Stellar Wipe 2.5
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Stellar Wipe 2.5 Stellar Wipe 2.5 User Guide 1 Overview Stellar Wipe is a complete solution to maintain your computer privacy by wiping worthless yet sensitive information from your computer. Wiped data is beyond recovery. Stellar Wipe can be used to wipe files/folders or entire Hard Drive. Operating systems store records of all activities such as browsing Internet and opening documents constantly. In addition, deleted or formatted data leaves traces on hard drive. Data recovery software use these traces to recover data, making the hard drive inefficient. When you delete data from hard drive, the data content is not deleted entirely, instead the space occupied by the data is marked as free space and the new data is written on that free space. Stellar Wipe erases data completely from hard drive. Once data from the Drive is wiped using Stellar Wipe no one will be able to recover that data. Stellar Wipe also erases all system traces. In addition, it can erase free space completely such that all traces of previously stored data will be completely removed. If you wipe the whole Hard Drive all the data present in the drive is erased beyond recovery. Extremely secure algorithms which confirm to the US Government DoD standards are used to ensure permanent data deletion. Stellar Wipe can use any of the algorithms for wiping process. The software is menu driven, simple to use with an intuitive interface, and requires no prior technical skill. You can also use Stellar Wipe to create a bootable DVD. Key Features • New and enhanced user interface. • Wipes free space. • Wipes multiple files and folders simultaneously. • Wipes Internet browsing data stored by Web browsers. • Wipes Instant Messaging. • Wipes system traces. • Wipes Recent File Histories. • Wipes multiple drives simultaneously. • Creates Bootable DVD. • Schedules wiping task. 2 • Gives option to select wiping algorithm for wiping task. • Preferences can be set. • Wipes file or folder directly from the system using Services option in Finder and right click drop down menu. 3 What is New in this Version? Stellar Wipe has following new features • New and enhanced user interface • Wipes multiple drives simultaneously. • Wipes multiple files and folders simultaneously. • A new preference-General can be set. • Wipes file or folder directly from the system using Services option in Finder and right click drop down menu. In addition to previous features given below : • Wipes Hard Drive(s). • Wipes Internet browsing data stored by Web browsers. • Wipes system traces. • Wipes unused space. • Wipes Recent File Histories. • Wipes Instant Messaging. • Schedules wiping task. • Wiping algorithm. • Creates Bootable DVD. 4 Installation Procedure Before installing the software, ensure that your system meets minimum system requirements. Minimum System Requirements • Processor : Intel, PowerPC(G3 or later) • Operating System : Mac OS X 10.4 and above • Memory : 1 GB RAM • Hard Disk : 50 MB of free space Steps to install Stellar Wipe To install Stellar Wipe, follow these steps: • Unpack StellarWipe.dmg.zip file. • Decompressing the zip file and double click the dmg file. This step will mount a virtual volume - StellarWipe. • Double-click StellarWipe volume to open Stellar Wipe application window. • Drag Stellar Wipe file to the Applications folder. • To launch the software, double click on Stellar Wipe file in Applications folder. • This displays License Agreement. If user accepts the License Agreement, then the software is launched; otherwise, it terminates. To remove the software, drag and drop Stellar Wipe file from Applications folder to trash. 5 Starting Stellar Wipe Follow any of the following methods to run Stellar Wipe on a Mac system. • Double click on Stellar Wipe file in Applications folder. • Double-click on Stellar Wipe desktop shortcut (if it is created). • Click on Stellar Wipe icon in the dock (if it is created). 6 User Interface Upon launching Stellar Wipe, you get an interface as shown below : Two options present on the main user interface are : • File Wipe : Using this option, you can wipe file, folder, free space, internet activity, system traces, recent file histories and instant messaging. • Drive Wipe : Using this option, you can wipe drives and create bootable DVD to wipe main or Boot Drive. Menus available in Stellar Wipe are : Stellarwipe About Stellar Wipe Use this option to read information about Stellar Wipe. 7 License Agreement Use this option to view the license agreement. Preferences Use this option to set preferences for Stellar Wipe and personalize the process. Tools Register... This option is enabled when you are using unregistered version of Stellar Wipe. Use it to register your product. Help Help Topics... Use this option to view Stellar Wipe help manual. Order Stellar Wipe Use this option to buy Stellar Wipe. Email to Stellar Support Use this option to mail for support against any problem. View Support Section Use this option to visit support page of stellarinfo.com. View Knowledge Base Articles Use this option to visit knowledgebase articles of stellarinfo.com. Generate Enquiry Use this option to submit enquiry to stellarinfo.com. 8 Order and Register Order Stellar Wipe The software can be purchased online. For price details and to place an order, http://www.stellarinfo.com/data-safety-eraser/wipe-mac/buy-now.php. Once the order is confirmed, a pre-paid registration key will be sent through e-mail, which would be required to register the software. Register Stellar Wipe To register the product : 1. Select Register... option in Tools menu. Registration window is displayed. 