CopyWipe Manual - TeraByte Unlimited
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1. Disclaimer of Warranty The software and related documentation are provided as is without warranty of any kind TeraByte Inc disclaims all warranties express or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties of design merchantability fitness for a particular purpose TeraByte Inc does not warrant that the functions contained in the software or documentation will meet User s requirements or that the operation of the software will be error free complete or that defects in the software or documentation will be corrected Limitation of Liability Under no circumstances shall TeraByte Inc nor any other person or entity involved in the creation production or delivery of the Software be liable for any lost revenue or profits or any incidental indirect special punitive or consequential damages that result from the use or inability to use the Software or related products or documentation even if TeraByte Inc has been advised of the possibility of such damages Some states do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply In no event shall TeraByte Inc s total liability to User for all damages losses and causes of action whether in contract tort or otherwise exceed the amount paid for the software including media fees VIII HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES The Software is not fault tolerant and is not designe2. 2 CopyWipe for DOS only Select the access method you wish to use for the source hard drive e BIOS HD Locates and accesses drives using the system BIOS Please note that any problems or limitations inherent to the system BIOS will apply e BIOS HD direct Attempts to locate the hard drive using the system BIOS but then attempts to access it directly bypassing the BIOS This can sometimes be helpful in cases where performance with the BIOS HD option is very poor USB2 HD Examines the attached USB 2 controller if any for available high speed hard drives 1 1394 HD Examines the attached IEEE 1394 controller if any for available hard drives Once you make a selection press Enter The second Source Hard Drive screen appears as shown in Image 8b Hard Drive 0 Copyright C 2004 TeraByte Unlimited All Rights Reserved F6 F12 Esc Image 8b Select source hard drive for copy operation 13 3 4 image 9a Select target hard drive access method On the Source Hard Drive screen depicted in Image 8b above use the arrow keys to select the hard drive you wish to copy You may press F6 to view the partitions on the selected hard drive which can help ensure that you have the correct hard drive selected After pressing F6 you may also press F4 to delete a selected partition if desired When you have the desired source drive selected press Enter If you are using CopyWipe for DOS the first of tw
3. in the forward direction Disabling the write cache results in a performance degradation of a full order of magnitude or more COPYWIPE INI default value WRD 1 Use Same Random Data Block Default Disabled Enabling this option causes CopyWipe to reuse the same block of random data for each wiping pass that is performed The block of random data will be lt 64 KB in size Enabling this option sacrifices some security in favor of speed COPYWIPE INI default value KRB 0 Read Verify First Wipe Pass Default Enabled Enabling this option causes CopyWipe to verify the entire content of the first wiping pass using the MD5 hash algorithm Enabling this option sacrifices some speed in favor of security COPYWIPE INI default value WRV 1 Mount Target After Copy CopyWipe for Windows only Default Disabled Enabling this option allows Windows to access the new partition s of the target drive after a copy operation completes without rebooting This allows Windows to assign drive letter s to the partition s but it may also result in the target drive s disk signature being changed If this option is disabled target drive partition s cannot be assigned drive letter s until after a reboot COPYWIPE INI default value NOS 0 Table 3 CopyWipe options explained 21 To enable or disable any of the options listed 1 Use the arrow keys to highlight the option you wish
