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1. Bad blocks information Choose this option to put information about found bad blocks This includes total bad blocks count and a bad sectors list Supervisor Approval Please choose this option f wipe reports require mandatory formal approval from an executive or supervisor Ff enabled every wipe report wil contain a signature field for a person responsible for duly data sanitisation procedures in your company e Fort size to use when printing report Middle fonts 12 pts L J In this section you can specify contents and properties of generated wipe reports e System information Mark the option to include a computer name BIOS version and the used operating system Copyright O 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 30 e Hardware Information Mark the option to include information on the used processor disk drivers network and USB adapters etc e Bad blocks information Mark the option to include information on the found bad blocks e Supervisor Approval Mark the option to add a signature field for an executive or supervisor responsible for data sanitization procedures in your company e Font size Select the most suitable font size from the list 12 pts by default Partitioning Options 4 Ask for volumes label before partition delete Ask confirmation when converting FAT 16 to FAT32 This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during partitioning operations
2. 3 Specify a drive letter for the selected partition Initially the program suggests some consistent value for this parameter So you may just press the Yes button to confirm the operation O Assign a drive letter This allows access to the volume by using the dive letter assigned The assignment is not recommended f the volume contains a fla system not supported by your operating system Assign the following dive letter IN einen Copyright 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 51 However you can manually define the required letter by selecting it from the pull down list of available drive letters 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Remove Drive Letter In order to un mount a partition you should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Select in the Main Menu Partition Remove Drive Letter There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Modifying drive letter of the system partition will result in inability to boot the operating system After having processed partitions with installed software some programs may not run properly Test Surface The program enables to test surface of existing partitions and blocks of free space for bad or unstable sectors If found any it automatic
3. In this chapter you will find all the information necessary to wipe a hard disk partition of any file system or only destroy any remnants of deleted files directories left on disk without affecting the used data thus providing high level of security The operation can be accomplished with the Wipe Wizard or corresponding dialogs Wizard Startup e Inthe Main Menu select Wizards gt Wipe Hard Disk or Partition There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject Wizard Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the operation e The hard disk partition to wipe Select a hard disk partition the data of which you want to destroy Copyright 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 40 Please choose an object for wiping can be a whole hard disk a single partition or a block of unallocated space You can set to wipe all data on the partition or only unoccupied sp pace on sos ihe nex step Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev MY ne oa Es foro 282 9GB NTFS 217 GB NTFS Basic Hard Disk 1 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev Local Disk 493 3 GB NTFS Basic GPT Hard Disk 2 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev Unallocated 569 8 GB e Wipe mode This section enables to switch between two options LAr s lr e pe od a Pe cata Choose this o
4. J Addio Task List v More options e Script file name and location By default the program offers to add the script to the Task List with a name containing its creation date and time Unmark the Add to Task List checkbox to define an exact location and a filename for the script file The default file extension that is reserved for scripting files is psl which however can be modified In addition there is the possibility to make further detailed settings although the default values will do in most cases To activate the advance mode you need to click the More options button at the foot of the dialog page so you will be able to define Please select script generation options Allow to interact with the user Tum this option off you do not want to get confirmation dalogs when the script is beng camed out J Commit after each operation Tum this option on to ensure the changes will be committed after each operation Check for emors after each operation Tum this option on to make scnpt interpreter to check the result of each operation Discard all operations on close Tum this option on to discard all the pending operations alter generating the script e Interaction with the user Mark the option to pause the script interpreter during the execution to prompt the user s confirmation or other input Otherwise the program will not stop using default values for parameters if needed e Commit after each operation Mark the option to
5. e Request confirmation before partition deletion Mark the checkbox to activate an additional security mechanism Thus when going to delete a partition you will be automatically requested to enter its label e Request confirmation when converting FAT16 to FAT32 Mark the checkbox to automatically request confirmation before converting FAT16 to FAT32 There are a number of situations when this kind of conversion is the only way out to accomplish the operation For instance you are going to migrate your system to a larger hard disk with the proportional resize of existing partitions what is very convenient As a result you can get original FAT16 partitions go beyond the 4GB limit Thus without conversion to FAT32 this operation will in no way be possible to accomplish The same goes for any copy hard disk partition or restore hard disk partition operation involving an extra upsizing E Mail Options Specify your e mail account options Outgoing mal server SMTP User emai address SMTP port number 25 My outgoing server requires authentication Send test emal Chck this button to test emal account options The program wil send generated emal message to the address you ve specfed in User e mail address field Specify e mail notification options Send E Mail notification on apply This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during the Send log files and Send e mail notification operations Copyright O 1994 2013
6. s raracon ParaGon Data Sanitization Report Customer Information Person Windows User Company Report Information Report Date Thu 16 December 2010 06 38 03 am Version Paragon Hard Disk Manager version 10 0 15 12617 16 12 10 Svstem Information x The program also enables to store the resulted report To do that just press the Save button and choose the exact location in the opened dialog To make sure that all on disk data is irreversibly destroyed call the Disk Viewer dialog by clicking the appropriate tab and see it for yourself Sector 10f 204800 0x0000 D D1 SC C7 5F C1 B DA 6A D SC SB E3 32 BC 3A OR 0x0010 94 06 66 76 SD 16 Al OF CE 69 24 F7 OF 2F 12 EB 0x0020 73 61 6F 19 64 DB 14 7D De 65 03 08 Di 58 24 EA 0x0030 32 Be 32 3C 75 SF D3 C2 FC 86 OF B3 C4 C1 CB E 0x0040 2D OF DS 99 BF 64 F3 85 OFC 31 D4 7B BB SA GA 87 0x0050 13 EB E3 BA Bl 9C 15 58 72 Al 37 75 9E UB DF AY x O 60 CF BS 52 FB 93 A9 DE 8C SD SB BB 80 BO 81 70 44 Ox0070 C2 7D 70 19 75 20 ES ED 26 E2 29 6D 62 7B 46 0x0080 77 10 AB EC FS E9 59 7F 87 Ad AU 20 4F 2C 56 C4 0x0090 F7 EF C4 66 CF AC 76 18 BF 3 18 OC 9C CD aA DI 0x0040 OF 86 SA 3C BE 75 11 75 05 OD DF 1D F Az Fl AD 0x00B0 BD 56 SF 79 79 D C3 OF 38 C5 43 CB 97 B Fe 4D x DCO 9E Ad ES 13 83 39 IF OA 51 Db 49 F4 AG 72 AB D Oe00D0 62 4B CE SC 3F FA DD Ez D4 33 58 CB CF 4E 8C AE xOOEO 4 OB 62 FP 19 47 E4 7B 01 E4 DS 19 4D SC
7. well The page title will contain a drive letter which is assigned to the disk The disk layout graph will be colored in accordance with the volume ratio of the used space to the free space the light colored sector The table on the right will contain the following information e Volume label if available e Type of the logical disk e File system represented by the color of the graph and the selected bar e Total size used space and free space in GB or MB Below there is a list of wizards which may be called for this disk All default values of parameters will correspond to the disk settings Partition Management In this chapter you will find all the information necessary to carry out partitioning operations supported by the program Basic Partitioning Operations Here you can learn how to accomplish basic partitioning operations create format delete Creating Partitions The program provides the ability to create a new partition within a block of un partitioned space Restrictions 1 Do not use the Create Partition function in order to undelete the last deleted partition 2 The program allows creating new partitions only within blocks of un partitioned space It cannot convert a free space on an existing partition to a new partition 3 The program cannot create new partitions on Dynamic Disks Dialog Startup 1 Select a block of free space on the Disk Map CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All righ
8. All rights reserved 59 Edit the Boot ini file on Hard Disk 0 Partition 0 boot loader timeoutz 10 defaults multi Okdisk Obrdisk partition WINDOWS loperatimg systems multi disk rdisk partitioni 1h WINDOWS Paragon VMWare Windows XP Partition 01 fasidetect 1 Copy De i i Insert the sample Add the sample 6 Ifthe Boot ini file does not contain any mistake please return to the Correct Windows Installations page to correct drive letters in the Windows System Registry Correct Windows installations Program has searched for valid Windows installations on your computer The results of the search you can see below Status S refer to system partition you can edit the Boot ini file B a boot partition you can correct the System Registry M Parthion Staus System mot Type 1 Disk 6 Partition 0 S B WINDOWS WinXP For the highlighted Windows installation please point out the operation to perform ts Correct drive leners in the System Registry Edit the Boot ini file Correct the partition boot record Adjust OS to boot on new hardware To continue click Next 7 Onthe next page choose a hard disk from the pull down list if several then the required partition If you re not sure which installation you need please use the Properties button to get more info on the selected item i Partitions List Leners Map Below y
9. CSPRNG again forcefully randomized and different from the first pass and new for each sector CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 18 e Fill each erased sector with OxAA value Finally the target data area is to be verified Military and government standards always require 100 percent residual data verification It is necessary to make sure that the operation has been properly accomplished Besides corrupted sectors discovered during the operation are to be logged to keep the user informed since these sectors may contain classified information O The list of supported military and government standards may vary for your product Anyway you ve always got the possibility to create a customized algorithm defining up to 4 wiping patterns number of passes for each wiping pattern and for the group of patterns thus providing the maximum possible security level Dynamic Disks As you probably know MS DOS Microsoft Windows 95 98 Me NT 2000 XP Vista Server 2003 2008 support four primary partitions per physical hard disk one of which can be extended Certainly there is the possibility to create logical drives within the extended partition Such types of disks are called basic Windows XP Professional Windows 2000 Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 2008 follow the same strategy You can have a maximum of four primary partitions one of which can be an extended partition with logical drives However these ope
10. 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 28 General Options 7 General options Parttian Akgnment Mode Vesta Align partitions according to the rules used in Windows Vista and later OSes Check FS integrity policy Once las Standard protection from data loss with acceptable performance The fle system integrity will be checked for each volume only once just before accomplishing data senstiye operations Data Loss Protection mode Reset Medium protection from data loss This section contains a set of general options that will be taken into account during any operation carried out with the program e Partition Alignment mode There are three options you can choose from Legacy DOS and Windows OSes before Vista required that partitions had to be aligned to the disk cylinder or 63 sectors to address and access sectors correctly It was OK until 4K hard drives came into scene When partitions are aligned this way on this type of disk each logical cluster is linked to two physical 4K clusters thus resulting in a double read write operation Vista Since Windows Vista operating systems do not use the archaic CHS cylinder head sector addressing scheme but the Logical Block Addressing LBA where sectors are addressed continuously over the whole disk drive It is optimal for both 512B and new 4K disk drivers Inheritance Select the option to disable automatic alignment of partitions e Check F
11. 7 dims dim 44 ms 54 233 174 53 B 5 ms bims Mmg 209 85 255 245 5 ima dm 49 me bwand 105 12100 net 74 125 43 105 Trace complete racer www google com done Do not resolve addresses to hostnames Mark the option to display IP addresses instead of hostnames Maximum number of hops to search for target By default the utility goes through maximum 30 hops when searching for the target host which you can modify however Wait timeout milliseconds for each reply By default the utility waits 4 seconds for each echo reply message If not received within the timeout an asterisk is displayed Saving log files The program enables to simplify the procedure of sending support requests to the Paragon Support Team In case of having difficulties with handling the program you with the help of this very function can address the company support engineers and provide them with all the information they need such as the disk layout performed operations etc in order to tackle the encountered problem Information of that kind is stored in log files To prepare a log files package please do the following 1 Click Log Saver 2 Provide an e mail address used for registering the product then give a detailed description on the encountered problem in the corresponding text fields Please don t worry we respect your privacy so none of your confidential data will be exposed This utility only collects the program s operat
12. Burning of data from the corrupted system disk to CD DVD To retrieve valuable information from your hard disk and burn it to CD DVD when the system fails to boot please do the following 1 Start up the computer from our Linux DOS wiping media Wiping Media Builder can help you prepare our environment either on a CD DVD disc or a thumb drive To automatically boot from the wiping media please make sure the on board BIOS is set up to boot from CD USB first 2 Inthe Linux launch menu select the File Transfer Wizard You can find the same wizard in PTS DOS as well 3 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 4 Select a disk where the files you need are stored from the pull down list in the right pane of the page CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 63 on Disk 01 WinXP M My computer Mf Root din W MyComputer My computer o mm Mounted resource s WM mnydisk Local disks NP media Removable disks cb IDE CD DVD NEC VMWa VMware IDE COR AA A DA NTFS 1 on disk 0 Application e E BackupCapsule 2 on Disk 0 UFSD di 5 Select files you want to copy and place them to Clipboard by pressing the left arrow button Clipboard Source C Imntdiskhdal Documents and Settin 3 Imntidiskhdal Documents and Senin O Application Data gt Cookies O Desktop gt E Mail Database D Favorites O Local Settings v gt roda sue n po Click the Cal
13. DC 34 Ox00F0 6F 34 E6 57 62 71 14 65 87 SE 75 AE 21 AB AS B 0x0100 B 7E ED 79 11 14 FD 20 98 BB ES 61 AE Cl 2B 0x0110 DO OF 72 amp B AD 2 AC 35 9D 25 CB B4 SE 45 FF SB Ux0120 51 Of 6B DE 02 De BS CE 82 56 53 CO 95 84 CF 3E 0x0130 45 4E OF 3E 45 99 AF 81 C7 62 CB DE SE 4C C 235 1E 66 DC rod th efe sh N mibi cir O RS o r 4c Fi H EA gl LI 0 HERE 9 ul e e eek pa HE ET ihe D HU KE i e 9 um He amp DT xn ri i E Za 0x0140 1B 18 EE 1B 45 46 91 54 E6 84 DA 79 7C AD 7D 0x0150 99 7A Cl E3 05 74 SB 6D 68 5D BA SD A F3 8F x l60 8B C4 7D 7B 18 63 OF 62 B4 87 FS E4 DE 21 F DC 0x0170 0D C9 Dl F2 DB 12 F B6 66 B3 CB F3 6A 20 BC 40 ie ar Dcum ce Qro E 1 E E ets MH The Summary page will be available only when the Virtual operations are disabled CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 43 Available operation scenarios e Hard Disk Utilization Task Scheduling Automation of operations can really help you out when you ve got to accomplish certain routine operations on a regular basis as it enables to execute them without your involvement while optimizing your computer s work load Setting a Timetable Thanks to the embedded Scheduler you can set a timetable for execution of any operation It has two categories for time settings these correspond to appropriate
