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1. OPERATION OF THE SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE OR THAT ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED NO LI ABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTI AL DAMAGES IN NO EVENT SHALL ACRONIS OR ITS VENDORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR THE LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS BUSINESS INTERRUPTION LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION OR ANY OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE EVEN IF ACRONIS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 4 CHAPTER 1 INSTALLING ACRONIS DRIVECLEANSER AND GETTING 5 8 1 1 ACRONIS DRIVECLEANSER SYSTEM PACKAGE creme 8 205 ON tatit ee RE seen ETE 8 1 3 REPAIRING UPGRADING ACRONIS 9 1 4 REMOVING THE SOFTWARE ccccsccscececccecccecececcecececceececececesuccsceces 9 15 gu ic acento hice 9 CHAPTER 2 WIPING HARD DISKS WITH ACRONIS 11 2 1 USING PREDEFINED WIPING ALGORITHMS ccececcccccccccccececececececes 14 2 2 CREATING CUSTOM ALGORITHMS OF DATA DESTRUCTION 17 2 2 1 CREATING CUSTOM ALGORITHMS 2 00000000000000 17 2 2 2 ALGORITHM DEFINITION TEMPLATE 2 00 0000000000000 19 2 2 3 SAVING CUSTOM ALGORITHM TO FILE creen 25 2 2 4 LOADING ALGORITHM FROM FIL2. company s forty six employees plus pay roll records strategic company plans confidential board of directors minutes and other internal documents There have been many cases like this concerning the sales and purchase of used computer Data deletion with the means of an operating systems There is a considerable difference between file deletion with operating systems with the help of file managers and data destruction with the help of specialized erasing programs The point is that operating systems such as Windows do not materially delete anything from a hard disk when deleting a file the name of the deleted file in the File Allocation Table FAT is substituted by the name which is not assumed as a correct one by the operating system The file only becomes invisible for a user and the cluster chain that contains file data is considered to be free But the information contained within the hard disk sectors stays permanent It is not very difficult for someone to recover it File deletion under the Linux operating system is somewhat more reliable but even in this case it is possible to obtain software tools to recover any important information Neither partitions deletion on a disk nor even disk formatting solves this problem When partitions are deleted on a hard disk the information of Partition table if it is a primary partition or File Allocation Table are deleted The information contained within sectors however remains untouc
3. for data destruction Mouse click the rectangle representing the hard disk partition The red cross will appear in the top right corner of the rectangle It means that the partition is selected for data destruction You may choose to destroy data on the entire disk or several disks For this purpose mouse click the rectangle representing the hard disk with device icon disk number and its capacity You may simultaneously select several partitions located on different disks or several disks Chapter 2 Wiping Hard Disks with Acronis DriveCleanser In the Post wiping actions window you may choose what to do with partition that is the subject of data destruction Acronis DriveCleanser offers you three opportunities e Leave partition as is that is just to destroy data according to the algorithm which you will select later e Delete partition to destroy data and remove partition e Format to destroy data and format partition default Acronis DriveCleanser Post wiping Actions Select actions to be performed after the data is wiped Please select actions with the wiped partitions to be performed after data destroying is completed Leave partions as is Delete partition Format Description Format the wiped partitions with File systems that existed on these partitions before wiping The Post wiping actions window In the example below it is supposed that the switch is set to the Leave partitions as is pos
4. of the wiping procedure window Acronis DriveCleanser software gives you another method to review the results of partition and or hard disk wiping Acronis DriveCleanser has a built in DiskViewer utility for viewing the hard disk contents Acronis DriveCleanser 15 The algorithms described above offer different variants for data destruction Thus the picture you may see on a partition and or a disk depends on the selected data destruction algorithm Acronis DiskEditor read only mode disk 2 sectors 63 8 385 929 Disk Edit View Search Help jaa 2 30 Western Windows oo 00 no 00 oo 00 no 00 no 00 no 00 00 00 00 00 oo 00 oo 00 oo 00 oo 00 00 no 00 00 00 no 00 00 130 00 nian nn nn nn Sect Position 0 View Hex The sector of the disk partition after the fast algorithm execution 16 Chapter 2 Wiping Hard Disks with Acronis DriveCleanser 2 2 2 2 1 Creating custom algorithms of data destruction Acronis DriveCleanser software gives you an opportunity to create your own algorithms for wiping hard disks In spite of the fact that the software includes algorithms of all classes you may choose your own algorithms Creating custom algorithms To create a custom algorithm of hard disk wiping select and mouse click the Custom line from the drop down list in the Algorithm selection window Please pay close attention to the loa