4. be copied from source to target While copying every sector of unknown files systems ensures the data is transferred it does not guarantee the file system will be bootable 2 Only resizes extended FAT FAT32 and NTFS partitions Other partition types will be copied but not resized Straight Copy Copies each partition to the target hard drive so that its size and position are identical to that of the source hard drive This copy option requires that the source and target hard drives have matching geometry and CopyWipe will notify you if this option is invalid for the current copy operation e If the source file system is FAT FAT32 NTFS XFS EXT2 or ReiserFS then only used sectors on the source drive are copied to the target drive For other file systems both used and unused sectors will be copied from source to target Raw Sector Copy Copies the contents of the source hard drive to the target hard drive without regard to the contents Both used and unused sectors on the source drive are copied to the target drive Table 1 Copy options explained 16 Wiping a Hard Drive 1 2 Image 11a Select hard drive access method From the main screen see Image 1 use the arrow keys to select Wipe a Hard Drive and then press Enter If you are using CopyWipe for DOS the first of two Hard Drive screens appears as shown in Image 11a If you are using CopyWipe for Windows skip to step 3 BIOS HD B
5. directory of your choice and then run it from a command prompt e Use the free BartPE plugin and then run COPYWIPEW EXE from the PE environment The BartPE plugin includes documentation of its own Please Note CopyWipe for Windows should only be used on drives that are not in use CopyWipe for Windows will not lock the source drive during a copy operation and any data written to the source drive during a copy operation could result in inconsistencies between the source and target drives You have several options for installing CopyWipe for DOS e If you are using Windows the recommended installation method is to use the free TeraByte Unlimited utility MakeDisk MakeDisk is included in the CopyWipe distribution and instructions on using it are provided below e If you are using Linux then with nothing mounted dev fd0 you can copy the TBOSIMG3 DAT file to 40 mount it and then copy COPYWIPE EXE to it e Regardless of the platform you are using you can create a bootable DOS floppy diskette or CD DVD disc and copy the COPYWIPE EXE to that media Installing CopyWipe for DOS with MakeDisk Windows only Download CopyWipe for DOS if you have not done so already 2 Extract the contents of COPYWIPE ZIP to a directory of your choice e If you are using a version of Windows that has a built in compressed folders feature e g Windows Me or Windows
6. operation to cancel it Please note Canceling the wipe operation will not recover any data that has been wiped up to that point 19 Wipe Options Explained Quick 1 Pass Overwrites with 1 pass of zeros Random 1 Pass Overwrites with 1 pass of strong random data followed by 1 pass of zeros Random 4 Pass Overwrites with 4 passes of strong random data followed by 1 pass of zeros Random 8 Pass Overwrites with 8 passes of strong random data followed by 1 pass of zeros Pattern PG MFM 28 Pass Overwrites a total of 29 times including specific patterns for MFM encoding 4 alternating passes of strong random data e 20 passes using data designed specifically for MFM encoded drives 4 alternating passes of strong random data 1 pass of zeros Pattern PG RLL 1 7 26 Pass Pattern PG RLL 2 7 23 Pass Overwrites a total of 27 times including specific patterns for RLL 1 7 encoding 4 alternating passes of strong random data 18 passes using data designed specifically for RLL 1 7 encoded drives 4 alternating passes of strong random data 1 pass of zeros Overwrites a total of 24 times including specific patterns for RLL 2 7 encoding 4 alternating passes of strong random data 15 passes using data designed specifically for RLL 2 7 encoded drives 4 alternating passes of strong random data 1 pass of zeros Pattern PG 35 P
7. resides in A you could invoke the desired settings by first making either A ATAO or A ATA1 the current directory in the DOS and then entering the command A COPYWIPE EXE or COPYWIPE EXE If you will be using CopyWipe for Windows in the PE environment e g using the BartPE plugin you may want to use the NSP 1 setting in COPYWIPE INI This setting specifies that there will be No Settings Prompt meaning that if you change settings and COPYWIPE INI cannot be written to no error message will be displayed Even if is not updated changed settings will remain in effect until CopyWipe for Windows is exited CopyWipe for DOS does not require a section name in COPYWIPE INI However CopyWipe for Windows requires the section name 1 1 Simply place CopyWipeW at the top of COPYWIPE INI For example CopyWipew NSP 1 22 Command Line Options CopyWipe accepts a variety of command line options These command line options may be invoked from the command line itself or from a batch file If you use CopyWipe with command line options the options must be separated by spaces and entered in the order shown in the following examples Use the command line option to view these command line options at any time CopyWipe for DOS Basic Command Line Format copywipe