14. Overview chapter to know more on the subject General File System info Advanced Local Disk C Volume label No label File system NTFS Type Primary Capacity 4999GB 536 868 814 848 Bytes 1 048 571 904 Sectors Used by data 39368 1 10 016 497 664 Bytes 19 563 472 Sectors Free space 490 6 GB 99 526 852 317 184 Bytes 1 029 008 432 Sectors In the opened dialog information will be grouped according to its properties thus by clicking tabs you can get information you need File Transfer Wizard File Transfer Wizard is designed to make such operations as copying of separate files directories or burning of them to CD DVD as easy and convenient as possible It may be of particular use in case of a system malfunction caused either by a virus attack or files corruption in order to get the system back on track again Besides it provides access to Paragon backups as regular folders to browse through their contents or copy required files Startup e Select in the Main Menu Tools gt File Transfer Wizard CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 49 There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the transfer operation e Place to look for files directories Select a source disk from the pull down list in the left pane of the page The program en
15. computer to complete the operation T 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Check Recovery Discs You ve got the ability to check whether bootable media created with the program is 100 percent error free and ready to use The Check Recovery Disc Wizard will help you do that Startup e Inthe Main Menu select Tools gt Check Recovery Discs There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the operation e CD DVD drive Select from the pull down list of available CD DVD devices the required drive to use during the operation Deve Optat DVD RW AD 1 OA e Bed the disc alter check e Set whether to eject the disk after the operation is completed or not Result After the operation is completed you can see results of the check Copyright O 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 53 Edit View Sectors With the built in Edit View Sectors tool the program enables to view edit sectors on existing partitions hard disks providing the possibility to directly access and modify sectors save and restore sectors from specified files navigate through the system metadata etc In order to edit view sectors of a hard disk partition you should take the following steps 1 Select a hard disk partition on the Disk Map 2 Select in the Main Menu Part
16. disk layout is selected Explorer Bar The Explorer Bar is located in the center of the main window which emphasizes its importance The bar displays reference information including The help system e General information on the product including its name version and a list of helpful links e Detailed information about disks selected on the Disk Map e List of scheduled operations e Disk Editor utility According to these categories the Explorer Bar has several tabs e Disk View which offers the user the following options Disk Editor to view edit sectors of the selected partition hard disk Properties to view detailed information on the selected partition hard disk in the bright graphical form Bar O You can switch between these components by clicking tabs on the left side of the Explorer e Scheduled Tasks which gives the user the possibility of browsing and editing scheduled operations and the program scripts e Help which contains the program help and general information on the product You can access the desired information by clicking on the appropriate tab The Explorer Bar is a fully functional embedded HTML browser which offers the possibility to address for example the company s website to look through important technical notes or download the latest updates without having to close the program The program help is also HTML oriented You can read it and follow external links from to get additional information T
17. e Specify the number of wiping passes You can choose a number of passes for the wiping pattern e Verify wipe results You can also choose whether to carry out residual data verification or not specifying the percentage of sectors to check Copyright O 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 39 Result By default the operation takes only a fraction of a second However the program waits until Windows completes the modification of the disk layout Hard Disk Management In this chapter you will find all the information necessary to carry hard disk operations supported by the program Updating MBR The program enables to overwrite the current bootable code in the MBR Master Boot Record by the standard bootstrap code This can help to repair a corrupted bootable code of a hard disk resulted from a boot virus attack or a malfunction of boot management software In order to update MBR of a hard disk you should take the following steps 1 Select a hard disk on the Disk Map 2 Select in the Main Menu Hard Disk gt Update MBR chapter to know more on the subject O There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview Are you sure you want to update master boot record Current MBR contents for hard disk number O will be lost after this operation Your computer may no longer boot correctly No 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Wipe Tasks
18. guide you through the process of the program installation The setup utility is compiled with the InstallShield SDK hence it contains the standard user interface and set of installation steps program will offer the user to uninstall it first O In case there is some previous version of the program installed on the computer the 2 Starting Setup The Welcome page informs that the application is being installed Click the Next button to continue 3 Confirm License Agreement The License Agreement page displays the Paragon License Agreement Read the agreement and then select the appropriate option to accept If you do not agree with any conditions stated there the installation process will be interrupted By clicking the Print button the License Agreement may also be printed out 4 Provide Registration Information On the Registration page you are to provide your product key and serial number CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 10 5 Provide Customer Information On the Customer Information page you are to provide the standard information i e a user name and an organization Besides you need to decide whether to make the program available for all users of this computer if several or only for the current one 6 Select an Installation Folder The Destination Folder page allows you to choose a folder where the program will be installed By default the installation folder will be created as C
19. items in the Schedule type menu e Initiating the operation by an event One time only i e the Once item When the system starts i e the At System Startup item When the user logs on i e the At Logon item e Initiating the operation periodically i e Daily Weekly Monthly Please specty how and when would you like to perform the task You need to select one of the variants Depending on your choice the scheduler displays a form that enables to set a timetable Please specify how and when would you like to perform the task Shutdown system after backup Generate unique names for scheduled backups Run the task on 09 02 2009 a 12 00 AM 2 week s on 4 Monday Friday Do nat run the task after To run the task in the log off mode please specify administering login info by following the appropriate link in the left lower corner of the page CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 44 The Shutdown System on Complete option enables to automatically switch off the computer on the successful accomplishment of the operation Managing Tasks All scheduled tasks are placed in a separate list which can be retrieved by clicking the Scheduled Tasks tab in the Explorer Bar Disk View Scheduled Tasks Archives Help Scheduled Tasks l Ik Hame Script When to Run Backup of MBR of hard disk 0 scr 020909124 44490 pel At 12 00 00 AM every Mon of every week startin
20. operations You wont be able to interrupt this process or undo the changes t may take some time to apply the changes You may also be asked to restart your computer during this process Would you like to apply the changes C No let me reconsider 7 Click the Finish button to close Boot Corrector 8 Restart the computer Correcting BCD Boot Configuration Data To automatically correct Windows BCD please do the following CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 57 1 Start up the computer from the WinPE recovery media Please use Boot Media Builder to prepare the WinPE recovery environment which you can get here www paragon software com my account To automatically boot from the recovery media please make sure the on board BIOS is set up to boot from CD USB first 2 Launch Boot Corrector 3 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 4 Select Correct boot parameters to let the wizard fix BCD in all found Windows installations Windows installation to correct ene the list od all windows installations and comect boot parameters Comect the Master Boot Record MBR View the let of all Hard Disks and comect MBH executable code on some of them Edit View Sectors Wen edt backup and restore sectors or a group of sectors on the hard disk or partition of your choice Comed boot parameters boot ini BCD Automatically comect boot ini and BCD on all hard disks in system Co
21. or recovery purposes It also has the PTS DOS safe mode which may help in a number of non standard situations such as interfering hardware settings or serious problems on the hardware level In this case only basic files and drivers such as hard disk drivers a monitor driver and a keyboard driver will be loaded Startup To start working with the Linux DOS environment please take the following steps 1 Start up the computer from our Linux DOS wiping media Copyright O 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 13 Wiping Media Builder can help you prepare our environment either on a CD DVD disc or a thumb drive To automatically boot from the wiping media please make sure the on board BIOS is set up to boot from CD USB first 2 Launch a boot mode you need Normal Safe Low Graphics Safe in the Boot menu Q By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period 3 Click on the required operation to start Hints on the selected at the moment item will help you make the right choice 4 Consult the help system by pressing ALT F1 to know more on the subject Boot menu The Boot menu contains the following commands F Normal Mode Hain recovery Safe Mode em ironnent A Low Graphics Safe Mode Floppy disk Hard disk H MBR Find OSes on your hard disks e Normal Mode Boot into the Linux normal mode This mode uses the full set of drivers recommended e Safe
22. sub system before and after apply Activate the option to allow the program to attach two pictures of the disk layout made before and after the operation is completed By clicking the link at the bottom of the window you can jump to the Operation Dependency Options Operation Dependency Options Operation dependency options Please select a task to be carried out when one or more of the following operabons are Perform the task Send e mail notfication Operation J Adjust OS to boot on new hardware J Adjust OS to boot on virtual hardware 1 Y Backup partition or disk X Boot record comection Change NTFS version 4 Change SID J Check file system J Compact SMFT J Convert Dynamic Disk to Base Y Copy partition J Copy partition with fles exclusion This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account when the Send e mail notification on apply function is enabled By marking unmarking a checkbox opposite the required operation you can choose whether to receive an e mail notification on its completion or not Copyright 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 32 You won t be notified if an operation requires the system restart Virtual Mode Options Operations mode J Allow virtual mode Set this option on to carry out all the operations virtually You will be able to commit the changes or rolback all of them or the last one F you switch this option off the opera
23. 00100 00 02 00 00 66 68 08 00 00 00 66 53 66 Ih fh t5t 0x0000000110 53 amp 68 00 00 00 00 66 68 00 7c 00 00 SEUEh Eh 0x0000000120 61 68 07 cd la Sa 32 f es 00 Fe 00 00 ed ah I Z2o amp I Ox0000000130 18 a eb 08 a b OF eb OF al b5 OF 32 ed 5 Mea p 28 0x0000000140 05 b 0 ac 3c 00 74 09 bb OF 00 b4 Oe cd oe Bre bow LE Oe0O000001S0 10 2 f4 eb d 2b c3 ed 64 eb 00 24 02 el 8 eo5ev Ende S s Ox0000000160 24 e 76 61 6c 69 6d 20 61 72 74 69 5 Alnvalid parti Ox0000000170 74 20 74 61 62 6c 65 00 45 72 72 6f 72 tion table Error x g OgOOISO 0 i 64 69 be 67 20 6t 70 65 72 61 74 69 losding operati 0x0000000190 e 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 00 dd 69 73 73 69 5e ng system Missin Oe00000001A0 6 65 77 61 74 69 e 67 20 73 79 73 74 q operating syst OxD0000001B80 65 00 63 7b 9a bb c2 83 1d 00 00 30 20 amp 2 C idea 21 t 00 08 00 00 00 f F 3e 00 00 yy 00 00 00 00 OO OO OO 00 OO OO OO 00 00 00 DxD00000001ED 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 OD x g O OIF OU 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa Y Careless use of the Edit Sectors function may result in the irreversible data corruption CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 54 Send Log Files The program enables to simplify the procedure of sending support requests to the Paragon Support Team In case of
24. 6 12 Click the Finish button to close Boot Corrector 13 Reboot the computer Copying of data from the corrupted system disk to another hard disk To retrieve valuable information from your hard disk and copy it to another hard disk when the system fails to boot please do the following 1 Connect the second hard disk to the computer 2 Start up the computer from our Linux DOS wiping media CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 61 Wiping Media Builder can help you prepare our environment either on a CD DVD disc or a thumb drive To automatically boot from the wiping media please make sure the on board BIOS is set up to boot from CD USB first 3 Inthe Linux launch menu select the File Transfer Wizard You can find the same wizard in PTS DOS as well 4 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 5 Select a disk where the files you need are stored from the pull down list in the right pane of the page Source Y My computer Wf Root din WI MyComputer My computer Nf mn Mounted resources Ww imnudisk Local disks WI media Removable disks 4 IDE CD DVD NECVMWa VMware IDE COR ww D NTFS lon disk 0 Application e E BackupCapsule 2 on Disk 0 UFSD di 6 Select files you want to copy and place them to Clipboard by pressing the left arrow button Clipboard 3 Imntidisk hdal Documents and Settin 3 jmntdisk hdal Documents and Serin C
25. A E E 12 POOL Mel eer E E E TE eco ace sacess 13 Booting from the WinPE wiping media sesessesessecessesessscessscessscesssoesesoecesoecesoscesoecesoecessecesssoesesoesesoesesoese 15 SLEE e D e Se eae EEA A e Ro EAE A es 15 Basic CONCOpiS siii tibia 16 Data Sania Oaar EE E E E E E 16 Data Security Standards secta 17 DYNI DISK S cenare A E E E E E E AA 18 GPT VOrSUS MBR aora T E E E E E 19 EFI BOO Chalentes aims 19 OTD SUPPONE ai iei arenas 19 Scheduling acond ooa e E dic sse ni loa 20 CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Windows COMPONENTS sisi 20 Interface OVOTVISW ia 20 Genera RESTOS DRE ET TTE 20 Mal Menta o LIII t MU di LI CL E t d 21 TOG IB A t pH H 23 VIU ODDEF iON Bl stain trc tavi a dio id 24 COMMON Tas B I a ms IR I ARES SR RI M AM S EM DRM Ma ed 24 DIEM mI T A M M 25 modele iMi E TT T TUM 26 E Baleus anes enaut ace MER EMI ME Ie E 27 SEACUS Beste e EE 27 Settines OVerVIO W dieit isis 27 A TO T TEE 28 WIDE OPUS rra Nao 29 WIDE REPOT ODLIOIS aii da id 29 PATO MINS OPONE aia MUERE RUN 30 E MANN OUI S T T EN EET 30 Operation Dependency OPHION ace sone ver teda Ur aS eset omeu Ed do 31 Virtual ModE OPUS i teet toti iae sem diet A AAA Led fece e eat cds usc 32 Loe FileS ODUONS acesa m DI 32 VIEWING DISK PFODGITIBS sais 33 Partition Manage mentir aaa vcvvo va aed Cine ges Mea a Ea V E g