5. Acronis DriveCleanser User s Guide Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2005 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2005 All rights reserved Linux is a registered trademark owned by Linus Torvalds Windows is a registered trademark owned by Microsoft Corporation All other mentioned trademarks can be registered trademarks of their respective owners Distribution of materials of this Guide both in original and or edited form in published form book is forbidden unless prior special written permission from the author is obtained THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED AS IS THERE ARE NO EXPLICIT OR IMPLIED OBLIGATIONS CONFIRMATIONS OR WARRANTIES INCLUDING THOSE RELATED TO SOFTWARE MARKETABILITY AND SUITABILITY FOR ANY SPECIFIC PURPOSES TO THE DEGREE OF SUCH LIMITED LIABILITY APPLICABLE BY LAW END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT BY ACCEPTING YOU ORIGINAL PURCHASER INDICATE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO ACCEPT THE PRODUCT UNDER THESE TERMS YOU CAN CHOOSE NOT TO ACCEPT BY SELECTING I decline AND NOT INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE Acronis DriveCleanser the software is Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2005 All rights are reserved The ORIGINAL PURCHASER is granted a LICENSE to use the software only subject to the following restrictions and limitations 1 The license is to the original purchaser only and is not transferable without prior written permission from Acronis 2 The original purchaser can use the software on
6. E 012000000000 28 APPENDIX A HARD DISK WIPING ALGORITHMS ccccccccscccccccccccccccccccccccccccccces 29 A INFORMATION WIPING ALGORITHMS FUNCTIONING PRINCIPLES 20 A 2 ALGORITHMS USED BY ACRONIS 30 Acronis DriveCleanser Introduction About Acronis DriveCleanser Getting rid of an old PC upgrading to a new hard drive returning a leased computer or redeploying a PC within your company It is truly imperative to completely destroy all data from the old hard disk Acronis DriveCleanser guarantees the complete destruction of data on selected partitions and or entire disks with extremely simple Windows XP style interface and straight forward actions Confidential information on hard disks storage and access Today more and more amount of confidential information is created in the digital form and consigned to stored on computers Documents that were previously created with the help of printing machines or table database files are now stored on computer hard disk drives The enormous amount of personal data including such important things as personal banking account information credit card numbers business application data banking financial accounting and industrial are all stored on hard disks It is impossible to enumerate all documents and data that in no circumstances should not left behind on a hard disk drive for criminals or rivals to possib
7. File system None Size 7 813 MB 2 Acronis Compute with confidence www acronis com Press Proceed to begin The script of data destruction based on the custom algorithm By clicking the button you will execute the generated script If you created and saved your algorithm for data destruction while working with Acronis DriveCleanser software you may use them in the following way Acronis DriveCleanser 27 2 2 4 Loading algorithm from file In the Algorithm selection window select the Load from file line from the drop down list gt Acronis DriveCleanser Algorithm Selection Select algorithm For wiping You can choose the appropriate algorithm From the list of algorithms Find the description of the chosen algorithm below you want to use your own algorithm select the Custom item U S Standard DoD 5220 22 M v U S Standard DoD 5220 22 M NAVSO P 5239 26 RLL 50 P 5239 26 German Standard VSITR Russian Standard GOST 50739 95 Peter Gutmann Bruce Schneier Fast Custom Load From file Algorithm selection loading from file 28 Chapter 2 Wiping Hard Disks with Acronis DriveCleanser Appendix A Hard Disk Wiping algorithms A 1 Information removed from a hard disk drive by non secure means for example by simple Windows delete can easily be recovered Utilizing specialized equipment one may also be able to recover even repeatedly overwritten in