8. to enable or disable and then press Enter An Enable Disable submenu will appear Use the arrow keys to select either Enable or Disable and then press Enter Press Esc to return to the main screen Please note In order for CopyWipe settings to be remembered between runs the settings must be stored in COPYWIPE INI which resides in the current directory of the DOS environment If you used MakeDisk to install CopyWipe for DOS the settings you specified at that time will be reflected in COPYWIPE INT unless you subsequently change them within CopyWipe CopyWipe can only update COPYWIPE INT if the media you are running CopyWipe from is writable This means that if a floppy diskette is used it must not be write protected If a CD DVD disc is used COPYWIPE INI cannot be modified at all since CopyWipe cannot write to CD DVD media You can manually create and or update COPYWIPE INT before running CopyWipe with the appropriate settings and values specified Refer to Table CopyWipe Options Explained for the applicable settings and values You can use subdirectories if you like to automatically use different CopyWipe settings For example you could create the following two files each with different CopyWipe settings specified inside A ATAO COPYWIPE INI A ATA1 COPYWIPE INI In this case assuming that COPYWIPE EXE
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10. IOS HD direct USB2 HD 1394 HD Description 1 Copyright C 2004 2005 TeraByte Unlimited All Rights Reserved CopyWipe for DOS only Select the access method you wish to use for the source hard drive e BIOS HD Locates and accesses drives using the system BIOS Please note that any problems or limitations inherent to the system BIOS will apply e BIOS HD direct Attempts to locate the hard drive using the system BIOS but then attempts to access it directly bypassing the BIOS This can sometimes be helpful in cases where performance with the BIOS HD option is very poor USB2 HD Examines the attached USB 2 controller if any for available high speed hard drives 1394 HD Examines the attached IEEE 1394 controller if any for available hard drives Once you make a selection press Enter The second Hard Drive screen appears as shown in Image 11b 17 Hard Drive 0 F6 Copyright C 2004 TeraByte Unlimited All Rights Reserved F12 Esc Image 11b Select hard drive for wipe operation 3 On the Hard Drive selection screen use the arrow keys to select the hard drive you wish to wipe You may press F6 to view the partitions on the selected hard drive which can help ensure that you have the correct hard drive selected When you have the desired hard drive selected press Enter The wipe options screen appears as shown in Image 12 Quick 1 Pass Quick one pass
11. MopyWipe Installation and User s Guide Click this link to find the latest version and documentation http www terabyteunlimited com copywipe html TERABYTE UNLIMITED 1350 N Town Center Dr 1049 Las Vegas NV 89144 http www terabyteunlimited com ASP Member Copyright 2004 2006 by TeraByte Unlimited All Rights Reserved Trademarks CopyWipe is a trademark of TeraByte Unlimited Microsoft MS MS DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation PC DOS is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation All other trademarks and copyrights referred to are the property of their respective owners Notices This program was compiled using an unmodified version of Open Watcom which can be found at http www openwatcom org Updates Be sure to visit http www terabyteunlimited com copywipe html to obtain the most current version of this software and its documentation Technical Support Policy Technical support is provided online If you need help using CopyWipe please review the support resources detailed on the following web page before requesting support via email http www terabyteunlimited com supportcw html In particular please review the Knowledge Base and consider posting a message in the public TeraByte sponsored newsgroup that is dedicated to CopyWipe support If the aforementioned support resources do not provide a resolution users may email their