26. Mode Boot into the PTS DOS mode This mode can be used as an alternative of the Linux normal mode if it fails to work properly e Low Graphics Safe Mode Boot into the PTS DOS safe mode In this case only the minimal set of drivers will be included like hard disk monitor and keyboard drivers This mode has simple graphics and a simple menu e Floppy Disk Reboot the computer from a system floppy disk e Hard Disk 0 Boot from the primary hard disk e Find OS s on your hard disks The program will scan hard disks of your computer to find any bootable operating system To move within the menu please use the arrow keys of the computer keyboard While working with the environment you might experience some inconvenience caused by O possible video artifacts It is just a result of changing video modes and in no way will affect the program functionality If this is the case please wait a bit and everything will be OK CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 14 Normal Mode When the Normal mode is selected the Linux launch menu appears i This will launch Wipe Wizard To wipe hard F Wipe Wizard disk or partition just follow instructions in the wizard All drives including NTFS are already mounted as c d e etc E File Transfer Wizard Boot Corrector RD Log Saver cul Start the command line Wipe Wizard enables to destroy all on disk information or only remnants of deleted files directori
27. Mware Virtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev Off Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev Of a C a C NTFS NTFS Basic Hard Disk 1 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev Off Basic Hard Disk 1 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev Off OE FREE Basic Hard Disk 2 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev Off Basic Hard Disk 2 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev Off gt ios FREE FREE Typical Scenarios This chapter lists a number of the most frequently used scenarios that may be accomplished with the program You can find here useful recommendations and descriptions of operations Recovery Scenarios Correcting EFI parameters To specify a bootable device in the EFI boot entry please do the following 1 Start up the computer from the WinPE recovery media Please use Boot Media Builder to prepare the WinPE recovery environment which you can get here www paragon software com my account To automatically boot from the recovery media please make sure the on board BIOS is set up to boot from CD USB first 2 Select Boot Corrector from the start menu 3 Click Next on the Wizard s Welcome page CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 56 4 Select Correct EFI parameters to specify the required bootable device in the EFI boot entry Windows installation to correct View the list of all windows installabons and correct boot parameters Correct the Master B
28. O E Mail Database gt Favorites C Local Settings w gt Click the Calc button to estimate the resulted data size 7 On the Select Destination Type choose the way the data will be stored Select the Save data to any local drive or a network share item CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 62 Please select how would you like to save the data e Save data to any local drives or a network share Choose this option if you want io save your data to local mounted or physical partition t USB or FireWar external drives and to a mounted network share You will be prompted to choose a kx ation you wani to save the archive to Burn data to CD DVD Choose this option if you want the Wizard to burn the data to CD or DVD You will be prompted to choose a CD or DVD RW drive 8 Onthe Select Destination Path page select a hard disk to copy the data to by pressing the standard browse button Select path CET ES Space avallable on destination 8 6Gb Tetaldata size nia 9 Onthe Transfer Summary page check all parameters of the operation Click the Next button to accomplish the operation 10 In the Progress window you can see in real time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program 11 After the operation is completed close the wizard by pressing the appropriate button 12 Turn off the computer This operation can also be accomplished with our wiping media
29. Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 31 e Outgoing mail server SMTP To send messages by using the built in mail client it is necessary to have access to a computer running an SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol server All outgoing messages are first sent to the SMTP server which in its turn delivers them to the required recipients The address may be represented as a traditional Internet host name e g mail com or as an IP numeric address e g Xxx XXx Xxx xx e User e mail address Specify an e mail address that has been assigned by the Internet Service Provider or organization s e mail administrator e Myoutgoing server requires authentication Activate the option to allow the program to make authentication on the server before sending messages User name Enter the name that will be used to log in to the e mail account Password Enter the password that will be used to access the mail server When you re ready with the settings click on the Send test e mail button to check if everything is OK e Send e mail notification on apply Specify an e mail to send notifications on the carried out operations Send mail in HTML format Activate the option to create messages in the HTML format instead of plain text Send complete report after applying operations Activate the option to create an in depth report on the carried out operations and send it after performing the last operation Send graphical view of the disk
30. Program Files Paragon Paragon Disk Wiper 12 To select another folder click the Change button After you have selected the required folder click the Next button to continue Do not install the program on network drives Do not use Terminal Server sessions to install and run the program In both cases the program functionality will be limited 7 Confirm Installation On the Ready to Install the Program page click the Install button to start the installation or the Back button to return to any of the previous pages and modify the installation settings 8 Copying Files The Copying Files page shows the overall progress of the installation Click the Cancel button to abort the setup 9 Finishing the Installation The Final page reports the end of the setup process Click the Finish button to complete the wizard First Start To start Paragon Disk Wiper 12 under Windows please click the Windows Start button and then select Programs Paragon Disk Wiper 12 gt Paragon Disk Wiper The first component that will be displayed is called the Express Launcher Thanks to a well thought out categorization and hint system it provides quick and easy access to wizards and utilities that we consider worth using on a regular basis With its help you can also start up the traditional launcher the help system or go to the program s home page CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 11 E Paragon Disk Wiper 12 Pro
31. S integrity policy Accomplishment of any data sensitive operation resize move merge redistribute change cluster size etc is potential with data loss To minimize this risk it s recommended to check integrity of your file system before this type of operations despite the fact that it s quite time consuming We offer you several options to let you choose which is best for you Always Maximum protection but minimal performance The file system integrity will be checked each time it s necessary to guarantee the maximum protection for the on disk data Once Standard protection with acceptable performance The file system integrity will be checked for each volume only once just before accomplishing data sensitive operations Never No protection but maximum performance If you re not 100 sure your disk is rock solid please do not use this option e Data Loss Protection mode To guarantee safety for your information when a data sensitive operation has been abruptly interrupted as a result of a computer reset or a power outage there are several techniques that correspond to the options below Do not protect No protection but maximum performance If you re not 10096 sure you re completely safe from a power outage or an accidental reset of your computer please do not use this option CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 29 Reset Standard protection with acceptable performance Maintaining
32. SOFTWARE GROUP G PARAGON Software GmbH gt Paragon Pa racon Heinrich von Stephan Str 5c 79100 Freiburg Germany Tel 49 0 761 59018201 Fax 49 0 761 59018130 Internet www paragon software com Email sales paragon software com Disk Wiper 12 Professional User Manual CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Contents INTO QUCHON e 5 What s New in Disk Wiper 12 serian M m 5 Product COMPOnents ETE E ER EE ES 5 Features OV CIVIC esa A EE 6 FOALUDES ge 6 User Friendly Fault Minimizing CS YM AC m ti 6 Partition Hard Disk Management Facilities ooccccccnnccnnnnnnnnnananinnnnnonananonononononononanannnnncnnncnnanonnnnnnonnnnnnnnanannnnncnananannncnanoss 6 WIPE Fa NET e A 6 Un e eE o o e e rn A 6 e E o ee ene ee eee 6 Supported Data Erasure Algorithms isinisiai asar iio 7 Supported TSCM OO SES sitos 7 Supportea Fe SYSTEMS psa adan 7 Supportea Med sicario ose 8 Gerne StarTone o A 8 System RequIFe mentes scale rasos coli 8 clu RS 9 xl dci C O o CO 10 Building wiping Medid caia cia 11 Booting from the Linux DOS Wiping MeCia c sccsscssscssccsscssccsscceccnscccsccecesecccseceseeccussseseseccussseseseseussees 12 CIE VU m o NIU o T E EE EE E o EE
33. a special journal our program enables to automatically complete a data sensitive operation interrupted by an accidental reset of your computer from our bootable wiping media thus reviving the corrupted partition Power loss Maximum protection but minimal performance Besides journaling our program will also disable cache of your disk when accomplishing data sensitive operations to avoid data loss even in case of a power outage Wipe Options ES Wipe options Default wipe method US DoD 5220 22 M A Ovenarte al addressable locations wih a character is complement then a random Here you can set a specific data erasure algorithm that will be used by default during wipe operations The list of supported military and government standards may vary for your product Wipe Report Options rz Wipe report structure options Please enter customer information to put in data sanitization reports Customer name Customer organisation f you did not provide any information in these fields the defaut system data wil be displayed Please mark the issues to be placed in data sanitization reports Y System information Choose this option to put system information in report System information includes a computer name OS and BIOS versions J Hardware information Choose this option to put information about hardware used in your computer in report This section includes information about processors disk dives network and USB adapters etc
34. ables to process both mounted and unmounted without drive letter assigned partitions Besides it is possible to map a network drive Source 5 Local Disk C S SE e 9 DVD RW Drive D Local Disk E 1 3 Local Disk F 6 Archeves G New Volume H Physical partitions 2 NEW VOLUME Disk 1 CT Network places CT Network e Object s of operation Choose files directories you want to copy and place them to Clipboard by pressing the Add button To delete a file directory from the Clipboard select it in the Clipboard pane and press the Remove button You can also create a new folder rename or irreversibly delete existing files directories of the left pane by pressing the appropriate buttons Clipboard Source Name Source Path 3 Local Disk F i uw X ZE images F images Name o TAR sys D hiberfi sys pagefie sys ly somecmd cmd a DVD RW Drive D 3 E Local Disk E E Local Disk F System Volume information 1 Total data size 132 8 KB Files directories deleted from the Clipboard remain intact on source disks e Destination to store the object s The File Transfer Wizard allows copying data to local or network drives to physical partitions without drive letters assigned or burning them to CD DVDs Choose the way the data will be stored Copyright O 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 50 There are several ways the Wizard can stone your data Plese s
35. ady iMdwoksies Newokdies Ned rien ia Uy Paa y Target wewgoogecom Ping the specfied host unti stopped Resolve addresses to hostnames Clear output Number of echo requests to send fi B Running ping www google com Pinging www google com 74 125 43 99 with 32 bytes of data Reply from 74 125 43 59 bytes 32 tine 46ms TTL 55 Reply from 74 125 43 99 bytes 32 time 47ms TTL 56 Reply from 74 125 43 99 bytes 32 tine 45ms TTL 56 Reply from 74 125 43 99 bytes 32 time 46ms TTL 56 Ping statistics for 74 125 43 99 Packets Sent 4 Received 4 Lost 0 0 loss Approximate round trip times in mili seconds Minimum 45ms Mapamum 47ms Average Ems ping www google com done Copyright O 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 69 e Ping the specified host until stopped Mark the option to ping the chosen host for indefinite time e Resolve addresses to hostnames Mark the option to display hostnames instead of IP addresses e Number of echo requests to send By default the utility sends 4 echo requests which you can modify however 2 f you need to trace a route to some network host please select Trace route then type in the required IP address or its name Click Start when ready ley EMPTIS OCO Do not resolve addresses to hostnames Maximum number of hops to search fortarget I 4 Wat timeout miliseconds for each reply Aims 4ims 289 B5 254 153
36. ally marks them unusable in the file system metadata thus minimizing the risk of data loss In order to start the surface test you should take the following steps 1 Select a partition or a block of free space on the Disk Map 2 Select in the Main Menu Partition Test Surface There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject 3 From the pull down list choose the level of the surface check mm a too mm A E o Test surface of volume C Testing volume surface allows to find bad blocks and other problems Please select a suface test level NN 4 Theoperation will be performed immediately after confirmation CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 52 Check File System Integrity The program allows you to check integrity of a file system It can be used to detect possible file system errors before performing any operation on a partition To start the system integrity check you should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Check File System Integrity There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject oD lle Check volume C No label NTFS for errors Please note that check operation needs exclusive access to the volume You may be asked to restart your
37. ation on geometry of the disk amount of sectors per track heads and cylinders Below there is a list of available wizards If you click a corresponding record the appropriate wizard will be started All default values for the operation parameters will correspond to the disk s settings The list of wizards contains a detailed description of tasks that can be performed by the wizard This nullifies the possibility of selecting the wrong wizard CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 34 Logical Disk G Volume letter G Seral number 743 E 455F Volume label FAT32 LINLOS Partition ID 0 08 FAT 32 Type Primary Total size 68GB File system FAT32 Used space 57 GB Sectors per boot 35 Free space 1GB Sectors per cluster 8 Activity Inactive Hidden state Not hidden Create ant e of the i disk Back up all the data this logical disk contains Restore the logical disk from an image Warning This operation will delete all the data on thes logical disk and replace them from the image you have chosen You may also be asked to restart your computer during this operation Copy the selected partition Create a copy of the partition A new partition wil be created and all the data vell be copied there You can create an exact copy or copy only the area that is occupied by data El e When you select a small sized bar i e corresponding to a logical disk the Explorer Bar will display information on it as
38. ber In the DOS partitioning scheme every hard disk and every partition has a 32 bit serial number represented by an 8 figure hexadecimal value It is stored in the MBR and its value is assigned when the MBR sector is initialized by Microsoft standard disk managing tools such as Windows Disk Administrator and the FDISK utility In fact a hard disk s serial number is not important for most operating systems and software It is known that Windows NT 2000 and XP store its value in the database of assigned drive letters A partition s serial number is stored in its boot sector in FAT16 FAT32 and NFTS file systems Its value is assigned when the partition is formatted It does not play an important role for most operating systems and software as well Copyright O 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved
