Disk Secure Erase

The Secure Erase tab provides settings' configuration for the KillDisk Industrial SSD-specific erase procedures.

Verify erasure

Percentage of disk to be verified after wiping out unused clusters

Initialize disk(s) after erase

Writes the first disk sector (MBR) after erasure to be visible and accessible by OS

Write fingerprint to first sector

This feature writes the specified fingerprint to the first sector of the erased drive. If erased disk is plugged into the system and system boots from this disk the user will see this fingerprint as a message on the screen

Erase confirmation

As a safety precaution to prevent accidental destruction of hard drives KillDisk Industrial uses the user-typed keyphrase mechanism just before the erase procedure is initiated (see below). By default this precaution mechanism is initialized with the key phrase ERASE-ALL-DATA. The key phrase can be modified, configured as a randomly generated set of characters or disabled. The keyphrase should be entered correctly in order to start the erase procedure.