8. Operation Pattern 1 write random 1 bytes 2 write complementary to previous step pattern 3 write 00 4 write O0 Ca CE Con The 2 nd pass of the custom algorithm is defined Following the U S data destruction standard specification define third and forth data overwriting passes In the same way you can create any data destruction algorithm matching your security requirements Chapter 2 Wiping Hard Disks with Acronis DriveCleanser 2 2 3 Saving custom algorithm to file In the next Saving custom algorithm window you will be able to save the algorithm you have created This may be useful if you are going to use this algorithm in future gt Acronis DriveCleanser Saving Custom Algorithm You can save the algorithm you have created to a file if you want to Please choose whether you want to save your algorithm to a file Continue without saving Description Select this item if you want to save your algorithm description to a file You will be able to load the saved algorithm later The saving custom algorithm window Acronis DriveCleanser 25 In order do save your algorithm you should define the algorithm filename and the path in the Select file field or click the button to locate an existing file on the disk You should also enter the name and a brief description of your algorithm gt Acronis DriveCleanser Saving Custom Algorithm You can save the algorithm you have created to a file if you want
9. a single computer You cannot use the software on more than one machine even if you own or lease all of them without the written consent of Acronis 3 The original purchaser cannot engage in nor permit third parties to engage in any of the following A Providing or permitting use of by or transferring the software to third parties Providing use of the software in a computer service business network timesharing or multiple user arrangement to users who are not individually licensed by Acronis C Making alterations or copies of any kind in the software except as specifically permitted above D Attempting to unassemble decompile or reverse engineer the software in any way E Granting sublicenses leases or other rights in the software to others F Making copies or verbal or media translations of the users guide G Making telecommunication data transmission of the software Acronis has the right to terminate this license if there is a violation of its terms or default by the original purchaser Upon termination for any reason all copies of the software must be immediately returned to Acronis and the original purchaser shall be liable to Acronis for any and all damages suffered as a result of the violation or default ENTI RE RISK THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS WITH YOU THE PURCHASER ACRONIS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SOFTWARE OR ITS FUNCTIONS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THE
10. at you can change settings for several passes at once Do not select passes if you Finish adjusting parameters just press Next to continue Operation Pattern The selection of the 1 st pass for pattern definition Click the Next button to continue 20 Chapter 2 Wiping Hard Disks with Acronis DriveCleanser You will see the window that allows you to define the pattern to be written to disk hexadecimal value gt Acronis DriveCleanser Wiping Pass Adjustment Change parameters For the custom algorithm pass Wiping Pass Adjustment Write pattern 00 C Write random number Random length 1 4 Description All the data will be overwritten with the choosen pattern Please enter the pattern The wiping pass adjustment window for definition of patterns to be written In this figure the switch is set to Write a value position by default the hexadecimal value 0x00 is entered into the field Let us explain the meaning of window control elements you may enter any hexadecimal value into the field under the Write a value switch to write it to a hard disk during any pass during the 1 st pass in this case By setting the switch to Write a random value position you first will select write a random value to disk and the specify the length of random value in bytes in the spinner field below Acronis DriveCleanser 21 22 The American national standard provides the writing of random values to eac