39. c button to estimate the resulted data size 6 Onthe Select Destination Type choose the way the data will be stored Select the Burn data to CD DVD item Please select how would you like 10 save the data Save data to any local drives or a network share Choose this option if you wantto save your data do local mounted or physical partition lo USB or FireWare external drives and do a mounted network share You will be prompted to choose a location you want to save the archive ta Burn data to CD DVD Choose this option if you want the Wizard to burn the data to CD or DVD You will be prompted to choose a CD or DVD RW drive 7 Onthe Choose a Recorder page select a recorder from the list of available devices and then set a volume label by entering it in the appropriate field Select a recorder o burn data to Volume tabet 8 On the Transfer Summary page check all parameters of the operation Click the Next button to accomplish the operation CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 64 9 Inthe Progress window you can see in real time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program 10 After the operation is completed close the wizard by pressing the appropriate button 11 Turn off the computer This operation can also be accomplished with our wiping media Hard Disk Utilization To irreversibly destroy all on disk information without any possibility to
40. commit changes after each operation e Check for errors after each operation Mark the option to insert a special code in script which checks the status of the last executed operation and stops the script processing if there are errors of any kind e Discard all operations on close Mark the option to empty the List of Pending Operations after generating the script Result After the operation is completed you receive a new script file It is placed into the specified destination its features defined in the dialog This command is unavailable if there are no operations on the List of Pending Operations To learn more about scripts please consult the Paragon Scripting Language manual Extra Functionality This chapter describes the supplementary functionality available in the program CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 48 View Partition Hard Disk Properties The program enables to obtain in depth information on the properties of hard disks and partitions Besides the general information such as capacity used space or file system type it provides the possibility to get info on hard disk geometry cluster size exact partition location etc To get properties on a partition hard disk please do the following 1 Choose a partition hard disk on the Disk Map 2 Select in the Main Menu Partition Hard Disk gt Properties There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface
41. den file Thus it is able to contain a relatively large amount of text in multiple languages Partitioning Scheme is a set of rules constraints and format of the on disk structures to keep information on partitions located on a hard disk There are known several partitioning schemes The most popular of them is the so called DOS partitioning scheme It was introduced by IBM and Microsoft to use multiple partitions in the disk subsystems on IBM PC compatible computers Another popular partitioning scheme is the so called Logical Disks Model LDM that originates from the UNIX mainframe systems Veritas Executive accommodates a simplified version of LDM to the Windows 2000 operating system Copyright O 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 74 Windows 2000 and XP support two quite different partitioning schemes the old DOS partitioning scheme and the new Dynamic Disk Management DDM The problem is that earlier versions of Windows do not support DDM In addition most hard disk utilities do not support it as well Recovery Media is a CD DVD disc a USB flash card or even a floppy disk from which you can boot for maintenance or recovery purposes Root Directory is the top level directory of a formatted logical drive to include other files and directories In modern file systems Ext2 Ext3 NTFS and even FAT32 it does not differ from other directories This is not the case for old FAT12 and FAT16 file systems Serial Num
42. ecause its accidental modification usually makes a partition unusable CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 73 Hard Disk Geometry Traditionally the usable space of a hard disk is logically divided into cylinders cylinders are divided into tracks or heads and tracks are divided into sectors The triad of values Sectors per Track Tracks per Cylinder Amount of Cylinders is usually named the Hard Disk Geometry or C H S geometry Tracks and cylinders are enumerated from 0 while sectors are enumerated from 1 These disk parameters play an essential role in the DOS Partitioning scheme Modern hardware uses an advanced scheme for the linear addressing of sectors which assumes that all on disk sectors are continuously enumerated from 0 To allow backward compatibility with older standards modern hard disks can additionally emulate the C H S geometry Hidden Partition The concept of a hidden partition was introduced in the IBM OS 2 Boot Manager By default an operating system does not mount a hidden partition thus preventing access to its contents A method of hiding a partition consists in changing the partition ID value saved in the Partition Table This is achieved by XOR ing the partition ID with a Ox10 hexadecimal value Master File Table MFT is a relational database that consists of rows of file records and columns of file attributes It contains at least one entry for every file o
43. edia when modifying system partitions e Microsoft Dynamic Disk simple spanned striped mirrored RAID 5 to offer more management flexibility without the partition limitation of basic disks Dynamic storage can be particularly beneficial for large scale businesses when dealing with many physical hard disks involving complex setup e GUID Partition Table GPT It is the next generation of a hard disk partitioning scheme developed to lift restrictions of the old MBR GPT disks are now supported by Windows Vista 7 Server 2008 Mac OS X and Linux Supported File Systems e Full read write access to FAT16 FAT32 partitions e Full read write access to NTFS Basic Disks under Windows Linux and PTS DOS Compressed NTFS files are also supported CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Supported Media 8 Full read write access to Ext2FS Ext3FS Ext4FS partitions Limited read write access to Apple HFS partitions Unfortunately support of non Roman characters for the HFS file system is unavailable at the moment The company is about to implement it in the nearest future Support of both MBR and GPT hard disks 2 2TB disks included IDE SCSI and SATA hard disks SSD Solid State Drive AFD Advanced Format Drive Non 512B sector size drives CD R CD RW DVD R DVD R DVD RW DVD RW DVD R DVD R double layer and also Blu ray discs FireWire i e IEEE1394 USB 1 0 USB 2 0 USB 3 0 hard disks PC card s
44. elect how would you like to save the data a Save dala to local network dives Ovenarte existing fles Save data to physical partitions Bum the data to CD or DVD e Revision of changes The Transfer Summary page provides structurally divided information on all the actions made in the wizard Check the changes and come back to any step of the wizard if necessary by following the required hyperlink Please overview the transfer options You can retum to the comespondng page and change the options by clicking on title hyperinks Obiects to transfer Object s selected 1 Total data size 132 8 KB 136 024 Bytes Transfer destination Destination path Cy Space available on destination 490 6 GB 526 821 834 752 Bytes Overwrite existing files No Result After the operation is completed the required data will be placed into the specified destination Available operation scenarios e Copying of data from the corrupted system disk to another hard disk e Burning of data from the corrupted system disk to CD DVD Mount Partition The program enables to assign or remove drive letters of existing formatted partitions Assign Drive Letter In order to mount a partition you should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Assign Drive Letter There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject
45. em type to make it available for your operating system Wipe Facilities e Data wiping to successfully destroy all on disk information including the standard bootstrap code and other system service structures e Free space clearing to destroy any remnants of deleted files directories left on disk without affecting the used data Automatization Facilities e Task scheduling to automate routine operations It can be particularly effective when you have to repeat a sequence of actions on a regular basis Scheduling is only available for the Windows installation of the program e Scripting to make the program create a script of any set of operations you need Besides support of all operations available in the interactive mode the unattended mode provides some additional features such as conditional execution subroutines repeatable iterations disk partition properties analysis errors management etc Auxiliary Facilities e File Transfer Wizard to make such operations as transferring of files directories or burning of them to CD DVD as easy and convenient as possible Providing access to Paragon backups as regular folders it may also help to replace corrupted data from a previously created image in case of an operating system failure e Wiping Media Builder to create a bootable media on a CD DVD disc or flash memory which can later be used to boot and irreversibly destroy the on disk data Moreover with its help you can save data fro
46. eri UES 34 Basic Partition ine Operations coitu tti aei uk A Vene FU de cb i A a Piu Ad 34 Hard DiskManagement oc ees deu end ewv ed e M xx aae ao eu dev Ves Yea eo CHE dire via A Dua E EVE die 39 vpadne MBR A A Ms Mu PEL M ICM ID MU Mo Ree reve 39 WIDe ASS ss Sst E EE 39 Task Schedulltig dada A 43 Setting a MICU OC sen casio cid 43 Manasine Task RET TT m EUN REUS 44 Creatine a Scheduled Task usns do vu e S CH pU M EH MORAN UM MUN M M MN M NUM M M ME M M C 45 SCHIP CIN EID IT DI II UTE 46 Extra FUN CUON Hy NERA ER TN 47 View Partition Hard DISPO PERES A E 48 Ale Trate Wizard it A AA A A ie 48 WVIOUINE PAUTA Er 50 CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved TGS CS ACS cacas 51 Check File System tes FLY ETE 52 Check Recovery DISCS aia T T 52 ANI eu RIAL LEE ELE eL a eines Ra ca LLL Ae nM csse e REALE AA E de REAL C e E LEE AEAR SCALE 53 Send Log Fes TO d TEE Md stade mendi mM IMMER RE 54 VIeWiLOES ct ads 54 Typical SCON ANOS ii iaa 55 Recovery SCONANIOS da A A A UTI 55 Correcthng EF parameters ani E E E AAE E E S 55 Correctine BCD Boot COnmleUratiCn Data sasea aa E AAE 56 Fixitig MWidows Startup ablar aa dd 57 Copying of data from the corrupted system disk to another hard disk occccoocccconcnnnnncnnnnacinonaninonacnnonacinonocnnnanononanoss 60 Burning of data from the corrupted system disk to CD DVD oooonncncccnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnononanananaconono
47. es File Transfer Wizard allows coping files folders to another disk or a partition as well as recording them to CD DVD Boot Corrector helps to correct the Windows System Registry without Windows being loaded Log Saver helps to collect and send the necessary log files to the Technical Support Command Line allows experienced users to execute any operation Reboot the computer Power off the computer To move within the menu please use the arrow keys of the computer keyboard Safe Mode When the Safe mode is selected the PTS DOS launch menu appears It has nearly the same functionality as for the Normal mode except for the Network Configurator and Log Saver commands Besides due to certain limitations of the PTS DOS environment there is no possibility to burn CD DVD discs Low Graphics Safe Mode When the Low Graphics mode is selected the PTS DOS launch menu appears It has the same functionality and looks similar to the Safe mode but graphically simpler CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 15 Hizard To wipe hard disk Gal File Transfer Hizard or partition just follow E Boot Corrector instructions in the wizard m Command line 9 Reboot Booting from the WinPE wiping media The WinPE environment can be a real alternative to the Linux DOS environment Providing nearly the same level of functionality it offers an excellent hardware support and the same interface as the Windo
48. fessional elem SOFTWARE Paragon Disk Wiper 12 sCraracon r en PUR lt M gt _ i ee these ot S Y off Wipe Hard Disk or Wipe Hard Disk or E Partition e Partition Tools e Wipe Hard Disk or Partition Wipes dat Hard disk partition and clear free space to mak y Support Contacts i voor uineis UNE REM emus d Lu Open Advanced Interface To know more on how to handle the product s interface and accomplish typical operations please consult the Windows Components chapter Building wiping media Wiping Media Builder can help you accomplish the following operations e Prepare the Linux DOS environment included in the installation package on external media CD DVD or flash memory to boot and run utilities under Linux or PTS DOS strongly recommended e Prepare a custom Linux DOS environment by adding any data you like to the standard image e Prepare a bootable environment from any ISO image e Create from the master CD the Linux DOS environment on a CD DVD disc or flash memory Below you can find how to build our Linux DOS based recovery environment on a thumb drive 1 Plugin a thumb drive of at least 250 MBs in size Please note all data on that drive will be deleted 2 Inthe Main Menu select Tools Wiping Media Builder chapter to know more on the subject Q There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview 3 Onthe Wi
49. fine the size in Mb of the new partition e Free space before Define the position in Mb of the new partition relative to the beginning of the block of free space e Free space after Define the amount of trailing free space in Mb at the end of the new partition Partition size and position may also be defined by using the drag and drop technique To do that just carry out the required operation on the Disk Map The virtual operations are to be available e File system for new partition From the pull down list select a file system the newly created partition will be formatted to otherwise the partition will remain unformatted so that it will not be ready to use CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 36 e Volume label Enter a label for the selected partition in this textual field It is an irrelevant parameter usually used for drive identification e Drive letter assignment The pull down list contains vacant drive letters that can be associated with the newly formatted partition In addition there is the possibility to make further detailed settings although the default values will do in most cases To activate the advance mode you need to click the More options button at the foot of the dialog page Depending on the chosen file system the following options become available lt Use O5 buit in formal routine Please select number of sectors per cluster B Restore defau
50. from the time when the best way to protect valuable information was to store it in form of archives on external media It S become now a general notion to mean making duplications of data for protection purposes Bootable Archive is created by adding a special bootable section when backing up the data to CD DVDs Thus you will be able to restore the data from these archives without having to run the program but by simply booting from these CD DVDs Cluster is the smallest amount of disk space that can be allocated to hold a file All file systems used by Windows organize hard disks based on clusters which consist of one or more contiguous sectors The smaller the cluster size the more efficiently a disk stores information If no cluster size is specified during formatting Windows picks defaults based on the size of the volume These defaults are selected to reduce the amount of space that is lost and the amount of fragmentation on the volume A cluster is also called an allocation unit Extended Partition is a partition type you create only on a basic MBR Master Boot Record disk Extended partition is used if you want to create more than four volumes on a disk since it may contain multiple logical drives File System Metadata The servicing structures of a file system which contain information about allocating files and directories security information etc are named the file system metadata It is invisible for users and regular applications b
51. g 3 2 2003 On every task you can get in depth information including e Thetask name e The full path to the generated script of the task e Scheduled time of launch e Statistics on the last launch e Scheduled time of the next launch e Used account information e Comments to the task To easily manage tasks the program enables to arrange them according to a certain characteristic just by clicking on the required property This feature can be particularly beneficial when the Scheduled Tasks list contains too many items You can also enable disable rename delete refresh or modify properties of the selected task Task Editor With the Task Editor you can easily modify properties of scheduled tasks To do that you should take the following steps 1 Selecta task on the Scheduled Tasks list 2 Click the Properties button on the Scheduled Tasks list There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 45 V Task Properties Backup of MER of hard disk Im Program C Program Fles Paragon Software Deve Backup 10 Server Edison program acripts exe eS Seript n Fles Paragon Software Drive Backup 10 Server Ediior scripts ser 020309124744490psl Comments Backup has been scheduled 9 2 2009 5 47 44 AM Enabled 0K to Canas 3 Inthe opened dialog window you can see t