12. Vista What Is Copying When CopyWipe copies a hard drive it duplicates the entire contents of the source hard drive to the target hard drive CopyWipe provides options for sizing the partitions on the target hard drive but regardless of which copy options are selected the actual content of the target drive will be identical to that of the source drive Speaking on a more technical level CopyWipe will actually only attempt to copy those areas of the source hard drive that are in use The only exception to this is if the Raw Sector Copy option is selected which will cause all portions of the source hard drive to be copied whether used or unused Copying is not the same as imaging Typically imaging involves saving the contents in an image file Imaging is generally something you would do on a recurring basis to create a backup of certain partitions Copying is generally something you would do when switching to a new hard drive as one example What is Wiping When CopyWipe wipes a hard drive it overwrites the entire contents of the hard drive with the sole intent of making the original data unrecoverable by any practical means CopyWipe provides a variety of options for wiping Some of these options are designed to make the wipe operation proceed as quickly as possible others are designed to take longer but make it harder to recover the data that is overwritten However regardless of which wiping options you use you should consid
13. Wipe is a freeware utility for copying and securely overwriting wiping entire hard drives CopyWipe can ease and expedite the transition to a new hard drive by copying the entire contents of one drive to another CopyWipe can also help prevent confidential or private data from being recovered by securely wiping the contents of a drive number of options are provided for wiping allowing the user to choose an optimal balance between security and duration of the wiping operation Two versions of CopyWipe are available CopyWipe for DOS and CopyWipe for Windows As the names imply each version is designed for use in a different operating system environment Except as noted both versions of CopyWipe appear and function identically System Requirements By default CopyWipe for DOS relies on the BIOS for processing disk functions If your computer s BIOS interface is limiting access to the hard drive then CopyWipe for DOS will also be affected by this limitation You can have CopyWipe for DOS override the BIOS interface on most systems by using the BIOS HD direct option provided as explained in this manual CopyWipe for Windows relies on Windows to provide drive access not the BIOS so the information in the paragraph immediately above does not apply to it Hardware IBM compatible personal computer 1386 or newer e 16 RAM Software CopyWipe for DOS None CopyWipe for Windows Windows NT 2000 XP
14. XP you can double click the ZIP file and then use the Extract all files link shown in the left pane of Explorer to extract the contents Alternatively after opening the ZIP file you can select all the files listed and copy them to another directory to extract the contents Please note that whichever foregoing method you use the contents of the ZIP file must be extracted to another directory before proceeding 3 Run MAKEDISK EXE from the directory of step 2 The MakeDisk welcome screen appears as shown in Image 1 4 MakeDisk CopyWipe 15 x Welcome to setup for Copyipe bootable media This wizard will you through the steps required to create bootable media for CopyWipe Click Nextto begin lt lt Previous Copyright 2004 TeraByte Unlimited All Rights Reserved Cancel Image 1 MakeDisk welcome screen Click Next on the MakeDisk welcome screen The CopyWipe license agreement screen appears as shown in Image 2 MakeDisk CopyWipe m License Agreement Trial Use Agreement TeraByte Unlimited TeraByte End User License Agreement Ifyou are using the software for evaluation or trial purposes then this License applies to you otherwise if you are E acceptthe agreement Ido not acceptthe agreement lt lt Previous Copyright 2004 TeraByte Unlimited All Rights Reserved Cancel Ima
15. a Sa AEN eaa 12 A HARD DRIVE ae 12 COPY OPTIONS EXPLAIN E Da a ar e ea 16 WIPING A HARD DRIVE cee 17 WIPE OPTIONS 20 COPY WIPE SETTINGS aea r a a ra dus 21 COPY OPTIONS EXPLAINED isi 21 COMMAND LINE 23 BASIC COMMAND LINE FORMAT 23 BASIC COMMAND LINE FORMAT 23 COMMAND LINE USAGE EXAMPLES 24 TERABYTE UNLIMITED FREEWARE LICENSE 25 What Is Copy
