in sectors Processing attributes Disk processing attributes...

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