52. gon Software Group All rights reserved Send Log Files Compress and send the log to the Paragon Support Team Wiping Media Builder Start up your computer for maintenance or recovery purposes Check Recovery Discs Verify the wiping media for integrity and ability to boot from File Transfer Wizard Transfer data from any media Settings Edit the general settings of the program Exit Exit the program NA NA Changes Generate Script Generate a script for the task Save to Scheduler Schedule pending operations Undo the last virtual Cancel the last virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations operation Redo the last virtual Cancel the last undo virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations operation View Changes Display the List of Pending Operations Apply Changes Launch the real execution of virtual operations Discard All Changes Cancel all virtual operations on the List of Pending Operations Reload Disk Info Refresh the current information about disks Wizards Wipe Hard Disk or Destroy all on disk information or only remnants of deleted files directories Partition Hard Disk Update MBR Update MBR Master Boot Record of the selected hard disk Wipe Hard Disk Irreversibly destroy all on disk information Edit View Sectors View edit sectors of the selected hard disk Properties Get in depth information on the properties of selected hard disk Partition Create Partiti
53. having difficulties with handling the program you with the help of this very function can address the company support engineers and provide them with all the information they need such as the disk layout performed operations etc in order to tackle the encountered problem Information of that kind is stored in Log files In order to send log files to the Paragon Support Team you should take the following steps 1 Callthe Send Log Files dialog in the Main Menu Tools Send Log Files There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject 2 Provide a customer name and a product serial number 3 Give a detailed description on the encountered problem Send log files Please enter short description of your problem and send log files to support Serial Number Sfde 554ec ad5 c dal 8 237227 By clicking the Send button the built in mail client will generate a template request with attached compressed log files and then send it to the Paragon Support Team Log files do not contain any confidential information on the operating system settings or the user documents The Send Log Files function is only available when outgoing mail server SMTP and the user e mail address are properly set To learn more about it please consult the Settings Overview chapter View Logs With a handy dialog you can study logs on any operation carried by the program To ma
54. ion logs to help our Support Team find and tackle your problem Click Next to continue CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 70 Welcor ne to Log C J Saver gt Wiza rd Ts ee uns Los qn dde E LE gt e 5 help arogo Supot be able to associate your log files wth your request through ondine maues svsten TEST USER amp gmail com The system doesnt stan up ster migration Please help Show privacy statement Log files do not contain any confidential information on the operating system settings or the user documents 3 Browse for the required location of the log files package or manually provide a full path to it Click Save to initiate the operation specify folder and file name for ZIP archive Local Disk E E System DJ l LLL E ee E Utis FJ s ECD Drive G PARAGON H Boot X TEST USEREgmal com 2011 12 15_04 28 2p This function is also available under Windows CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 71 Troubleshooter Here you can find answers to the most frequently asked questions that might arise while using the program 1 try to run an operation but the program claims my partition is in use and suggests restarting the computer There are a number of operations that cannot be performed while your partition is in use or locked in other words Please agree to reboot your machine to make the program acc
55. isks will be unavailable Please consult the Adding specific drivers scenario to know how to tackle this issue Basic Concepts This chapter explains terms and ideas that show how the program works To understand these helps to obtain a general notion of the operation performance and makes it easier for the user to operate the program Data Sanitization Data security is a two sided problem It is to be made clear that providing confidentiality implies not only information to be stored properly but also be destroyed according to certain rules The first step to protecting yourself is to know exactly which security precautions work and which do not Many people believe the misconception that repartitioning a disk will result in complete destruction of its contents Actually that is not quite so Repartitioning the drive only alters references to partitions in the Partition Table leaving all file data intact In fact there are a number of programs available to successfully recover previously deleted partitions Formatting a drive also does not guarantee data destruction Formatting procedure implies modification of the Master File Table MFT that keeps track of where file contents are stored on the disk and verification of each sector for consistency Even a low level format does not actually erase the file contents for good since they can still be Copyright O 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 17 resurrected from
56. ith servers processing large amounts of data with complex calculations of very large numbers That is where 64 bit architecture comes into play It can boast improved scalability for business applications that enables to support more customer databases and more simultaneous users on each server Besides a 64 bit kernel can access more system resources such as memory allocation per user A 64 bit processor can handle over 4 billion times more memory addresses than a 32 bit processor With these resources even a very large database can be cached in memory Although many business applications run without problems on 32 bit systems others have grown so complex that they use up the 4 GB memory limitation of a 32 bit address space With this large amount of data fewer memory resources Copyright O 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 20 are available to meet memory needs On a 64 bit server most queries are able to perform in the buffers available to the database Some 32 bit applications make the transition to the 64 bit environment seamlessly others do not For instance system level utilities and programs that provide direct hardware access are likely to fail Our program offers a full fledged support of the 64 bit architecture providing fault tolerant work for such system dependent modules as Hot Processing Scheduling The automation of operations is particularly effective when you have to repeat a sequence of actions on a
57. ition Hard Disk Edit View Sectors There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject Edit sectors on Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCS Disk Dev Current sectoria Oof 1 048 575 913 Qxo 0O0OUOOOD 33 bc 00 Fe 8 amp c0 de d8 be 00 7e bf 00 3 Du A Gea l a OxD000000010 06 fc 3 ad 50 68 1c 06 cb fb bY 04 00 1 Wd65Ph E 0x0000000020 bd 0 7e 00 00 7c 06 OF 8S Oe 01 83 c5 10 Ma 0x0000000030 el 88 56 00 55 c 46 11 05 c 46 10 00 AnI V UEF EF 0xD000000040 bd E 55 cd 13 Sd 72 OF 81 fb 55 aa 75 09 o3U r Un x g O O 50 f O 74 03 fe 46 10 66 60 30 e 10 00 74 z t bF f 0x0000000060 26 8 00 00 00 00 66 76 08 68 00 00 68 00 kih yv h h 00000000070 Fe 68 10 00 b4 42 8a 56 00 8b fd cd 13 IB 5 B Y l Ox0000000080 FE Je eb 14 bf 01 02 bb 00 c da 56 00 B V OxD000000090 Sa 6 4e 02 8a 5e OF cd 13 66 61 73 lc fe v N n l fas b Ox00000000A0 de Oc 80 7e 00 80 Of 4 8a 00 b2 80 eb 84 N u e 0 0000000060 55 56 00 cd 13 Sd eb Se 81 Je fe 7d 55 U2a V 1 amp p U Oz00000000C0 aa 75 6 76 00 ef 8d 00 75 17 fa BO dl eb 64 PFunjv amp uu fed O 00000000D0 e 83 df 06 60 eS 7c 00 b ff e 64 eS 7S Be l yed u 0x00000000 0 00 bb cd la 66 23 c0 75 3b 66 81 fb 54 A l f Au E OT 0000000000 43 32 81 9 OF 01 72 2c 66 68 OF bb 00 CPAu2 fh O0xD0000
58. ke this job as easy as possible all the information is structurally divided besides there is the possibility to see the disk layout before and after an operation what is very convenient In order to view logs on carried out operations select in the Main Menu Tools View Log Files Copyright O 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 55 Session operations Started 432009 at 12 40 12 AM Firished at 12 40 29 Started 9 2 2009 at 12 40 45 AM Finished at 12 41 21 Started 9 32 2009 at 124211 AM Finished at 12 44 23 Started 9 2 2009 at 12 45 04 AM Finished at 12 45 12 Started 912009 at 1245 39 AM Finished at 1 26 51 _ Started 3 2 2009 at 3 17 50 AM Finished at 3 21 28 AM No operations have been found Tor the selected session Stated 3 2 2009 at 3 30 35 AM at 9 41 04 AM Stated 3 2 2009 at 3 41 05 AM Started 3 2 2009 at 12 13 48 PM Finished at 12 2025 Stated 3 2 2009 at 1220 26 PM Finished at 12 2445 Stated 3 2 2003 at 12 24 46 PM Stated 3 2 2003 at 1206 15 PM Finished at 12 05 47 Stated 3 2 2009 at 120747 PM Finished at 12 21 18 Started 9 2 2009 at 12 21 18 PM Finished at 12 30 15 Started 3 2 2009 at 12 30 15 PM Finished at 12 31 33 Stated 3 2 2009 at 12 31 33 PM Finished at 12 41 47 stated 2 2 2009 at 12 54 44 PM Finished at 1258 38 Sate 3 2 2009 at 1 08 03 PM Dak System Configuration Batore Session Disk System Configuration After Session Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware V
59. lts e Use OS built in routine Mark the option to restrict the available values according to the used OS e The amount of sectors per cluster Define the Cluster Size for the formatted partition with this spinner control Number of available options depends on the selected file system type Result After the operation is completed you receive a fully functional partition Formatting Partitions Any partition should contain some file system to be used for keeping data The process of installing a file system is commonly known as formatting A huge variety of file systems have been developed these days Supported File Systems The program provides the ability to format partitions of the following file systems FAT12 amp FAT16 FAT32 HFS NTFS Ext2 Ext3 Ext4 Linux Swap v 2 Dialog Startup 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map Copyright O 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 37 2 Select in the Main Menu Partition Format Partition There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject Dialog Setup Initially the program suggests some consistent values for all parameters In most cases you can just press the Format button to confirm the operation ap Are you sure you want to formal volume F You are about to format volume F No label NTFS Your computer may no longer boot or work correctl
60. m partitions of CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7 your hard disk directly to compact discs or burn ISO images The utility supports various formats of laser discs CD R RW DVD R RW DVD R RW DVD R DVD R double layer Blu ray and can handle multi session burning e Network Configuration Wizard to establish a network connection on a wiping media e Boot Corrector to fix most of the system boot problems that can be a result of a human factor program error or a boot virus activity O Boot Corrector is only available for the bootable environment Supported Data Erasure Algorithms e US DoD 5220 22 M e US Navy standards NAVSO P 5239 26 e British HMG Infosec Standard No 5 e German VSItR Standard e Australian ASCI 33 e Russian GOST R 50739 95 e Peter Gutmann s algorithm e Bruce Schneier s algorithm e Paragon s algorithm e Custom algorithm O To know more on the subject please consult the Data Security Standards section Supported Technologies Along with using innovative technologies from outside Paragon has developed a number of its own original technologies that make its products unique and attractive for customers e Paragon UFSD technology to browse partitions of any file system including hidden and unmounted modify and copy files and folders etc e Paragon BTE technology to set tasks for execution during the system restart thus saving from the need to use a bootable m
61. n an NTFS volume including the MFT itself MFT is similar to a FAT table in a FAT file system MBR amp 1st track of the hard disk is the Oth sector of the disk MBR Master Boot Record contains important information about the disk layout The used partitioning scheme The starting records of the Partition Table The standard bootstrap code or the initial code of boot managers disk overlay software or boot viruses Generally the Oth sector is used for similar purposes in all existing partitioning schemes The MBR capacity is not sufficient to contain sophisticated boot programs That s why the on boot software is allowed to use the entire Oth track of the disk For example boot managing utilities such as LILO GRUB and Paragon Boot Manager are located in the Oth track Partition ID or File system ID is a file system identifier that is placed in the partition It is used to quickly detect partitions of supported types A number of operating systems completely rely on it to distinguish supported partitions Partition ID is saved in appropriate entries of the Partition Table and takes only 1 byte of space Partition Label or Volume Label is a small textual field up to 11 characters that is located in the partition s boot sector This value is used for notification purposes only It is detectable by any partitioning tool including the DOS FDISK utility Modern operating systems save it within a file system e g as a special hid
62. n the fixed value Oxbfffffff and then random values Finally the target data area is to be verified 3 British HMG Infosec Standard No 5 At first to write a single character pattern then its complement and then a random character Finally the target data area is to be verified 4 German VSItR Standard Overwrite the deleted information 7 times consistently filling it with the following patterns 0x00 OxFF Ox00 OxFF OxOO OxFF OxAA Finally the target data area is to be verified 5 Australian ASCI 33 Overwrite with a character C then verify Overwrite with C the first pass character s inverse then verify again Overwrite everything with both C and C once again but without verification Fill everything with random characters 6 Russian GOST R 50739 95 Destroy information by a single pass with writing random characters into each sector byte 7 Peter Gutmann s algorithm A whopping 35 passes with 27 random order passes using specific patterns combined with eight passes using random patterns 8 Bruce Schneier s algorithm Two passes of specific patterns followed by five passes using a cryptographically secure pseudo random sequence 9 Paragon s algorithm e Overwrite each sector with a forcefully randomized 512 byte string new for each sector using CSPRNG cryptographically secure pseudo random number generator e Overwrite each erased sector with its complement e Overwrite each sector with a 512 byte string
63. nning a backup operation with the Microsoft VSS mode enabled get the following error error code 0x12016 VSS can t read volume data Most likely your hard disk contains bad blocks Please fix the issue with your HDD manufacturer s tool You can find a name of the tool you need here http kb paragon software com 12 When trying to back up to a network share I get the following error i o error or can t open create file Please check whether you ve got a permission to write to the selected destination or not 13 When trying to restore a backup archive get the following error Can t restore to current selection or Archive does not fit Most likely you re trying to restore a backup of the whole hard disk to a partition or vice versa 14 I set up a timetable for a task but it fails to execute There can be a number of reasons for that Windows Task Scheduler does not work properly Check whether it is so or not by scheduling a simple task call Notepad through scheduling You don t have permission to write to the selected backup destination Glossary Active Partition is a partition from which an x86 based computer starts up The active partition must be a primary partition on a basic disk If you use Windows exclusively the active partition can be the same as the system volume In the DOS partitioning scheme only primary partitions can be active due to limitations of the standard bootstrap The term backup originates