16. ass Overwrites a total of 36 times including specific patterns for MFM RLL 1 7 and RLL 2 7 encoding 4 alternating passes of strong random data e 27 passes using a variety of patterns designed specifically for RLL 1 7 RLL 2 7 and MFM encoded drives 4 alternating passes of strong random data 1 pass of zeros Pattern Hardware Overwrites using the enhanced secure erase feature built into the hard drive This option will not work with all hard drives and CopyWipe will notify you if the selected hard drive does not support this feature Table 2 Wipe options explained 20 CopyWipe Settings CopyWipe settings are accessed from the main screen see Image 1 Use the arrow keys to select Settings and then press Enter The Settings screen appears as shown in Image 14 Each CopyWipe option is explained in Table 3 below Settings 1 Reverse Wiping Direction Use Same Random Data Block Read Verify First Wipe Pass Image 14 CopyWipe settings Description 1 Copyright 2004 2005 TeraByte Unlimited All Rights Reserved CopyWipe Options Explained Reverse Wiping Direction Default Enabled Enabling this option will force CopyWipe to alter the direction of travel of the hard drive write head each during each wiping pass This option will not disable the drive s write cache as a result if the drive makes use of built in elevator sorting some writes may still occur
17. ceeding Oo COPYWIPE EXE COPYWIPE PDF LICENSE TXT MAKEDISK CFG MAKEDISK EXE TBOSIMG3 DAT COPYWIPE EXE is the CopyWipe for DOS program COPYWIPE PDF is a copy of this manual LICENSE TXT is the CopyWipe license agreement MAKEDISK CEFG is the MakeDisk configuration file for CopyWipe installation please refer to the Installing CopyWipe with MakeDisk Windows only section for instructions on using MakeDisk MAKEDISK EXE is the MakeDisk application TBOSIMG3 DAT is boot disk image to be used in place of DOS where desired The other files included COPYWIPE ZIP are generally not of concern to most users 3 Create one of the following e A bootable DOS floppy diskette using the instructions provided under Creating a Startup Diskette or using the distribution available from the FreeDOS site e bootable CD DVD compilation using the CD DVD authoring software of your choice TeraByte Unlimited offers a free utility BurnCDCC for this purpose 4 Copy the files from COPYWIPE ZIP to the bootable DOS floppy diskette or the bootable CD DVD compilation e If you are creating a bootable CD DVD proceed with the creation of the bootable disc at this point The bootable floppy diskette or CD DVD disc can now be used to boot from and run CopyWipe for DOS 10 Creating a Startup Diskette If you do not have a copy of Windows XP or Windows 95 98 Me then you can visit the FreeDOS site t
18. copy a lflu S alf u D copytype control options copywipe wipe a f u D wipetype control options Table 4a CopyWipe for DOS basic command line format The options listed in brackets above are optional S Source hard drive number 0 9 D Target hard drive number 0 9 a Use BIOS direct device f Use IEEE 1394 device u Use USB2 device The valid copytype parameters are SCALE STRAIGHT or RAW If you do not supply a copytype parameter SCALE will be used by default For an explanation of the various copytype options see Table 1 Copy Options Explained The valid wipetype parameters are QUICK R1 R4 R8 MFM RLL17 RLL27 PG or HW If you do not supply a wipetype parameter QUICK will be used by default For an explanation of the various wipetype options see Table 2 Wipe Options Explained Control options are explained in Table 5 below CopyWipe for Windows Basic Command Line Format copywipew copy S D copytype control options copywipew wipe D wipetype control options Table 4b CopyWipe for Windows basic command line format The options listed in brackets above are optional S Source hard drive number 0 9 D Target hard drive number 0 9 The valid copytype parameters are SCALE STRAIGHT or RAW If you do not supply a copytype parameter SCALE will be used by default For an explanation of the various copytype options see Table 1 Copy O
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21. er your data unrecoverable for your own purposes Wiping is not the same as formatting Formatting a hard drive does not securely overwrite the previous content of the drive Rather the only intent of formatting a drive is to prepare it for use by a particular file system In other words e Wiping is intended to remove all the data on a hard drive and to help ensure that the data cannot be recovered afterward e Formatting makes the hard drive ready to be used by the operating system e g Windows The data previously on the drive may not be directly accessible but some of it may still be recoverable by special means Wiping Advice e Generally the Random 1 Pass wipe option should be sufficient for making the overwritten contents of the hard drive unrecoverable by software while the Random 4 Pass and Random 8 Pass options may provide a higher level of security e When using CopyWipe for DOS the efficacy of the System entropy source option will vary by system However the Keyboard entropy source option should always provide a good source of entropy for random data generation CopyWipe for Windows makes use of the Windows Crypto API so entropy collection is handled automatically Installing the Software Installation Overview There is no installation per se for CopyWipe for Windows To use CopyWipe for Windows you have two main choices e Download CopyWipe for Windows extract COPYWIPEW EXE to