11. cation the third column contains the pattern of data to be written to disk The pattern to be written to disk is always a hexadecimal value for example the value of this kind 0x00 OxAA or OxCD etc These values are 1 byte long but they may be up to 512 bytes long Except for such values you may enter a random hexadecimal value of any length up to 512 bytes Your algorithm may also include one more value for writing that is designated as the complementary value the value that is complementary to the one written to disk during the previous pass We shall remind that if the binary value is represented by 10001010 0x84 sequence then the complementary binary value will be represented by 01110101 0x75 sequence Acronis DriveCleanser 19 Thus you may include the following values in algorithm e Any hexadecimal value 1 512 bytes long e Random hexadecimal values 1 512 bytes long e Hexadecimal values complementary to those written to hard disk during the previous pass The Algorithm definition window offers you the template for the algorithm only you should define what exactly the software should write to disk to destroy the confidential data according to your algorithm To do this mouse click the line representing pass 1 Acronis DriveCleanser Algorithm Definition Your algorithm wiping passes adjustment Please select a pass from the list below then press Next to change settings for the choosen pass Note th
12. ch sector 2 complementary to written during the 1 pass 3 random symbols again 4 writing verification American DoD 1 5220 22 1 pass 0x01 to all sectors 2 Ox27FFFFFF 3 random symbol sequences 4 verification American NAVSO P 5239 26 RLL 1 pass 0x01 to all sectors 2 Ox7FFFFFFF 3 random symbol sequences 4 verification 3 American NAVSO P 5239 26 MFM 1 6 alternate sequences of 0x00 and OxFF 7 i e 0x00 OxFF 0x00 OxFF 0x00 OxFF OxAA 4 Russian GOST 1 Logical zeros 0x00 numbers to each byte P50739 95 of each sector for 6 to 4 security level 5 systems Randomly selected symbols 1 German VSITR numbers to each byte of each sector for 3 to 1 security level systems Peter Gutmann s algorithm is very sophisticated It s based on his theory of hard disk information wiping see http www cs auckland ac nz pgut001 pubs secure_del html P Gutmann s 6 algorithm Bruce Schneier offers seven pass overwriting algorithm in his Applied Cryptography book 1 pass OxFF 2 pass 0x00 and then five times with a cryptographically secure pseudo random sequence B Schneier s algorithm Logical zeros 0x00 numbers to all sectors to wipe Fast Appendix A Hard Disk Wiping algorithms
13. d algorithm option in the same drop down list gt Acronis DriveCleanser Algorithm Selection Select algorithm For wiping You can choose the appropriate algorithm from the list of algorithms Find the description of the chosen algorithm below you want to use your own algorithm select the Custom item 0 5 Standard DoD 5220 22 U S Standard DoD 5220 22 50 P 5239 26 RLL NAVSO P 5239 26 German Standard VSITR Russian Standard GOST P50739 95 Peter Gutmann Bruce Schneier Fast Load From File The selection of custom algorithm creation Click the Next button to continue The window with the script for wiping a hard disk partition partition and or hard disk was selected on one of the previous steps shows after the selection of one of the predefined wiping algorithms This time the Custom algorithm wizard will be started and you will see the Number of passes window Acronis DriveCleanser 17 18 As an example let s create a simple custom algorithm similar to the American standard As you may remember the American standard assumes three passes for a hard disk during which different symbols are written to it and one more pass for verification i e 4 passes in total Acronis DriveCleanser Number of Passes Select the number of passes of your data destroying algorithm The more passes vou choose the more secure the data destroying proceedure is Please note that increm
14. d partitions later after reformatting them 2 Acr onis All actions involving the physical data on your hard disks will not occur until Compute with confidence you press the Proceed button on the last page of this wizard www acronis com Please press Next button to continue TE The Acronis DriveCleanser welcome window All actions on hard disks are performed on the basis of scripts created during the dialogue with the user No data destruction occurs until you execute the created script You may return to a previous stage of script creation from any stage of working with the software and select other partitions and or disks to wipe or to change the wiping algorithm Acronis DriveCleanser 11 12 The following window will contain the list of hard disks connected to your computer and their partitions with main parameters disk capacities and partition sizes file systems and labels Acronis DriveCleanser Data Selection Select data to be wiped without the possibility of recovery ou can choose partitions free space and whole drives To select data place the mouse pointer on it then click the left mouse button Please select data to be wiped in the picture below GAMES F Archives G 9 366 GB 13 999 GB NTFS 3 003 GB FAT32 2 359 GB NTFS Primary I Logical M Unallocated The list of computer s hard disks with partitions Next you will need to select the partitions on hard disks to be designated