64. nonononnnnnononnnnnnananccnnnnnncnnnnnnnnnnss 62 aE RB AUDI E 64 Extra Scenarios TOF WinPE eos ceris poe oed S ER ERU EE RUD calcetin 65 A IA 66 Contisurine networksait a A E 67 SNINE TOE Ed OO 69 TEOUDICS NO d 71 VOSS pc UA 72 Copyright O 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Introduction Data security nowadays is the burning issue not only for companies and government agencies but rank and file people as well Our personality is now fully embedded in computer technology It is computer you apply to when at work it is also computer you use at home for entertainment or as a reservoir for containing some valuable data such as personal correspondence banking account information credit card numbers financial records whatever It is obvious that this kind of data should in no way be available to others That is why when disposing of a storage device a hard disk or a flash memory drive the crucial thing is to make sure it does not contain any information because simple deletion or even reformatting do not guarantee data security at all To do that you need a specially designed tool Paragon Disk Wiper 12 Professional is a fast convenient and reliable solution providing irreversible destruction of data on separate partitions or entire hard disks IDE SCSI SATA USB etc as well as any type of flash memory devices In this manual you will find the answer
65. nput Output System uEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface is now a recommended platform for new 64 bit Windows 8 computers And the reason is easy to catch besides other unique features impossible for the traditional tandem of BIOS MBR only a uEFI based platform enables to accommodate Windows OS on a partition larger than 2 2TB Despite all uEFl advantages however it has one quite naughty issue A pretty standard operation with a bootable device for instance involving its connection to another SATA port results in unbootable Windows You ll get the same result if trying to boot from a cloned system hard disk or form a restored hard disk All these problems originate from the way UEFI GPT bundle is organized Microsoft provides how to guides to tackle this type of problems but they demand a great deal of experience from the user involving the use of the cmd diskpart and bcdedit tools Paragon has a better way Introducing an elegant technology realized at the user side as one simple option you can define a system GPT volume you re willing to boot from Below is a list of wizards where the uEFI switch boot device option can be found e Boot Corrector moment O The uEFI switch boot device option is only available through the 64 bit WinPE media at the 64 bit Support The bulk of software today is written for a 32 bit processor It can meet the requirements of almost any end user However that is not the case when dealing w
66. nt is 32 based thus you need to use 32 bit drivers for injection CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 67 Configuring network If your local network has a DHCP server a network connection will be automatically configured once our WinPE environment has been started up Otherwise you will need to do it manually with a handy dialog by providing an IP address a network mask default gateway etc Besides with its help you can easily map network shares To manually set up a network connection and map a network share please do the following 1 Click Configure Network 2 In the opened dialog provide an IP address a network mask default gateway etc for your network device Ethemet adapter Intel R PRO 1000 MT Network Connection IP address configuration C Obtain an IP address automaticaly Renew address Release address Use the following IP address IP Address 172 30 24 12 DNS AWINS configuration Fe Obtain ONS server address automaticaly DNS server 2303033 Advanced F Obtain WINS server address automaticaly Primary WINS sever Raana Secondary WINS server D 000 Loadfromfle Savetotie Moy Cancel 3 Click the Network drivers tab to map a network share dialog CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved D 1 68 e Click the standard browse button to bro
67. nu select Boot Corrector You can find it in PTS DOS as well 3 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page select the Search for Windows installations to correct option Please choose the operation Search for Windows installations lo correct Correct the Master Boot Record MBR Correct the partition boot record O Modify partition parameters Correct boat parameters boot ini BCD To begin click Next 4 Onthe next page choose the required Windows installation from the list of found installations if several then select the Edit the Boot ini file option If you re not sure which installation you need please use the Properties button to get more info on the selected item Correct Windows installations Program has searched for valid Windows installations on your computer The results of the search you can see below Status 5 refers lo system partition you can edit the Boot ini file B a boot partition you can correct the System Registry 1 Disk 0 Partition 0 S B WINDOWS For the highlighted Windows installation please point aut the operation lo perform O Correct drive leners in the System Registry 9 Edit the Boat ini file Q Correct the partition boot record Adjust Q5 to boot on mew hardware To continue click Next 5 Examine the file maybe that s where the problem is If it contains a mistake correct it by using the appropriate buttons CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group
68. o 4 Inthe opened dialog enter the required task name and specify the task timetable 5 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation This command is unavailable if there are no operations on the List of Pending Operations Scripting The program actions can also be represented in form of a script The script describes the appropriate operation with macro language commands There is an interpreter utility SCRIPTS exe which is included in the program installation package This utility works in the unattended mode which enables to automate operations Startup You have no need to write a script since the program has a convenient interface for such a task In order to generate a script on the base of the entered parameters of the required operation you should take the following steps 1 Make sure the virtual mode of execution is enabled 2 Carry out with the program all operations you need to be scripted 3 Call the Generate Script dialog in the Main Menu Tools Generate Script Setup Initially the program suggests some consistent values for all parameters In most cases you can just press the Generate button to confirm the operation Copyright O 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 75 3 Generate script e All vitual operations you have made will be written to the script No operations wil ba applied Please specify a name for the task script flle script 00908 125123443 pal
69. o easily navigate through browsed pages the program provides the following functionality BUTTON FUNCTIONALITY CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 27 2 Return to the previously browsed page e Open the next browsed page se Stop loading the current page E Refresh the contents of the current page Legend Bar The Legend Bar explains the color scheme used for disk and partition presentation You can hide or show the bar with the appropriate Main Menu item View gt Disk Map Legend When it is activated it can be found at the bottom of the Explorer Bar The program distinguishes between the following types of known file systems FAT16 32 NTFS Linux Ext2 3 4 Linux ReiserFS Apple HFS Status Bar This is the bottom part of the main window The Status Bar displays menu hints for each item the cursor points to The user can hide or show the bar with the appropriate Main Menu item View gt Status Bar Settings Overview The Settings dialog is available from the Main Menu Tools Settings All the settings are grouped into several sections which functions are described in the following paragraphs The list of sections is placed on the left side of the dialog By selecting a section from the list you can open a set of options To get a detailed description to any setting control or field of the program just click the hint button and then the object you need CopyrightO
70. o view in depth information on the properties of hard disks is the Disk Map It represents the actual state of the computer s hard disks Generally the hard disks are represented on the map by rectangular bars which also contain small sized bars The small sized bars represent logical disks partitions When you select a large sized bar the Explorer Bar displays information about the disk in a bright graphical form Basic Hard Disk 1 FUJITSU MPF3102AT Type Basic Hard Disk Drive Total size 356GB Seclors per track 53 Heads 25 Cylinders 1245 2 Create an image of the entire disk dc Back up all the data this hard disk contains All the paititions on this disk will be added to the archive Restor im the entire disk Warning This operation wil delete all the data on this hard disk All the pattitons will be replaced with ones from the image you have chosen You may also be asked to restar your computer dunng the operation 8 E Copy the entire hard disk Create a copy of the entre hard disk Al the partitions on this disk wil be copied on the specified target disk The model and serial number of the disk serve as the title of the browsed page The disk layout is shown in form of a circular graph where the color of a sector corresponds to a file system of an appropriate partition On the right you may see a table which contains the following information e Type of hard disk basic or dynamic e Total size in GB e Inform
71. omplish the operation in a special boot up mode run an operation and restart the machine as required but it just boots back into Windows without accomplishing the operation Please run chkdsk f for the partition in question cannot create a new partition on the disk There can be a number of reasons for that e The program cannot create a new partition on a dynamic disk e The program allows creating new partitions only within blocks of un partitioned space It cannot convert a free space on an existing partition to a new partition cannot copy a partition There can be a number of reasons for that The source or target disk you select is a dynamic disk 4 primary partitions or three primary partitions and an extended one already exist on the target disk need to copy a partition But when selecting a place where to make a copy always get a crossed circle sign no matter which partition is selected The program enables to copy a partition only to a block of un partitioned space If you don t have a block of free space on your hard disk please delete or reduce an existing partition to accomplish the operation cannot do anything with my USB flash drive get a crossed circle sign when trying to select any area on it Some USB flash drives don t have the MBR Master Boot Record that s the cause of your problem To fix the issue please use the Update MBR function of our program or fixmbr of the Windows installa
72. on Create a partition Format Partition Format a partition Delete Partition Delete a partition Assign Drive Letter Assign drive letter to the selected partition CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Check File System Check the selected partition for possible file system errors Integrity ri Toolbar Manage the Tool Bar representation show hide standard and navigation buttons text labels and large icons Status Bar Display the Status Bar Common Tasks Bar Display the Common Tasks Bar Disk Map Legend Display the Disk Map legend Disk Map Location Select whether the Disk Map will be located on the top of the main window or at the bottom Hep Open the Help system you can also do it by pressing F1 Open the dialog with information about the program The Main Menu contents available at the moment may vary depending on the selected object Tool Bar The Toolbar provides fast access to the most frequently used operations BUTTON FUNCTIONALITY Irreversibly destroy all on partition information qe Switch to Express launcher Copyright O 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 24 Open the Help system Virtual Operations Bar The program supports previewing the resulting layout of hard disks before actually executing operations so called virtual mode of execution In fact when the virtual mode is enabled the program does not accomplish operati
73. ons immediately but places them on the List of Pending Operations for later execution The Virtual Operations Bar enables to manage pending operations BUTTON FUNCTIONALITY Cancel the last virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations a Cancel the last undo virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations Q Display the List of Pending Operations Y Launch the real execution of virtual operations 9 Cancel all virtual operations on the List of Pending Operations Virtual mode is an effective way of protection from any troubles since no operations will be executed until clicking the Apply button for confirmation thus giving a second chance to weigh all pros and cons of this or that particular operation The program politely reminds the user that there are unsaved changes by showing the following window There are unsaved changes Please use the e Apply command to comme the changes and the x Discard command to permanently undo the changes You can view the changes history via the View Changes command and temporanly undo or redo the operation by means of the Undo and Redo commands Common Tasks Bar The Common Tasks Bar is located on the left side of the main window It is intended for easy access to the program s wizards The bar contains several tabs Each tab includes a separate button bar which can be folded by clicking it Wiping Tools r4 Wipe Hard Disk or Partition Starting the Wipe Wizard
74. oot Record MBR View the list of al Hard Disks and comect MBR executable code on some of them Edit Miew Sectors View edt backup and restore sectors or a group of sectors on the hard disk or partition of your choice Correct boot parameters boot ini BCD Automatically comect boot ini and BCD on all hard disks in system Correct EFI boot parameters L S EE hoat enkar aich Ec hoci acci ana AET cts hani diim wih Windows OS instaled 1 1 1j The option above will be available for the user only if the operation is accomplished through the 64 bit WinPE media 5 The wizard will detect and list all available GPT partitions that accommodate 64 bit Windows OS Choose the one you need to boot from to let the wizard modify the EFI boot entry correspondingly The wizard has searched your computer for valid Windows installations You can see results of the operation below Note The status System stays for a system partition Bootable for a boot partition Microsoft Windows 8 x64 Destination Disk 1 Parttion 1 Status Bootable RE o PER Registry volume letter C Partition ID 1 Microsoft Windows 8 x64 Destination Disk 2 Partition 3 Status Bootable Current values Registry volume letter C Partition ID 1 6 Confirm the operation 1 The wizard has not applied the changes yet On this page you can ether accept or reconsider the changes Note f you accept the changes the wizard will physically perform all
75. ou can choose a hard disk drive and see all partitions on it Information about drive letters assigned lo these partitions is taken from the System Registry of the Windows installation selected Basic Disk v 40 0 Gb VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive O Primary NTFS WinXF 30 Gb Prim ary o NTFS Application 9 8Gb Primary BackupC apsul No label 10 0 Gb Primary Free 17 2Gb Copyright O 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 60 8 Click the Edit Letters button to correct an existing drive letter or assign a new one in the Windows System Registry Partitions List Drive letters it Information about drive letters the Windows installation selected Letters Recommended to try C If used voutcan release it in Letters Map 9 Once you ve assigned the appropriate drive letter close the dialog then click the Apply button 10 Confirm the operation j A Apply the changes 11 After the operation is completed click the Report button to see a well informative summary page The program also enables to store the resulted report To do that just press the Save button and choose the exact location in the opened dialog d Reporting Report Paragon Bool Conectors Report Operations performed Operation 1 Change drive leners Partition targeted Hard disk 0 Partition 0 Info System Root fokler is Status Successful Date and Time 2009 Jan 14 Wed 16 14 1
