HP Disk Sanitizer, External Edition

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Providing permanent erasure of data on the hard drive for select HP Compaq dc

series business desktops

Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................. 2

Benefits .............................................................................................................................................. 2

Overview ............................................................................................................................................ 2

Instructions .......................................................................................................................................... 3

Erase Methods .................................................................................................................................... 4

Multiple Drives .................................................................................................................................... 4

RAID Configuration .......................................................................................................................... 5

Maximum Speed ................................................................................................................................. 5

Preventing Data Loss ............................................................................................................................ 5

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HP Disk Sanitizer, External Edition Providing permanent erasure of data on the hard drive for select HP Compaq dc series business desktops Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................. 2 Benefits .............................................................................................................................................. 2 Overview...............................................................
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Executive Summary Did you know deleted files aren’t really wiped clean from your hard drive? Simply deleting files from the hard drive is not a secure method to erase data. Anyone with a basic knowledge of data recovery can “undelete” them. To protect your business and comply with industry/governmental regulations, it is important that all data be effectively eliminated from the hard drive prior to recommissioning or retiring assets through recycling or returning equipment at the end of a lease period.
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Instructions This utility runs only on 2005 and later HP Compaq business desktop dc series systems. The software will validate the HP system, and will prompt you to enter a choice from the main menu (see Figure 1). Figure 1: Main Menu of HP Disk Sanitizer, External Edition Software ***************DiskSan*************** HP Disk Sanitizer, External Edition, Version 1.
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Erase Methods Each erase method follows basically the same formula which is described in more detail below (See Figure 4). Note: Estimated times are based on an 80GB hard drive. Figure 4: Write Patterns for HP Disk Sanitizer, External Edition Write Patterns for HP Disk Sanitizer, External Edition Pass Erase Cycles Estimated Time* Description Single 22 minutes Writes zeros to the entire hard drive. 3 68 minutes Writes zeros, then ones, then random hexadecimal digits to the entire hard drive.
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IMPORTANT It is strongly suggested that drives that are not to be erased be disconnected from the PC before running HP Disk Sanitizer, External Edition. If this application is booted from a USB drive, the USB drive will be detected as hard drive 0x80. Use caution when choosing which drive to delete. The best way to proceed is to disconnect all other drives except the drive to be erased in order to ensure that another drive is not accidentally erased.
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