15. enting the number of passes results in slower destruction processing Please enter the number of passes 1 100 4 The window with number of passes of the custom algorithm Let us remind you that the predefined wiping algorithms perform from 1 fast algorithm the Russian standard up to 35 passes Peter Gutmann algorithm You may enter any value into the spinner field of the Wizard window with keyboard or mouse For our example enter 4 into this field Click the Next button to continue Chapter 2 Wiping Hard Disks with Acronis DriveCleanser 2 2 2 Algorithm definition template The Algorithm definition window shows you a template of the future algorithm the list contains as many elements including the defined algorithm at the previous stage Acronis DriveCleanser Algorithm Definition Your algorithm wiping passes adjustment Please select a pass from the list below then press Next to change settings For the choosen pass Note that you can change settings for several passes at once Do not select passes if you Finish adjusting parameters just press Next to continue Operation Pattern 1 2 3 4 The algorithm definition window The window has the following legend The first column of the list contains the number of passes for a disk the second contains the type of operation on a disk there are just two such operations to write a symbol to disk writing and to verify written verifi
16. every elementary magnetic area of the recording material as many times as possible by writing specially selected sequences of logical 1 and 0 also known as samples Using logical data encoding methods in current hard disks you can select samples of symbol or elementary data bit sequences to be written to sectors in order to repeatedly and effectively wipe confidential information Algorithms offered by national standards provide single or triple recording of random symbols to disk sectors that are straightforward and arbitrary decision in general but still acceptable in simple situations The most effective information wiping algorithm based on deep analysis of subtle features of recording data to all Acronis DriveCleanser 29 A 2 30 types of hard disks This knowledge speaks to the necessity of complex multipass algorithms to guarantee information wiping The detailed theory of guaranteed information wiping is described in an article of Peter Gutmann please see http www cs auckland ac nz pgut001 pubs secure del html Algorithms used by Acronis DriveCleanser The table below briefly describes information wiping algorithms used by Acronis DriveCleanser Each description features the number of hard disk sector passes along with number s written to each sector byte The description of built in information wiping algorithms NN Algorithm writing method Record 1 pass randomly selected symbols to each byte of ea
17. formation Therefore the problem of guaranteed data wiping is vital as never before The guaranteed wiping of information from magnetic media e g a hard disk drive means the impossibility of data recovery by a qualified specialist with the help of any known tools or recovery methods This problem can be explained in the following way Data is stored on a hard disk as a binary sequence of 1 and O ones and zeros represented by differently magnetized parts of a magnetic disk Generally speaking a 1 written to a hard disk is read as 1 by its controller and 0 is read as 0 However of you write 1 over 0 the result is conditionally 0 95 and vice versa if 1 is written over 1 the result is 1 05 These differences are irrelevant for the controller However using special equipment one can easily read the underlying sequence of 1 and O It only requires specialized software and inexpensive hardware to read data deleted this way by analyzing magnetization of hard disk sectors residual magnetization of track sides and or by using current magnetic microscopes Writing to magnetic media leads to subtle effects summarized as follows every track of a magnetic disk stores an image of every record ever written to it but the effect of such record magnetic layer becomes more subtle as time passes Information wiping algorithms functioning principles Physically the complete wiping of information from a hard disk involves the switching of
18. gorithm Total passes Operation 2 of 2 Formatting partition Hard disk Drive letter File system Volume label New volume label Size 7 NTFS NTFS Work 3 999 GB U S Standard DoD 5220 22 M 4 2 E NTFS Work 3 999 GE Press Proceed to begin The window of the hard disk wiping script The Acronis DriveCleanser software is now ready to perform the wiping procedure Chapter 2 Wiping Hard Disks with Acronis DriveCleanser Click the button to execute the script for wiping the hard disk partitions After pressing DriveCleanser takes care of everything automatically To complete the execution of all processes DriveCleanser will reboot your system after you have pressed the button Upon completion of the data destruction execution you will receive a message reporting the successful completion of the disk wiping procedure Data Destroying Completed Congratulations Congratulations You have successfully destroyed the selected data You can safely remove your hard disk your confidential inFormation has been removed without possibility of restoring To close Acronis DriveCleanser press Exit Please do not forget to remove the Acronis DriveCleanser media From the drive If you want to make sure that the data is actually destroyed vou can start Disk Viewer to explore the wiped sectors 2 Acronis Compute with confidence www acronis com Exit Disk Viewer The successful completion
