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Operating Instructions
2.
INTRODUCTION TO THE DATAGONE DEGAUSSER
The
DATAGONE
is a high energy, hard drive eraser designed to offer complete and
secure erasure of magnetic media including perpendicular recording hard drives. The
DATAGONE is also capable of erasing data storage media including DLT, LTO,
8mm, DDS and more.
Performance
The DATAGONE generates one of the strongest erasure fields of any degausser on
the market. Where security is of the utmost importance, users can quickly sanitise
their media without the need for disassembly.
Operation
The DATAGONE is a bench mounted, chamber degausser, making operation safe,
effective and simple for anyone. Operators simply “post” the media into the aperture
on one side of the unit and wait for the media to exit the aperture on the opposing
side of the degausser. The powerful degaussing magnetic field is automatically
activated by internal sensors detecting the presence of media which, when the
degauss field has decayed, is then released to exit the degausser. The entire
process takes just 8 seconds. The processor controlled DATAGONE continuously
monitors the operation ensuring that the erasure cycle is completed. The operator is
immediately alerted to any interruptions in the erasure cycle on the LCD control
panel.
After degaussing hard drives should not be reused as they are stressed in the
erasure process and parts can be damaged.
Backup tapes cannot be used after erasure as the control track may be erased in the
degaussing process