User Guide

Table 3-65 Preboot menu options (3 of 5)
Menu option First level Second
level
Third level Description
Administrator
continued
Manage
Disk
continued
Internal
Device
Select the Internal Device item to erase the internal
device or get status about the internal device.
Secure
Erase
Select the Secure Erase item to erase all of the data on
the disk and unlock it if required.
This might take a long time.
NOTE: The system will be unusable until the system files
are reinstalled. ATA secure-erase command one pass
over write. Erases the entire disk, including firmware. The
disk remains an encrypted disk.
Erase and
Unlock
Select the Erase and Unlock item to cryptographically
erase all data on disk and unlock the disk to allow access
to it from any product.
NOTE: The system will be unusable until the system files
are reinstalled. Erases the crypto key. The disk becomes a
non-encrypted disk.
Get Status This item provides disk status information if any is
available.
External
Device
Select the External Device item to erase the internal
device or get status about the internal device.
Secure
Erase
Select the Secure Erase item to erase all of the data on
the disk and unlock it if required.
This might take a long time.
NOTE: The system will be unusable until the system files
are reinstalled. ATA secure-erase command one pass
over write. Erases the entire disk, including firmware. The
disk remains an encrypted disk.
Erase and
Unlock
Select the Erase and Unlock item to cryptographically
erase all data on disk and unlock the disk to allow access
to it from any product.
NOTE: The system will be unusable until the system files
are reinstalled. Erases the crypto key. The disk becomes a
non-encrypted disk.
Get Status This item provides disk status information if any is
available.
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