22. et Hard Drive screen use the arrow keys to select the hard drive to which you wish to copy the contents of the source hard drive As in step 3 you may press F6 to view the partitions on the selected hard drive When you have the desired target drive selected press Enter The copy options screen appears as shown in Image 10 Locate and resize the partitions based the size of the source and destination hard drives Copyright C 2004 TeraByte Unlimited All Rights Reserved F12 Esc Image 10 Select copy option 6 The status area is once again updated to reflect the options you have selected On the copy options screen select the copy option you would like to use Each copy option is explained in further detail in Table 1 Copy Options Explained 7 You will be prompted before the copy operation is executed Enter Y to proceed or N to go back to the copy options screen Once you allow the copy operation to proceed the copy progress screen appears You may press the Esc key at any time during the copy operation to cancel it 15 Copy Options Explained Scale Size Automatically sizes the copied partitions on the target hard drive so that they each take up the same proportional amount as on the source hard drive 1 source file system is FAT FAT32 NTFS XFS EXT2 or ReiserFS then only used sectors on the source drive are copied to the target drive For other file systems both used and unused sectors will
23. fully Ifyou created bootable media then it s now ready for use Ifyou created an 150 file then you ll need to burn itto a disc using your CD DVD authoring software Visit www terabyteunlimited com for the latest help and information Completed lt lt Previous Next gt gt 3 Copyright 2004 TeraByte Unlimited Rights Reserved Image 5 MakeDisk success screen 8 If you opted to create bootable media in step 9 you can now use it to boot and run CopyWipe If you selected the ISO File option instead you will have to use other CD DVD authoring software to create a bootable disc from the ISO file TeraByte Unlimited offers a free utility BurnCDCC for this purpose Installing CopyWipe for DOS Manually all platforms 1 Download CopyWipe for DOS if you have not done so already 2 Extract the contents of COPYWIPE ZIP to a directory of your choice e If you are using a version of Windows that has a built in compressed folders feature e g Windows Me or Windows XP you can double click the ZIP file and then use the Extract all files link shown in the left pane of Explorer to extract the contents Alternatively after opening the ZIP file you can select all the files listed and copy them to another directory to extract the contents Please note that whichever foregoing method you use the contents of the ZIP file must be extracted to another directory before pro
24. ge 2 CopyWipe license agreement screen MakeDisk Read the CopyWipe license agreement and if you accept it select the accept the agreement button and click Next The CopyWipe options screen appears as shown in Image 3 MakeDisk CopyWipe 5 m Change Wiping Defaults Disable Reverse Wiping Direction Use Same Random Data Block Disable Read Verity First Wipe Pass lt lt Previous Copyright 2004 TeraByte Unlimited All Rights Reserved Image 3 CopyWipe options screen MakeDisk 6 Please refer to the CopyWipe Settings section below for an explanation of the options shown above Select the options desired and then click Next The Select Target screen appears as shown in Image 4 4 MakeDisk CopyWipe x Select Target 11180 File B Floppy 29 3 Floppy CD DVD amp L LITE ON DVDRW SOHW 12138 amp S SAMSUNG CDRW DVD SM 352B Browse lt lt Previous Copyright 2004 TeraByte Unlimited All Rights Reserved Image 4 MakeDisk Select Target screen 7 Choose the target that MakeDisk should use If you choose the ISO File option you must supply an ISO file name Click Finish and respond to subsequent prompts as necessary MakeDisk will then create your bootable media or ISO image When it is done the success screen should appear as shown in Image 1MakeDisk CopyWipe 15 x SUCCESS The Process Completed Success
