KillDisk 11 - User Manual | Contents | 2 Contents KillDisk 11 - User Manual.......................................................................................4 Legal statement......................................................................................................... 5 Introduction............................................................................................................... 6 Advanced Data Recovery Systems...................................................................................................................... 6 Erasing Confidential Data.................................................................................................................................... 6 Wiping Confidential Data.....................................................................................................................................7 International Standards in Data Destruction........................................................................................................ 7 KillDisk overview......................................................................................................8 Software Licensing............................................................................................................................................... 9 Registering the Software (Online)............................................................................................................9 Registering the Software (Offline).........................................................................................................11 Deactivating a Registration.................................................................................................................... 13 Software Updates................................................................................................................................................14 System requirements...........................................................................................................................................15 Security hardware............................................................................................................................................... 16 Getting Started with KillDisk................................................................................17 KillDisk Installation and Distribution................................................................................................................ 17 Active@ Boot Disk Creator............................................................................................................................... 18 Launching and initial configuration................................................................................................................... 21 Navigating through the Application...................................................................................................................21 Disk Bay Layout Overview................................................................................................................................24 Create a new Disk bay layout................................................................................................................25 Save and Import Disk bay layout.......................................................................................................... 26 Formatting disk bay layout.....................................................................................................................27 Advanced features...................................................................................................................................28 Disk Explorer View............................................................................................................................................30 Disk Bays view.......................................................................................................................................30 Disk Bays tree view............................................................................................................................... 31 Local Disks tree view.............................................................................................................................33 Using KillDisk......................................................................................................... 35 Disk Erase........................................................................................................................................................... 35 Selecting Disk Area for Erasure & Erasing Partitions...........................................................................37 Disk Wipe........................................................................................................................................................... 38 Examine disks physical integrity........................................................................................................................40 Additional Options and Features........................................................................................................................41 Mapping Network Shares....................................................................................................................... 41 Changing Disk Serial Number............................................................................................................... 42 Reset Hidden Areas................................................................................................................................ 43 Property views........................................................................................................................................ 43 | Contents | 3 Dynamic Disks, Virtual Drives and Windows Storage Spaces............................................................. 45 Preferences.......................................................................................................................................................... 46 Disk examination options....................................................................................................................... 48 General Preferences................................................................................................................................ 49 Disk Erase Options.................................................................................................................................50 Disk Wipe Options................................................................................................................................. 52 Disk examination preferences................................................................................................................ 53 Certificate Options..................................................................................................................................54 Report Options........................................................................................................................................56 Erase labels preferences..........................................................................................................................58 Disk Viewer Settings..............................................................................................................................60 Error Handling........................................................................................................................................ 60 Clone preferences....................................................................................................................................61 Disk copy options...................................................................................................................................62 Email Notifications................................................................................................................................. 62 Disk cloning........................................................................................................................................................63 Mount Disk Image..................................................................................................................................64 Processing Summary...........................................................................................................................................65 Reports and Certificates......................................................................................................................................66 Erase Certificate......................................................................................................................................66 Reports.....................................................................................................................................................67 Erase labels (KillDisk Desktop & Industrial only)................................................................................68 Command Line and Batch Modes......................................................................................................................72 Command Line Mode.............................................................................................................................72 Batch Mode.............................................................................................................................................76 Disk batches.............................................................................................................77