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Chapter 13: GigaStor RAID Wiping and Rebuilding 287
Prerequisite(s):
These tasks require a hardware appliance GigaStor. These steps cannot be
followed for the GigaStor Software Edition.
In performing a full deletion of the data available on the GigaStor RAID, the
following steps should be completed in the following order across the GigaStor
Control Panel, Windows, and Areca RAID Controller.
Tip!
These instructions are for a specific GigaStor model. See a full listing at
GigaStor (page 253) RAID Wiping and Rebuilding (page 253) .
1. Within the Observer application, delete the GigaStor saved data on the Active
Instance.
2. Within Windows, perform a disk format of the D: volume.
3. Within the Areca RAID Controller user interface, delete the existing RAID sets
and D: volume.
4. Within the Areca RAID Controller user interface, create new RAID sets for
immediate or future use.
5. Stripe the volumes using the Windows Disk Management tool.
6. Disable the Recycle Bin in Windows for each RAID volume.
7. Create new data folders for network storage on the RAID.
Completing the above operations will ensure that the previously captured data,
which was saved in the GigaStor RAID, is deleted in such a way that a future data
recovery operation would be nearly impossible.
How to delete saved network data
Use the GigaStor Control Panel to delete the data collected on the active
instance(s) on the GigaStor.
Note: If you use multiple active instances, which is not recommended, you
must repeat these steps for each active instance.
To delete the GigaStor saved data captured by an active instance:
2. Click Tools > Delete All Instance Capture Data , and select Yes in the
resulting dialog box.
After a few seconds, all data written to the .odat and .ometa files in the disk
volumes will have been deleted.
3. (Optional) If you have more than one active instance, repeat the above steps
for each active instance.
The data captured to disk by GigaStor active instance(s) has been deleted.
How to reformat the RAID volume
Use the Windows disk formatting utility to remove all file references from the D:
disk volume. For added security, you can optionally overwrite the entire volume
with empty bits.
To perform a disk format of the D: drive disk volume from within Windows:
1. Within Windows, click Start > Windows System > This PC .