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Miray Software AG HDShredder 3.8ManualCopyright © 2002-2010 by Miray Software

2.3 Sale of computersto delete the entire drive (6.1.3 Deleting an entire drive) or a single partition (6.1.4 Delet-ing a single partition) fast and

2.9 Damaged storage mediaNote: HDShredder also runs on media with defective sectors. In this case, it simply overwrites all sectors which can still be

3 Supported hardwareThis section contains detailed information about the hardware and hardware standards suppor-ted by HDShredder. Furthermore, there

3.2 Compatibility3.2 CompatibilityHDShredder has been developed for the hardware listed in 3.1 Overview and has been tested on a multiplicity of

3.3 IDE/ATA/SATAIDE controllers, the first two channels are scanned for connected drives. HDShredder recog-nizes available PCI IDE controllers automat

3.3 IDE/ATA/SATAdisk, the reason may be that the IDE controller only supports lower modes. Furthermore, the achievable values also depend on the physi

3.4 SCSI3.4.2 CompatibilityIn principle, HDShredder supports all SCSI hard disk drives. Precondition is that they are con-nected to a SCSI controller

3.4 SCSIThe IDs of your respective controllers can be determined by means of the program PCISniffer. At http://www.miray.de/download/sat.pcisniffer.h

4 Installation4.1 IntroductionHDShredder does not need an installation in the usual sense. HDShredder can be started dir-ectly as a Windows applicat

4.2 Installation with Windows4.2.1 Installation interfaceWhen starting the installation program the main window appears (fig. 1).• If you

Table of Contents1 Introduction...

4.3 Installation with other operating systemsAfter having created a bootable floppy disk, you can start HDShredder on any PC as described in chapter 

5 Program instructionsThe following chapters give a detailed description on how to operate HDShredder, from the start to the end.Note: According to t

5.3 Program screen5.3.1 Status fieldThe upper field is the status field (fig. 2). It shows the parameters selected for the deletion process (Deletio

5.4 Operation5.4.2 Operation with keyboard and mouseHDShredder is operated by keyboard and mouse. It is also possible to operate the program ex-clusi

5.4 OperationKey Control element Function<Tab>(all) Switch to the next elementArrow keys List field Select list element(///)Selection graphi

5.6 Selecting the deletion areaEntire driveDeletes all data on the selected drive.(6.1.3 Deleting an entire drive).Single partitionDeletes only the d

5.7 Selecting the medium5.7.2 Selecting a partitionWhen selecting a partition (fig. 7), the recognized drives and the partitions found on them are s

5.7 Selecting the mediumField DescriptionManufacturerName of the manufacturer (according to the internal drive data)FirmwareVersion of the firmware (a

5.7 Selecting the mediumNote: The MultiDelete option can be activated in all editions of HDShredder, even in the Free Edition. This can be used to

5.8 Selecting the deletion method5.8.3.1 Deletion patternYou can disable or enable the parameters individually (fig. 8), if necessary, using the sel

Table of Contents4.1.2 Software package 184.2 Installation with Windows 184.2.1 Installation interface 194.2.2 CD/DVD writer not selectable 194.3 Inst

5.9 Selecting the options5.9.1 Locked optionsThe options have different possibilities of availability and selectability. Locked options cannot be mod

5.9 Selecting the optionsOption MeaningIRQIn IRQ mode, the medium will be optimally synchronized. This en-sures maximum deletion performance.DMAFor hi

5.10 Deleting datachange marginally or do not change at all for a time (e.g. in case of read or write errors), the deletion animation shows that HDSh

5.10 Deleting datasame number of troubleshooting runs can follow with the option SmartDefectSkip (5.9.2 General options). However, the time requir

5.11 Termination of the deletion process• The medium has been deleted completely: in case the deletion process has been finished without an abort (eve

5.11 Termination of the deletion processwards the client, for instance. The report dialog (fig.15) offers three possibilities to output t

5.11 Termination of the deletion processClick on [Create] to transmit the deletion report to the destination device via the serial inter-face. If you

6 Operating principlesThis paragraph gives you detailed descriptions of the operating principles of the different dele-tion methods and modes and of

6.1 Deletion area6.1.3 Deleting an entire driveThis deletion mode physically deletes an entire drive. Each sector of the drive is overw

6.1 Deletion areaImportant: The sectors specified for the sector area always refer to the initially selected dele-tion area (6.1 Deletion area) and a

Table of Contents5.10.7 Interrupting the running process 335.11 Termination of the deletion process 335.11.1 User abort 335.11.2 Regular termination 3

6.2 Automatic troubleshootingrors, which occur during the verification run, are also counted as verification errors. Therefore, the number of verifica

6.4 Mass deletion (MultiDelete mode)6.4.1 Mode of operationWith HDShredder, performing a mass deletion works exactly the same (simple) way as deletin

6.5 Deletion methods6.5.1.3 High security – 7 runsThis deletion method provides internationally approved security against recovering deleted data – e

6.5 Deletion methodsOrigin: National Computer Security Center – Technical GuidelinePasses: 36.5.2.9 HMG IS5 (Baseline)Country: Great BritainOrigin: B

7 TroubleshootingThis paragraph describes possible problems when using HDShredder and offers proposals for solution. If there should be no proposal f

7.2 Keyboard and mouseNote: In some of the cases, problems with the PS/2 keyboard and/or mouse occurred with an activated emulation for PS/2 devices.

7.4 IDE/ATA/SATA• The IDE controller/channel is deactivated, e.g. on an onboard IDE controller. Activate the IDE controller/channel via the BIOS setup

7.4 IDE/ATA/SATA• On the other hand, you can also try to activate UltraDMA or to switch to a higher UltraDMA mode if the corresponding default setting

7.5 SCSI7.5 SCSIWhen using SCSI devices, please make sure that they are correctly configured and connected to the SCSI controller. In particular SCSI

7.5 SCSI7.5.5 Minimum configuration of the systemsTry to connect the SCSI drives used in the system in a different way, especially if you use sev -er

Table of Contents7.4.3 Problems with DMA 467.4.4 BIOS settings 477.5 SCSI 487.5.1 Restart 487.5.2 Deactivate unused controllers 487.5.3 Deactivate unu

7.6 USBally the option Cooling break (5.9.2 General options) for the concerned device. The deletion process then takes a bit longer, but in most of t

8 Miscellaneous8.1 Terms of licenseHDShredder is designed to offer you the highest possible technical flexibility. The HDShredder license conditions

8.1 Terms of license• A company with 50 PC work stations needs two licenses of the Professional Edition, whereof each covers 25 PC work stations.• A c

8.2 Certificate of authenticityfloppy disk, the displayed number has to correspond to the number of the security hologram on the floppy disk and not t

1 IntroductionThank you very much for choosing HDShredder. We are always striving for offering you a soft-ware product, which meets your requirements

1.3 Features1.3 FeaturesHDShredder allows you to delete entire hard disks or other storage media as well as individual partitions easily but securely

1.4 Edition overviewFE BE SE PE EESupported standardsVSITR○ ○ ● ● ●BSI-GSB○ ○ ● ● ●ACSI 33○ ○ ● ● ●AFSSI 5020○ ○ ● ● ●AR380-19○ ○ ● ● ●DoD5200.28M○ ○

2 Fields of applicationHDShredder is specialized on deleting entire hard disks and other media or individual partitions easily and fast but also secu