19. h byte of each disk sector during the first pass so set the switch to Write a random value position and to enter 1 into field gt Acronis DriveCleanser Wiping Pass Adjustment Change parameters for the custom algorithm pass Wiping Pass Adjustment Write pattern 00 T Description random value will be generated Then all the data will be overwritten with this number Please select the number of bytes in the random value The random value length can vary from 1 to 512 bytes long The input of a random 1 byte value as the pattern for writing Click the Next button to continue You will be taken to the algorithm definition window again and will see that the former record 1 write 00 was replaced by 1 write random value 1 byte Acronis DriveCleanser Algorithm Definition Your algorithm wiping passes adjustment Please select a pass from the list below then press Next to change settings for the choosen pass Note that you can change settings for several passes at once Do not select passes if you Finish adjusting parameters just press Next to continue Operation Pattern 1 random 1 bytes 2 00 3 00 4 00 CE Con The 1 st pass of the custom algorithm is defined Chapter 2 Wiping Hard Disks with Acronis DriveCleanser To define the next pass select the second line of the list and click the Next button You will see the already familiar window but this time there will be more switch posit
20. hed and can be recovered with the help of software tools Reliable information destruction on hard disks is possible only while using specially designed programs that implement specially designed erasing algorithms Acronis DriveCleanser 5 Guaranteed destruction of confidential information standards The Acronis DriveCleanser application offers the guaranteed destruction of confidential information on hard magnetic disks with the help of special algorithms Acronis DriveCleanser algorithms guarantee compliance with most known national standards 1 American U S Standard DoD 5220 22 M 2 American NAVSO P 5239 26 RLL 3 American NAVSO P 5239 26 MFM 4 German VSITR 5 Russian GOST P50739 95 Besides algorithms corresponding to national standards Acronis DriveCleanser supports predefined algorithms proposed by well known and authoritative specialists in the field of information security 6 Peter Gutmann algorithm data on hard disk is destroyed with 35 passes 7 Bruce Schneier algorithm data is destroyed with 7 passes The Acronis DriveCleanser also supports simple but fast algorithms for information destruction that provide a single hard disk pass with all sectors zeroed The major feature of the Acronis DriveCleanser Deluxe version is the opportunity for you to create your own algorithms for data destruction Detailed information on data destruction standards is given in Appendix A Hard Dis
21. ions available two additional positions will be available for selection e Previous step complementary value e Verify Acronis DriveCleanser Wiping Pass Adjustment Change parameters for the custom algorithm pass Wiping Pass Adjustment C write pattern 00 CO Write random number Random length 4 Verify Description Select this operation if you want Acronis DriveCleanser to count the complementary to the previous step pattern The the data will be overwritten with the newly counted pattern The input of value complementary to the one written during the previous pass As during the second pass of the American standard each disk sector is filled with hexadecimal values that are complementary to those written during the previous pass Therefore you should set the switch to the Previous step complementary value position and click the button Acronis DriveCleanser 23 24 You will be taken to the algorithm definition window again In this window the 2 nd record looked like this before 2 write 00 and it was replaced by 2 write previous step complementary value gt Acronis DriveCleanser Algorithm Definition Your algorithm wiping passes adjustment Please select a pass from the list below then press Next to change settings For the choosen pass Note that you can change settings For several passes at once Do not select passes if you finish adjusting parameters just press Next to continue
