Disk Erase

Fast disk erase is a core part of Disk Clone functionality. Individual disks (or batches of disks) can be erased during the process of cloning according to the standards with just a few clicks.

Note: User is not able to activate the Erase Procedure without subsequent Cloning. For effective erasure using more than 20 required international sanitation standards (U.S. DoD 5220-22M, Canadian OPS-II, British HMG IS5 Enhanced, US Army AR380-19, German VSITR, Peter Gutmann etc.) use LSoft's premium product KillDisk Industrial https://www.killdisk-industrial.com

To add an erase procedure to the work cycle:

  1. Navigate to the Erase Disk tab when you go through the clone settings and check the Use Disk Erase box as shown below.
    Figure 1: Erase Tab
  2. The Disk Erase Options tab provides settings' configuration for the Disk Clone erase procedures. The same erase options for each batch could be set through Edit Batch Attributes dialog. Choose the erase method from dropdown list.
  3. If erasure verification is required select it and set a percentage of disk to be verified after erase procedure.
    After the erasure is completed this feature scans the entire drive evenly and verifies the integrity of the erase operation. This option is the percentage of the sectors to check across the disk. Most standards specify 10% as an accurate sample size for the verification.
  4. Click Start button to begin the disk erase process (with the following cloning)
  5. Observe erase process

    When the Erase procedure begins you see the disk area representation as a progress bar as well as an erase method and its progress. The progress bar represents the percentage of disk space processed. As the procedure progresses the percentage increases and estimated time is recalculated.

    Figure 2: Disk Erase Progress (Local Devices & Disk Bays Views)

    User is able to STOP the process at any time (main menus and context menu)

    When the erasing is done with no errors, the final stage starts immediately: data cloning from source to all the successfully erased disk(s).

  6. When all the procedures are completed the Disk Bays and Local Devices Views report the status of the work cycle
    Figure 3: Disk Erase (and Cloning) Completed (Local Devices & Disk Bays Views)

At the final stage user is able to review results (logs, processing reports and attributes) and print Disk (clone) Labels for processed disks.

Figure 4: Summary