2. Do one of the following : • If you have received registration key after purchasing the product, o Select I have a key to register the product option. Click OK. o In the Registration Key box, type the key. Click OK. • If you have to purchase the product, o Select I don't have a key to register the product. Click OK, to purchase the product. 9 How to Update? Update feature available in Stellar Wipe allows you to check and install the latest updates for the application. This helps you keep your application up-to-date. If updates are available for the product, update wizard pops up while you run Stellar Wipe. Otherwise, you can check Check for Updates option under Preferences -> General in StellarWipe menu. To update Stellar Wipe, do one of the following: To check automatically: • Run Stellar Wipe, Update window is displayed along with the main user interface. • To download the latest version, click Update button. It may take few seconds to minutes to download the files. Once completed, Update successfully installed message appears. • Click OK. To check manually: • Run Stellar Wipe. • Click Preferences option in StellarWipe menu. • Click General tab in the Preferences window. Select Check for updates option and specify frequency to check for updates daily, weekly or monthly. Or • Click Check for updates now button. • If updates are available, Update window is displayed. Follow the next step. Else, if no updates are available, a message that No updates are available is displayed. • Click Update button to download the latest version. It may take few seconds to minutes to download the files. After completion, Update successfully installed message appears. Click OK. 10 Stellar Support Our Technical Support professionals will give solutions for all your queries related to Stellar products. You can either call us or go online to our support section at http://stellarinfo.com/support/. For price details and to place the order, click http://www.stellarinfo.com/data-safety-eraser/wipe-mac/buy- now.php. Chat Live with an Online technician at http://stellarinfo.com/support/. Search in our extensive Knowledge Base at http://www.stellarinfo.com/support/kb.php. Submit enquiry at http://www.stellarinfo.com/support/enquiry.php. E-mail to Stellar Support at [email protected]. Support Helpline Monday to Friday [ 24 Hrs. a day ] USA (Tollfree- Pre Sales Queries) +1-877-778-6087 USA (Post Sales Queries) +1-732-584-2700 UK (Europe) +44-203-026-5337 Australia & Asia Pacific +61-280149899 Netherlands Pre & Post Sales +31-208-111-188 Support +91-921-395-5509 Worldwide stellarsupport Skype Id [email protected] Email Orders 11 Wipe Hard Drive (s) Stellar Wipe allows wiping whole Hard Drive(s) in one go. It ensures complete and permanent erasure of data beyond recovery by any tool. It uses extremely powerful wiping algorithms to wipe data quickly and permanently. To wipe Hard Drive: • In Stellar Wipe main window, select Drive Wipe option. • Click Continue button. A window containing list of drives attached to the computer is displayed as shown below : • Select drive (s) that is to be wiped from the Drive list. Click Continue. • Select Wipe algorithm. Click Continue. • Click Start Wiping. A warning message is displayed. Make sure that you really need to erase data. 12 • Click OK to start wiping. 13 Wipe File/Folder Stellar Wipe can wipe file(s)/folder(s) from hard drive. All files that are stored in the selected folder will be wiped. You can select multiple file(s)/folder(s) at a time to wipe. The wiped file(s)/folder(s) cannot be recovered once the wiping process is finished. You can also select the algorithm to be used for wiping selected file(s)/folder(s). To wipe file: • Run Stellar Wipe application. • Select File Wipe option. Click Continue. • Select Wipe File/Folder option. • Click button. Locate and select file(s)/folder(s) that needs to be wiped in browse window and click Choose. • All the selected file(s)/folder(s) with details are listed in the Description window. Click Start Wiping button. A message will be shown after the successful completion of wiping process. To remove file/folder from the list of selected file(s)/folder(s) individually, select the desired file/folder and click button.