76. pecific drivers Our WinPE based environment offers excellent hardware support Anyway you ve got the option to add drivers for specific hardware with a handy dialog To add drivers for specific hardware please do the following 1 Click Load Drivers 2 Inthe opened dialog browse for an INF file of the required driver package located on a floppy disk local disk CD DVD or a network share Then click the Open button to initiate the operation qa h arar Z Disk Drives b ES GA MT Ema j a e 22408 h E Natasha Network Placas sH I tools PM2008 HE AdustO5 EZ Compatibility aad Devscan E i Overs n _windk paista b11375 3 25 2007 6 43 53 AM zt 4 16 2009 3 15 50 AM 12 17 2008 2 41 0 02008 2 51 04 AM 7 1 2009 11 45 04 PM 5 15 2008 7 46 37 AM 6 18 2009 11 28 45 PM 7 5 2009 3 15 36 AM 5 18 2008 10 31 34 PM EE intel Ic 5 18 2009 10 33 53 PM E ew 5 18 2008 10 33 53 PM LENS BBKB 9 12 2008 1 21 12 AM aStor inl 75KB 9 12 2008 1 21 12 AM EJ om GE o le A ee ee D To know how to map a network share please consult the Configuring network scenario 3 You will be notified on the successful accomplishment of the operation Click Yes to load another driver or No to close the dialog Driver z adjustos drivers intel ich driverAaahci inf has been loaded successfully Would you like to load another driver s Yes Our WinPE environme
77. ption you want to destroy completely all the data on the selected objec fnm Iae opt B ui i tas fF OSE TYS ODO E we ant to destroy the traces of data that may have been left after an ordinary delete operation Wipe out all data Select the option to irreversibly destroy all on disk data of the selected object Clear wipe free space Select the option to destroy any remnants of deleted files directories left on disk without affecting the used data The Clear Free Space operation is available only for Logical and Primary partitions of known file systems Wipe method Here you can select a specific data erasure algorithm or create a customized method by marking the appropriate option Soecfic algorthm You can see the aigorthn description and set the level of verficabon on the next page Create your own Data Santizabon method You can create your own Data Santization method In case you preferred to use a specific algorithm the next page of the wizard enables to get detailed information on the selected algorithm choose whether to carry out residual data verification or not specifying the percentage of sectors to check and estimate the time required to accomplish the operation CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 41 Yge method US DoD 5220 22 M Overaris all addressable locations wilh a character is complement then a random character and verfy Erase passes count 3 Verfy passes co
78. rating systems also introduce a new disk configuration type dynamic disk which must be understood to effectively configure and manage hard disks Dynamic disk is a physical disk that doesn t use partitions or logical drives Instead it contains only dynamic volumes Regardless of what format you use for the file system only Win2K computers can access dynamic volumes directly However computers that aren t running Win2K can access the dynamic volumes remotely when connected to the shared folders over the network Dynamic disks can co exist on a system with basic disks The only limitation is that you cannot mix Basic and Dynamic disks on the same hard drive There are five types of dynamic volumes simple uses free space from a single disk spanned created from free disk space that is linked together from multiple disks striped a volume the data of which is interleaved across two or more physical disks mirrored a fault tolerant volume the data of which is duplicated on two physical disks and RAID 5 volumes a fault tolerant volume the data of which is striped across an array of three or more disks With dynamic storage you can perform disk and volume management without the need to restart Windows Limitations e Dynamic disks are not supported on portable computers e Dynamic disks are not supported on Windows XP Home Edition based computers e You cannot create mirrored volumes or RAID 5 volumes on Windows XP Home Edition Windo
79. recover and that way providing the maximum level of security please do the following 1 In the Main Menu select Wizards Wipe Hard Disk or Partition There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject 2 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 Select a hard disk the data of which you want to wipe out Uu wv Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev 2823 GB NTFS 217 GB NTFS Basic Hard Disk 1 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev Local Disk 499 9 GB NTFS Basic GPT Hard Disk 2 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev Unallocated 563 8 GB 4 Onthe Wipe Mode page select the wipe out all the data to irreversible destroy all on disk information e tins gr wart ta ren _ a mon Ose ius OOO E you wart to destroy compietey al t e daia on the seected object gt T T3 an s AOS n 5 opto you want to destroy the traces of data that may have been left after an ordinary delete coeration o WD 5 Onthe Wipe Method page select a specific data erasure algorithm or choose to create a customized one in our case we prefer to use a certified military standard CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 65 Spectic algorthm US DoD 5220 22 M e You can see the algorthm desorption and set the level of verficabon on the next page Crea
80. rect EFI boot parameters Fix EFI boot entry or switch EFI boot entry to another GPT bootable hard dive with Windows 05 installed 5 The wizard will ask you to confirm the operation Apply the changes to complete 1 The wizard has not applied the changes yet On this page you can ether accept or reconsider the changes Note f you accept the changes the wizard wil physically perform all operations You wont be able to interrupt this process or undo the changes t may take some time to apply the changes You may also be asked to restart your computer during this process Would you like to apply the changes Yes apply the changes physically C No let me reconsider 6 After completing the operation close the wizard and then reboot the computer Fixing Windows startup ability Let s assume that due to an unknown reason your Windows fails to complete the startup procedure At first everything seems quite OK you can see the standard startup messages on the screen but at some moment it hangs up To fix your Windows startup ability please do the following 1 Start up the computer from our Linux DOS wiping media Wiping Media Builder can help you prepare our environment either on a CD DVD disc or a thumb drive Copyright O 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 58 To automatically boot from the wiping media please make sure the on board BIOS is set up to boot from CD USB first 2 Inthe Linux launch me
81. regular basis For example developing a specific project on a day to day basis and having to make a backup every evening so as not to lose the valuable data you will really appreciate when this kind of routine operations will be carried out automatically without your participation Another aspect of any automation process is that it allows an optimization of your computer s work load This is especially important when operations require a considerable amount of computer resources processor time memory and more A number of tasks which can decrease the performance can be run during the night or whenever the computer has the least work load to perform The program has a special tool for scheduling You can set out a timetable for any operation and it will start at a specified time without interrupting your current activity Windows Components In the given section you can find all the information necessary to successfully work with the Windows version of the product Interface Overview This chapter introduces the graphical interface of the program The design of the interface precludes any mistake being made on the part of the user Most operations are performed through the system of wizards Buttons and menus are accompanied by easy understandable icons Nevertheless any problems that might occur while managing the program can be tackled by reading this very chapter General Layout When you start the program the first component tha
82. s no problems of that kind but is limited in features The Linux DOS environment requires no installation and can be of great help when the system fails to boot Besides it offers a Windows XP like environment e WinPE based environment Especially for keen followers of Windows our product offers the option to prepare a WinPE based bootable media Unlike the Linux DOS environment it can boast an excellent hardware support and the same interface as the Windows version can However its system requirements are much tougher Copyright O 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Features Overview This chapter dwells upon key benefits and technical highlights of the product Features Let us list some of the features User Friendly Fault Minimizing Interface e Graphical representation of the data to gain a better understanding e A handy Launcher to easily find and run the required tasks e Comprehensive wizards to simplify even the most complex operations e A context sensitive hint system for all functions of the program e Previewing the resulting layout of hard disks before actually executing operations so called virtual operations Partition Hard Disk Management Facilities e Basic functions for initializing partitioning and formatting hard disks create format delete Instead of the standard Windows disk tools the program supports all popular file systems e Mount a partition assign a drive letter of any file syst
83. s to many of the technical questions which might arise while using the program Our company is constantly releasing new versions and updates to its software that s why images shown in this manual may be different from what you see on your screen What s New in Disk Wiper 12 e Support of Windows 8 e Support of GPT uEFI configurations to successfully clone migrate or restore a 64 bit Windows configured to the uEFI based boot mode to fix uEFI related boot problems e WinPE traceroute ping utility to get detailed information on particular routes and measure transit delays of packets across an Internet Protocol IP network e Support of the restart free installation Product Components In order to cope with different tasks the product contains several components e Windows based set of utilities is the crucial part of the product With the help of an easy to use launcher you may find and run tasks of any complexity in the field of data and system protection hard disk partitioning and cloning etc e Linux DOS based environment is a multi platform bootable media that enables to run utilities under Linux or PTS DOS and that way to get access to your hard disk for maintenance or recovery purposes Both platforms have their strong sides for instance Linux can boast support of FireWire i e IEEE1394 or USB devices It enables to burn CD DVD discs However there can be some difficulties with detecting new hardware DOS in its turn ha
84. t is displayed is called the Launcher It enables to run wizards and dialogs to specify program settings to visualize the operating environment and the hard disk configuration The Launcher s window can be conditionally subdivided into several sections that differ in their purpose and functionality CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 21 Type intemal Hard Disk Dave Total size 16GB track 2 sa ea Explorer Bar Explorer Bar seri dike besa Gs ected dd You can use one of the predefined wipe algorithms or create your own Warming Al the data on the hard disk wil be lost without any possibilty to restore ES B FATIG M Lux E2 Linux Ext Status Bar I p 4 No changes Main Menu Tool Bar Virtual Operations Bar Common Tasks Bar Explorer Bar Disk Map Legend Bar Status Bar CO DW Ui Bb W N n2 A number of panels offer similar functionality with a synchronized layout The program enables to conceal some of them to simplify the interface management All panels are separated by vertical and horizontal expandable sliders allowing the user to customize the screen layout Main Menu The Main Menu provides access to the entire functionality of the program The available functions are as listed below MENU ITEM FUNCTIONALITY View Log Files View logs on the carried out operations CopyrightO 1994 2013 Para
85. te your own Data Santizabon method You can create your own Data Sanitization method The list of supported military and government standards may vary for your product 6 The next page of the wizard enables to get detailed information on the selected algorithm choose whether to carry out residual data verification or not specifying the percentage of sectors to check and estimate the time required to accomplish the operation Wipe method US DoD 5220 22 M Overaris all addressable locations wih a character s complement then a random character and verfy Erase passes count 3 Verfy passes count 1 Pooroimate wipe time 14 02 40 You can skip verfing completely or party by dsabing E or reducing percentage of sectors to check Please note E would be a deviation from US DoD 5220 22 M 7 Review all parameters of the operation and modify them if necessary Your hard disk before the changes Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev Be Disk C E y L ITFS ME 217 GE NTF Your hard disk after the changes Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual SCSI Disk Dev g Unallocated 4393 GB 8 Complete the wizard and then apply the pending changes Extra Scenarios for WinPE Please use Boot Media Builder to prepare the WinPE environment which you can get here www paragon software com my account Copyright 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Adding s
86. the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Select in the Main Menu Partition Delete Partition There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject Dialog Setup Initially the program suggests you just to remove references to the selected partition from the Partition Table EUM xb ti Are you sure you want to delete volume F You are about to delete volume F No label NTFS Your computer may no longer boot or work comectiy y Do not ask volume label next time e Enter the volume label to confirm deleting To confirm deletion of the selected partition enter its Volume Label The current volume label is displayed above e Do not ask volume label next time Mark the option to inhibit confirmation next time you start the dialog To additionally destroy the on partition data click the More options button at the foot of the dialog page so you will be able to define Also wipe partition data Please select the byte mask to wipe out the data with HEX value 00 ASCII value 0 Please specty the number of wiping passes L Very wipe results 4 Wiping wil destroy all data wthout any possbity to restore e Select the byte mask The HEX value spinner control enables to set a two figure hexadecimal character value 00 by default The available range is from 00 to FF It is synchronized with the ASCII value
87. their deleted state with minimal effort by using the popular today Magnetic Force Microscopy technology The only way to make sure that all the data has been erased from a hard drive is to overwrite all on disk sectors with random patterns of ones and zeros Although this sounds complex there is an easy way to do this The process of deliberately irreversibly removing or destroying the data stored on a memory device magnetic disks flash memory drives etc is generally known as Data Sanitization A device that has been sanitized has no usable residual data and even advanced forensic tools should not ever be able to recover it thus providing maximum level of security Data Security Standards To irreversibly destroy all on disk information there have been developed a number of disk sanitizing standards They are distinguished by wiping patterns and number of passes 1 US DoD 5220 22 M US Department of Defense recommends to overwrite all addressable locations with a character its complement and then a random character Finally the target data area is to be verified 2 US Navy standards NAVSO P 5239 26 e NAVSO P 5239 26 for RLL encoded drives At first to write the fixed value Oxffffffff to the target data area then the fixed value 0x27ffffff and then random values Finally the target data area is to be verified e NAVSO P 5239 26 for MFM encoded drives At first to write the fixed value Oxffffffff to the target data area the
88. tion disc to write a standard code to your flash drive When trying to back up my system the program asks to restart the computer Most likely the Hot Processing mode is disabled Please make it active in the program settings When backing up a partition with the VSS Volume Shadow Copy Service mode the program throws VSS could not be started for processed volume Most likely you try to back up a FAT32 partition which is not supported by VSS Please use the Paragon Hot Processing mode instead cannot back up my hard disk to an external hard drive Once started the operation is aborted with the following error Hard Disk management Error Code 0x1100a What is wrong here The problem is that the Microsoft VSS service is set as the default Hot Processing mode in the program But this service has not been started in your WindowsXP Windows2003 Vista Please start this service right click on My Computer Manage Services find Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service and make it active Set also to start it automatically Copyright O 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 72 10 When running a backup operation with the Paragon Hot Processing mode enabled get an error error code 0x1200e Internal error during Hot Backup Most likely your hard disk contains bad blocks Please fix the issue with your HDD manufacturer s tool You can find a name of the tool you need here http kb paragon software com 11 When ru