22. ition This will allow you to see the results of the data destruction itself without partition formatting or removal Acronis DriveCleanser 13 2 1 Using predefined wiping algorithms Now you need to select one of the predefined wiping algorithms from the list in the Algorithm selection window Acronis DriveCleanser Algorithm Selection Select algorithm For wiping You can choose the appropriate algorithm From the list of algorithms Find the description of the chosen algorithm below you want to use your own algorithm select the Custom item U S Standard DoD 5220 22 M v U S Standard DoD 5220 22 M NAVSO P 5239 26 RLL 50 P 5239 26 German Standard VSITR Russian Standard GOST 50739 95 Peter Gutmann Bruce Schneier Fast Custom Load from file The list of predefined wiping algorithms The next window represents the created script for wiping the hard disk partitions Acronis DriveCleanser Acronis DriveCleanser is ready to proceed with physical data destruction Here is a list of operations to be processed Please check them very carefully to assure you are destroying only the correct partitions Remember that you will be unable to recover the data on the partitions selected For destruction DriveCleanser Operation 1 of 2 Wiping partition Partition 2 1 14 7 Acronis Compute with confidence WWww acronis com Type File system Volume label Size Al
23. k Wiping algorithms to the current Guide Software usage conditions The conditions for Acronis DriveCleanser software usage are described in the License agreement included with this package The supplied registration card is the confirmation of your legal purchase and usage of Acronis DriveCleanser on your system Each registration card has its own unique registration number Under current legislation the License agreement is considered a contract between a user you and a software manufacturer Acronis Inc The contract has legal effect and its violation may entail a court examination Illegal use and or distribution of this software will be prosecuted ntroduction Technical support Users who have legally purchased and registered their copy of Acronis Disk Director Suite will receive free technical support from Acronis If you have installation or working problems that you can t solve by yourself using this manual and the readme txt file e mail the technical support team You will need to provide the serial number of your Acronis Disk Director Suite copy bundled with the program Before you do this you will have to register your copy at http www acronis com homecomputing my products registration Support URL http www acronis com homecomputing my support Acronis DriveCleanser 7 Chapter 1 Installing Acronis DriveCleanser and Getting Started 11 Acronis DriveCleanser system package Acronis DriveClea
24. ly retrieve The main feature of these documents is that all of them contain confidential information Confidential information destruction However information not only has to be stored according to specially developed rules but also be destroyed according to the strict rules to provide confidentiality Computers are usually upgraded more than once during their lifetimes In doing so very often the computer disk subsystem is upgraded first due to the ever increasing amounts of data stored on the hard disk drive When a hard disk of larger capacity is installed on the computer all data from the old disk can be transferred to the new one but quite often the data also remains on the old disk Careless storage of a hard disk that is no longer needed can result in the loss of confidential information The best solution is to completely destroy data on the old disk after it is moved to the new disk Destroy Not to erase information not to delete needless files but to destroy confidential data The difference between file deleting and information destruction will be explained later 4 Introduction The following real life passage illustrations this idea Jack V a computer consultant from Brighton bought a used notebook computer for 400 00 at the clearance sale of a bankrupt Internet company It was clear that the hard disk drive contained data about the Internet This data included social security numbers and salary levels of the
25. nser system package includes e An installation CD e This guide e License agreement e Registration card e Advertising materials 1 2 Installation To install the Acronis DriveCleanser 1 Insert the Acronis DriveCleanser installation CD into CD ROM drive and start the installation procedure 2 Carefully follow the installation program instructions on the screen 3 After making your installation choices and copying of Acronis DriveCleanser files onto your hard disk you will be offered to create a bootable diskette or CD R W you may omit this step if you have purchased the boxed product that contains a bootable CD While DriveCleanser works in Windows you can also wipe a hard disk with Linux or other PC operating system If you are not running Windows you should create bootable media and re boot your PC from it to start a wiping 8 Chapter 1 Installing Acronis DriveCleanser and Getting Started 1 3 1 4 1 5 gt Acronis DriveCleanser Setup Bootable Rescue Media Please create bootable rescue media We recommend to create a bootable diskette Booting your PC from Acronis DriveCleanser bootable diskette you will be able to securely destruct data on your hard disk Acronis DriveCleanser allows you to use predefined wiping algorithms such as the 11 5 Standard or you can create your own data destruction algorithm Then you can select partitions or whole drives to be wiped You may then use the wiped partitions late