25. indows When CopyWipe is run without command line parameters it presents the main screen Operation 1 Copy a Hard Drive Wipe a Hard Drive Settings Description 1 Copyright 2004 TeraByte Unlimited All Rights Reserved Image 7 CopyWipe main screen The main screen of CopyWipe offers three menu options e Select Copy a Hard Drive to copy the contents of one hard drive to another e Select Wipe a Hard Drive to securely overwrite wipe the contents of a hard drive e Select Settings to change CopyWipe configuration options Each of these menu options will be explained below Copying a Hard Drive Please note CopyWipe for Windows should only be used for copying drives that are not in use CopyWipe for Windows does not lock the source drive during a copy operation and any data written to the source drive during a copy operation could result in inconsistencies between the source and target drives This restriction does not apply to CopyWipe for DOS 1 From the main screen see Image 7 use the arrow keys to select Copy a Hard Drive and then press Enter If you are using CopyWipe for DOS the first of two Source Hard Drive screens appears as shown in Image 8a If you are using CopyWipe for Windows skip to step 3 12 BIOS HD List available BIOS hard drives Copyright C 2004 2005 TeraByte Unlimited All Rights Reserved 12 Esc Image 8a Select source hard drive access method CopyWipe for DOS only
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28. o Target Hard Drive screens appears as shown in Image 9 If you are using CopyWipe for Windows skip to step 5 Target Hard Drive 1 BIOS HD BIOS HD direct USB2 HD 1394 HD Description 1 2004 2005 TeraByte Unlimited All Rights Reserved CopyWipe for DOS only Select the access method you wish to use for the target hard drive The options are the same as those for the source hard drive e BIOS HD Locates and accesses drives using the system BIOS Please note that any problems or limitations inherent to the system BIOS will apply e BIOS HD direct Attempts to locate the hard drive using the system BIOS but then attempts to access it directly bypassing the BIOS This can sometimes be helpful in cases where performance with the BIOS HD option is very poor USB2 HD Examines the attached USB 2 controller if any for available high speed hard drives JEEE1394 HD Examines the attached IEEE 1394 controller if any for available hard drives Once you make a selection press Enter The second Target Hard Drive screen appears as shown in Image 9b 14 Hard Drive 1 Copyright C 2004 TeraByte Unlimited All Rights Reserved 6 F12 Esc Image 9b Select target hard drive for copy operation 5 Notice that the status area in the lower right corner of the screen is updated to reflect the operation being performed and the number of the source hard drive On the Targ
29. o download a free DOS clone Creating a DOS Boot Diskette from Windows 95 98 Me Insert a floppy diskette to format Click Start then Settings then Control Panel Double click Add Remove Programs Click on the Startup Disk tab Click the Create Disk button a oy Creating a DOS Boot Diskette from Windows XP Insert a floppy diskette to format Click Start and select My Computer Right click the A drive and select Format Check the box next to Create an MS DOS startup disk Click Start have CopyWipe for DOS automatically when booting from diskette use text editor e g Notepad to create a file with only one line in it as follows COPYWIPE EXE Save this file as A AUTOEXEC BAT If your diskette already has an AUTOEXEC BAT file on it add the line above to the end of the current contents of the file Running CopyWipe for DOS from Windows 95 or 98 Download CopyWipe for DOS if you have not done so already Extract the contents of COPYWIPE ZIP to a directory of your choice Create a shortcut to COPYWIPE EXE on your Windows Desktop Right click the shortcut and select Properties Select the Program tab Click the Advanced button Check the box next to MS DOS Mode Click OK until you return to the Windows Desktop The shortcut can now be used to run CopyWipe for DOS O 11 Using CopyWipe for DOS W