89. tions wil be camed out immediately Close progress dialog automatically Set this option on to automatically close the progress dialog after committing the changes In this section you may configure the virtual mode e Allow virtual mode Mark the checkbox to enable the virtual mode It is an effective way of protection from any troubles since no operation will be executed until confirmation thus giving you a second chance to weigh all pros and cons of this or that particular operation We strongly recommend you to enable this mode e Close progress dialog automatically Mark the checkbox to automatically close the progress dialog after accomplishing operations Log Files Options Lo Log files options Choose a storage ife span for the stubact log file Please note once the defined period has been expired the file wil be emptied o inte In this section you can specify a storage life span for the stubact log file e Infinite not to empty the file ever e Minimal to have the file emptied all the time e Custom to set a certain storage life span for the file Please note once the defined period has been expired the file will be emptied We strongly recommend you not to choose the Minimal option as in case of having problems with the program our Support Team won t be able to study operation logs thus help you out CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 33 Viewing Disk Properties The main tool t
90. to help destroy all on disk information or only remnants of deleted files directories K MD Starting the Wiping Media Wizard to create a bootable media which can be used Wiping Media Builder to get access to your hard disk for maintenance or recovery purposes Help and Documentation Copyright O 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 25 MS Disk Wiper Help Launching the help system you can also do it by pressing F1 Opening the page which contains information about the program This page will e About Disk Wiper be displayed in the Explorer Bar S Data Sanitization Methodology Opening a brief review on the Data Sanitization issue C5 Sot Manu Opening a brief review on the Paragon Scripting Language Disk Map The Disk Map is displayed in the Explorer Bar when the Disk View tab is selected It is located either at the top or at the bottom of the window depending on the state of the Disk Map Location option Main Menu View Disk Map Location As the name infers the Disk Map displays the layout of physical and logical disks Physical disks are represented with rectangle bars that contain small sized bars These small sized bars represent logical disks Their color depends on the file system of the appropriate partition nes z Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev Local Disk C 439 39 GB NTFS Large sized bars display the following information about physical disks e Man
91. torage devices MBR and GPT flash memory etc Getting Started In this chapter you will find all the information necessary to get the product ready to use System Requirements For the Windows installation package Operating systems Windows XP 32 and 64 bit Windows Vista 32 and 64 bit Windows 7 32 and 64 bit Windows 8 32 and 64 bit Internet Explorer 5 0 or higher Intel Pentium CPU or its equivalent with 300 MHz processor clock speed 128 MB of RAM 256 recommended Hard disk drive with 250 MB of available space SVGA video adapter and monitor Keyboard Mouse Copyright O 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 9 O During the installation additional free space up to 1GB will be required For the Linux bootable environment e Intel Pentium CPU or its equivalent with 300 MHz processor clock speed e 256 MB of RAM e SVGA video adapter and monitor e Keyboard e Mouse For the WinPE bootable environment e Intel Pentium III CPU or its equivalent with 1000 MHz processor clock speed e Atleast 512 MB of RAM e SVGA video adapter and monitor e Keyboard e Mouse Additional requirements e Network card to send retrieve data to from a network computer e Recordable CD DVD drive to burn data to compact discs e External USB hard drive to store data Installation To install Paragon Disk Wiper 12 please do the following 1 Run Setup Application Click on the MSI file This application will
92. ts reserved 35 2 Select in the Main Menu Partition Create Partition There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject Dialog Setup Initially the program suggests some consistent values for all parameters In most cases you can just press the Yes button to confirm the operation ENT Pre you sure you want to create a new partition on disk 3 You are to create a new partition in Unallocated 19 9 GB area Please select size position and fle system of the new partition Hasic Hard Disk 3 VMware VMware Virtual SCS Disk Dev Create new parttion a d Please specify new partition size 24079 gt 7MB 204 9MB Please specify size of free space before the partition D OMB 20 465 MB Please specify size of free space after the partition D OMB 20 472 MB Please select fie system for new partition NTFS se Please enter new volume label New Volume Piaase specify dave letter H e Mor ecto Cw e Define whether the partition will be Primary Extended or Logical You can choose the desired partition type from the pull down list As a matter of fact the available alternatives fundamentally depend on the selected block of free space within the Logical free space only Logical partitions can be created Within the Primary free space both Primary partitions or the Extended Partition can be created e Partition Size De
93. ufacturer e Model Small sized bars display the following information about logical disks e Serial number e Drive letter e Total size e File system Furthermore it is possible to estimate the used disk space by looking at the size of the bar s shaded area The program offers to choose from several types of the disk layout scaling It s done especially to increase the program usability For instance if you ve got a high capacity hard drive containing both very large more than 100 GB and rather small less than 10 GB partitions you can select the logarithmic type to make all partitions readable otherwise selecting the linear type you won t be able to see small partitions at all but thing strips On the other hand if the proportional disk layout is critical for you the linear type is exactly what you need Nevertheless there s a compromise solution linear scaling with the minimal limit to small partitions So if a partition is too small it will remain readable Just click on the arrow icon on the top right side of the Disk Map to select the desired scaling type Copyright 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 26 w Linear Linear Scaling Min Width Disk Map is synchronized with the Explorer Bar Thus by selecting a disk on the Disk Map the Explorer Bar will automatically display detailed information on it The drag and drop functionality is not available when the logarithmic type of the
94. unt 1 Poorodmate wipe time 14 02 40 You can skip verfying completely or party by disabling E or reducing percentage of sectors to check Plegse note E would be a deviation from US DoD 5220 22 M The list of supported military and government standards may vary for your product In case you preferred to create a customized algorithm the next page of the wizard enables to define up to 4 wiping patterns number of passes for each wiping pattern and for the group of patterns The Mask spinner control allows you to set a two figure hexadecimal character value 00 by default The available range is from 00 to FF You can also choose whether to carry out residual data verification or not specifying the percentage of sectors to check Wipe parameters Mask Od Pass count 1 Mask Pass count Mask Pass count Masx Pass count e Revise your changes This page informs on all the actions to be made in the wizard in a bright graphical form Your hard disk before the changes i I tl B E Mr Your hard disk after the changes Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual SCSI Disk Dev g Unallocated 4393 GB CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 42 Wizard Result After the operation is completed you can see a well informative summary page providing structurally divided in depth information on all the actions made in the wizard a ps SOFTWARE GROUP GROUP
95. wo tabs General and Schedule Click the General tab to modify e Full path to the macro command program interpreter which describes the scheduled task e Command line for starting the interpreter i e the task described in macro language e Comments referring to the task e The option of enabling disabling the task By clicking the Schedule tab you can modify the task timetable In order to apply the changes you need to click the Apply button at the foot of the dialog Creating a Scheduled Task You can set a timetable for execution of any operation For backup and copy operations the program offers handy wizards while all the others can be scheduled with the Save to Scheduler dialog To create a scheduled task you should take the following steps 1 Make sure the virtual mode of execution is enabled 2 Carry out with the program all operations you need to schedule 3 Call the Save to Scheduler dialog in the Main Menu Tools Save to Scheduler CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 46 i nux 3 3 Schedule virtual operations e Al vitual operations you have made wil be saved to the scheduler No operations wil be appbed Task name Scheduled Task Please specify how and when would you like to perform the task Shutdown system after camying out the tasks Run the task on 09 02 2009 at 1200 AM Every 1 dey s Do not run the task after n A Discard all operations on close N
96. ws XP Professional or Windows XP 64 Bit Edition based computers Thus the dynamic disk is a new way of looking at hard disk configuration Dynamic disks offer you more management flexibility without the partition limitation of basic disks Dynamic disks can contain an unlimited number of volumes but they cannot contain partitions or logical drives Dynamic storage can be particularly beneficial for large scale businesses when dealing with many physical hard disks involving complex setup Copyright O 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 19 GPT versus MBR GUID Partition Table GPT is the next generation of a hard disk partitioning scheme developed to lift restrictions of the old MBR Being a part of the Extensible Firmware Interface EFI standard proposed by Intel to replace the outdated PC BIOS it offers a number of crucial benefits e Upto 128 primary partitions for the Windows implementation only 4 in MBR e The maximum allowed partition size is 18 exabytes only 2 terabytes in MBR e More reliable thanks to replication and cyclic redundancy check CRC protection of the partition table e Awell defined and fully self identifying partition format data critical to the platform operation is located in partitions but not in un partitioned or hidden sectors as this is the case with MBR uEFI Boot Challenges Introduced back in 2005 by Intel to lift restrictions of the old MBR Master Boot Record and PC BIOS Basic I
97. ws version does Startup To start working with the WinPE environment please take the following steps 1 Start up the computer from our WinPE wiping media Please use Boot Media Builder to prepare the WinPE environment which you can get here www paragon software com my account To automatically boot from the wiping media please make sure the on board BIOS is set up to boot from CD USB first 2 Once it has been loaded you will see the Universal Application Launcher In general it enables to run components of the product load drivers for undefined hardware or establish a network connection CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 16 fJ Paragon Disk Wiper 12 Professional i 5 xj Paragon Disk Wiper 12 y raragon vitei Wipe Hard Disk or Wipe Hard Disk or p Partition sd Partition ES Boot Management Wipes data on your Hard disk partition and clear free space to make your sensitive data unrecoverable x Tools y Support Contacts gt Wipe Hard Disk or Partition 3 Open Advanced Interface BB Restan 8 Shutdown 3 Click on the required operation to start Hints on the selected at the moment item will help you make the right choice 4 Consult the help system by pressing ALT F1 to know more on the subject Our WinPE based environment offers excellent hardware support However in case it doesn t have a driver for your disk controller your hard d
98. wse for the required network share or manually enter a path to it e Define a letter from the pull down list of available drive letters e Click the Connect as user button at the foot of the dialog page to specify a user name and password to access the selected network share if necessary By clicking Disconnect Drive you can delete an existing network share if necessary Click the Network identification tab to change a network name of your computer generated automatically and a workgroup name Computer Name MININT B4LEBPF Workgroup WORKGROUP Primary DNS suffix By default the wizard saves all network settings in the netconf ini file located on the WinPE RAM drive thus it will only be available until you restart the computer However you can just once configure your network device and then save this file to some other destination for instance a local drive and this way avoid constant re configuration just by providing a path to it So Click Save to file to save the netconfig ini file to the required destination Network troubleshooter Network Configurator includes a traceroute ping utility that enables to get detailed information on particular routes and measure transit delays of packets across an Internet Protocol IP network So with its help you can easily track down problematic nodes If you need to ping some network host please select Ping then type in the required IP address or its name Click Start when re
99. y Please select new file system FATIG Please enter new volume label New Volume estos MT File system From the pull down list select the desired file system type In fact the program displays only those file systems that can correctly be placed to the selected partition taking its capacity into account Volume label Enter a label for the selected partition in this textual field It is an irrelevant parameter usually used for drive identification In addition there is the possibility to make further detailed settings although the default values will do in most cases To activate the advance mode you need to click the More options button at the foot of the dialog page Depending on the chosen file system the following options become available J Use OS buit in formal routine Please select number of sectors per cluster E Restore defaults e Use OS built in routine Mark the checkbox to restrict the available values according to the used OS The amount of sectors per cluster Define the Cluster Size for the formatted partition with this spinner control Number of available options depends on the selected file system type Result After the operation is completed you receive a fully functional partition formatted to the specified file system CopyrightO 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 38 Deleting Partitions Dialog Startup In order to start the operation you should take
100. zard s Welcome page click the Next button 4 Select the Flash Memory option Copyright O 1994 2013 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 12 o Hash Memory Select this option to create the recovery environment on a flash memory media Thus you will get all recovery features available in the program on a compact relable and fast device recommended CD DVD Select this option to create the recovery environment on a CD DVD Thus you will also get a bootable CD or DVD with all recovery features avaiable in the program indispensable in case your computer does not support booting from USB dives 5 Select the Typical option o Typical Li rr ls Tar sra el um Brews Ea LN CE IET T oer A E LIOS LAU EC UT E Copy from a CD DVD Choose a source CD DVD dive Please use Boot Media Builder to prepare the WinPE environment which you can get here WWW pPa ragon softwa re com my accou nt 6 Select the required thumb drive from the list of flash memory devices available in the system at the moment if several drive 4 500 MB 7 You will have to confirm the operation WARNING As a result of this operation ALL DATA on the flash memory media will be ERASED Click OK if you agree or Cancel if you do not Cancel Booting from the Linux DOS wiping media The Linux DOS environment can be used to boot your computer into Linux or PTS DOS to get access to your hard disk for maintenance

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