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KillDisk - User Manual | Contents | 2 Contents Legal Statement.........................................................................................................4 Introduction............................................................................................................... 5 Advanced Data Recovery Systems...................................................................................................................... 5 Erasing Confidential Data.................................................................................................................................... 5 International Standards in Data Destruction........................................................................................................ 6 KillDisk Overview.....................................................................................................7 Software Licensing............................................................................................................................................... 8 Software Updates..................................................................................................................................................8 System Requirements............................................................................................................................................9 Security Hardware................................................................................................................................................ 9 New in version 2.0............................................................................................................................................. 10 Getting Started with KillDisk................................................................................14 KillDisk Installation and Distribution................................................................................................................ 14 Launching and initial Configuration.................................................................................................................. 14 Navigating Killdisk.............................................................................................................................................15 Disk Layout Overview....................................................................................................................................... 16 Create a new Disk Bay Layout..............................................................................................................17 Export and Import of Disk Bay Layouts............................................................................................... 20 Formatting Disk Bay Layout..................................................................................................................21 Layouts Advanced Features....................................................................................................................21 Disk Explorer......................................................................................................................................................23 Disk Bays View......................................................................................................................................23 My Computer View................................................................................................................................24 Local Devices View............................................................................................................................... 25 Using KillDisk......................................................................................................... 27 Disk Erase........................................................................................................................................................... 27 Disk Wipe........................................................................................................................................................... 31 Examine Disk Physical Integrity........................................................................................................................32 Disk Cloning....................................................................................................................................................... 34 Mount Disk Image..................................................................................................................................35 Processing Summary...........................................................................................................................................35 Certificates, Labels and Reports.........................................................................................................................36 Erase Certificates.................................................................................................................................... 37 Erase Reports.......................................................................................................................................... 39 Erase Labels............................................................................................................................................40 Additional Options and Features........................................................................................................................44 Mapping Network Shares....................................................................................................................... 44 Changing Disk Serial Number............................................................................................................... 44 Reset Hidden Areas................................................................................................................................ 45 Property Views........................................................................................................................................46 Dynamic Disks: LDM, LVM and WSS.................................................................................................48 | Contents | 3 Preferences.......................................................................................................................................................... 49 General Settings......................................................................................................................................50 Disk Erase Options.................................................................................................................................52 Disk Wipe Options................................................................................................................................. 53 Disk Examination Options......................................................................................................................54 Disk Clone Options................................................................................................................................ 55 Certificate Options..................................................................................................................................56 Report Options........................................................................................................................................58 Labels Options........................................................................................................................................ 60 Database Export Options........................................................................................................................62 Disk Viewer Options.............................................................................................................................. 63 Error Handling Options.......................................................................................................................... 63 Email Notification Options.....................................................................................................................65 Disk Batches............................................................................................................ 68 Create Batches.................................................................................................................................................... 68 Add Disk Bays to Batches................................................................................................................................. 69 From Disk Bays view.............................................................................................................................70 From Edit menu......................................................................................................................................71 Edit Batch Attributes.......................................................................................................................................... 71 Advanced Tools.......................................................................................................74 File Browser........................................................................................................................................................74 Disk Viewer........................................................................................................................................................ 75 SMART Monitor.................................................................................................................................................79