26. r after reformatting them Yes I would like to create bootable rescue media Lu After installation of Acronis DriveCleanser is completed you should restart your computer Repairing Upgrading Acronis DriveCleanser In order to upgrade or repair your software start the DriveCleanser installation program again It will determine that DriveCleanser was already installed on your computer and will ask you if you want to restore update the program or completely remove it from disk Removing the software To remove the software select Acronis gt DriveCleanser gt Uninstall Acronis DriveCleanser from the Programs menu You will see a dialog box asking if you really want to remove the software from your PC hard disk Press to confirm removal Acronis DriveCleanser software will be completely removed User interface Acronis DriveCleanser software has a Windows like Wizard driven graphical user interface and is controlled by the mouse or by rab Shift Tab Left Right pg Down Enter and Escape keys If you regularly work with Windows X Window or OS 2 applications you should not encounter any problems with the Acronis DriveCleanser interface While working with Acronis DriveCleanser software a user deals with a sequence of dialogs in which he she selects one further action of several Acronis DriveCleanser 9 possible by setting switches to the necessary position or choosing a value from a list o
27. r marking the necessary partitions or disks for work The necessary position or condition of the switch is selected or set with a mouse click or by pressing keys Each dialog contains detailed text comments describing its purpose and the purpose of a list or switch located on it There are also text comments for each element of the list possible switch conditions There is no Help button on Wizard pages It is unnecessary because on each page there is detailed information about the purpose of the page and its controls Moreover there is detailed information about what possibilities you get if you select any of controls in any possible state 10 Chapter 1 Installing Acronis DriveCleanser and Getting Started Chapter 2 Wiping Hard Disks with Acronis DriveCleanser Working with Acronis DriveCleanser starts with the welcome screen The screen informs you about the basic features of the software they are 1 Wiping selected partitions of a hard disk disks with one of the predefined wiping algorithms 2 Creating and using custom wiping algorithms Acronis DriveCleanser teen Welcome to Exi Acronis DriveCleanser This wizard will guide you through secure data destruction on your hard disk Acronis DriveCleanser allows you to use predefined wiping algorithms such as the U S Standard or you can create your own data destruction algorithm Then you can select partitions or whole drives to be wiped You may then use the wipe
28. to CD java Al O Cookies HO Desktop m de Favorites sc My Documents J3 Data e My eBooks ae My Music Bl My Pictures My Received Files Ga Start Menu SQ WINDOWS system Incoming Ga KPCMS gl Ele name C Documents and SettingslUserlMy Dacuments DatalAlgarithms my alg alo File Filter Algorithm Files alg The algorithm file name and description window Each custom algorithm is stored in a separate file with its own name If you try to write a new algorithm to an already existing file its contents will be erased 26 Chapter 2 Wiping Hard Disks with Acronis DriveCleanser As all passes of your algorithm are defined and the algorithm is saved to file Clicking the button you will see the window with the generated wiping script based on your custom algorithm Acronis DriveCleanser Acronis DriveCleanser is ready to proceed with physical data destruction Here is a DriveCleanser list of operations to be processed Please check them very carefully to assure you are destroying only the correct partitions Remember that you will be unable to recover the data on the partitions selected For destruction Operation 1 of 2 Wiping partition Partition 2 6 Type 7 FS None Partition Ox NTFS HPFS File system Mone Volume label Size 7 813 MB Algorithm User defined Total passes 4 Operation 2 of 2 Formatting partition Hard disk 2 Drive letter G Type 7 MTFS HPFS
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