30. ptions Explained 23 The valid wipetype parameters are QUICK R1 R4 R8 MFM RLL17 RLL27 PG or HW If you do not supply a wipetype parameter QUICK will be used by default For an explanation of the various wipetype options see Table 2 Wipe Options Explained Control options are explained in Table 5 below CopyWipe for DOS Windows Command Line Control Options The control options are a series of letters with no spaces that control what actions to take Control Option Usage Explanation 5 Copy wipe Start the operation without confirmation Copy wipe Automatically overwrite existing data on the target drive Copy wipe Do not automatically overwrite existing data the target drive ay Copy wipe Ignore any surface errors found on the drive i Copy wipe Abort operation if surface errors are found on the drive n Copy wipe Do not show completion messages Copy wipe Disable the cancel key 14 Copy wipe Do not prompt to reboot after the operation h Wipe If directly accessing the hard drive and a host protected area is found attempt to remove it h Wipe If directly accessing the hard drive and a host protected area is found attempt to remove it If the host protected area cannot be removed abort the operation Table 5 Command line control options Command Line Usage Examples copywipe copy 0 1 SCALE so The command line above will instruc
31. questions to support terabyteunlimited com TeraByte Unlimited reserves the right to refuse any communication method that would incur a cost Table of Contents TECHNICAL 5 aaeoa aiaia anhaa idearioa auaa iaaiiai a hanniad anae 3 16 22 cc EEA E A EE 5 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS a oaa saadaseccuassuseusdueceateDaGeaa 5 WHAT IS COPYING a ae a 6 WHA TIS WIRING 7 5 OAE E E E EE EEA A A E 6 EAE EE 6 INSTALLING THE 7 INSTALLING COPYWIPE WITH MAKEDISK WINDOWS 7 INSTALLING COPYWIPE MANUALLY ALL PLATFORMS 10 CREATING 5 5 11 CREATING A DOS DISKETTE FROM WINDOWS 95 98 11 CREATING A DOS DISKETTE FROM WINDOWS 11 RUNNING COPYWIPE FROM WINDOWS 95 OR 98 11 USING GOPY WIPE a aa A AA aE E a Aaa
32. t CopyWipe for DOS to copy the contents of hard drive 0 to hard drive 1 and to scale the partition s proportionately on hard drive 1 The operation will start without confirmation s and the existing data on hard drive 1 will be overwritten 0 copywipe copy f0 2 RAW i r The command line above will instruct CopyWipe for DOS to copy the contents of IEEE 1394 hard drive 0 to hard drive 2 using the raw sector copy method The operation will abort if surface errors are encountered i and the prompt to reboot after the operation completes will be suppressed r copywipew wipe 1 R8 sr The command line above will instruct CopyWipe for Windows to wipe the contents of hard drive 1 using 8 passes of random data followed by one pass of zeros R8 The operation will start without confirmation s and the prompt to reboot after the operation completes will be suppressed r 24 TeraByte Unlimited Freeware License Agreement PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT THE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE UPGRADING COPYING INSTALLING OR USING SOFTWARE FROM TERABYTE INC WHEREAS Terabyte is a vendor of software products and WHEREAS the individual or entity using this product User desires to obtain the rights to use this product NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises contained herein and for good and valuable consideration Terabyte and User agree that the foregoing recitals are
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36. write of all zeros 12 Copyright 2004 TeraByte Unlimited All Rights Reserved Esc Image 12 Select option for wipe operation 4 Notice that the status area in the lower right corner of the screen is updated to reflect the operation being performed and the number of the selected hard drive On the wipe options screen use the arrow keys to select the type of wiping you wish to perform and then press Enter Each wipe option is explained in further detail in Table 2 Wipe Options Explained If you are using CopyWipe for DOS the Entropy Source screen will appear as shown in Image 13 If you are using CopyWipe for Windows skip to step 6 When using CopyWipe for Windows entropy collection is handled directly by Windows using the Crypto API 18 Entropy Source 1 System Keyboard Description 1 Copyright 2004 TeraByte Unlimited All Rights Reserved Image 13 Select entropy source 5 CopyWipe for DOS only Use the arrow keys to select an entropy source If you select the Keyboard entropy source option you will be prompted to press random keys on the keyboard in order to generate enough entropy i e randomness for the wipe operation 6 You will be prompted before the wipe operation is executed Enter Y to proceed or N to go back to the previous screen Once you allow the wipe operation to proceed the wipe progress screen appears You may press the Esc key at any time during the wipe
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