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1. 7 Complete the wizard and then apply the pending changes Some features may be unavailable in the version of the product you have To learn more about it N please consult the Disk Wiper Editions chapter TROUBLESHOOTER Here you can find answers to the most frequently asked questions that might arise while using the program 1 Itry 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 accomplish the operation in a special boot up mode 2 Irun 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 3 cannot create a new partition on the disk There can be a number of reasons for that Copyright O 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Q The program cannot create a new partition on a dynamic disk but only on a hard disk that uses the DOS partitioning scheme O According to the rules of the DOS partitioning scheme the following combinations of partitions cannot be created Two Extended Partitions on one hard disk Five or more Primary partitions on one hard disk If there is an Extended Partition on the disk only three P
2. 50 Tea t 51 lare dil SSSI HVC io 51 Edit View Sectors illa 52 SENT EOE v RR NR e 53 VIEW EOD c P eaters 54 TNC AN Scenario 55 RECOVELY SCENI OS EET T E TTE 55 Fixing MBR after a Boot VIFUS AU CK across ise ortn ptr esi bo sre VR bb UA CX ERR o 55 Fixing Windows o tartUD ADIN c E TE 58 Copying of data from the corrupted system disk to another hard diSk ii 61 Burning of data from the corrupted system disk to CD DVD ccceeeeecceccceeececcccceeeeeeeeueeeeeesseeeeeeeeeececcseseeeeeeeuuaeeegeens 64 Hard DEKUNU met ctehecaenecec E E sor cacesusesuseemseneneuecsteesaeesaveees 66 WP OUD ISSO OCC N e 68 OS SAN M 70 Copyright 1994 2009 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 t
3. Select path Space available on destination amp 6 Gb Total data size n a 11 On the Transfer Summary page check all parameters of the operation Click the Next button to accomplish the operation 12 In the Progress window you can see in real time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved u Operations list Suboperation progress EUN FESUNTUSTES RRRRR RRRRRRRARERERRRRERRARERRRRRRRARRRRRRARRARARRRRA Operation progress RRRRRRRRRRERRRRRRERRRRRRRARERRARERHARHRRRRRREARRRRRARN Time elapsed 00 00 03 Time ro finish 00 00 00 Copied solar 17 0 Mb Overall progress Transtering mntdisk hdal Documents and Settings UsetE Mail Database to lmntdiskihda2 E Mail Data Transfering imntidisk hdal Documents and Setrings UserMy Documents io mntdisk hdaz My Document All operations have been finished 13 After the operation is completed close the wizard by pressing the appropriate button 14 Eject the CD 15 Turn off the computer 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 Insert Paragon Linux DOS Wiping CD the BIOS must be enabled to boot the system from the CD DVD device 2 Restart the computer 3 n the boot menu select Normal Mode to use the Li
4. C Shutdown system alter camang out the tasks Hun the task or 22052008 S a 00 00 Every 1 weekfs on F Monday Friday CI Tuesday Saturday Wednesday 7 Sunday Thursday 4 E C Do not run the task alter ERES DIULE iy ur 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 The Shutdown System on Complete option enables to automatically switch off the computer on the successful accomplishment of the operation Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved i MANAGING TASKS VU 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 kk Mame Senpi When to Hun Next Fun Time LastRun Tine Lz v Backup of System C scr 170908120503445 pel At OOTO every day starting 17 05 2008 1809 2008 0 00 00 On every task you can get in depth information including O The task name O The full path to the generated script of the task O Scheduled time of launch O Statistics on the last launch O Scheduled time of the next launch QO Used account information O 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 beneficia
5. Please select new fle eter IBI Please enter new volume label 1 More opbons O 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 O Volume label Enter a label for the selected partition in this textual field It is an irrelevant parameter usually used for drive identification Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved A 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 Use DS buit in format routine Please select suttace test level Mone Pleste select number of sectors per cluster B4 v Please select number of sectors per Please select mumbet of root ember 512 R eslo e default 8 O Use OS built in routine Mark the checkbox to restrict the available values according to the used OS O Whether the surface test will be performed Define the level of the surface check to make the program find bad and unstable sectors and mark them unusable in the file system metadata Q The amount of sectors per boot This parameter is available exclusively for FAT16 and FAT32 file systems Set the
6. QO Type of the wiping media You can place it on a CD DVD disc Flash Memory Select this option to create the recovery environment on a flash memory media Thus you wall get all pecovesy Feabures avasdable in the program on a compact rekable and last dewce recommended CD DVD Select this option to create the recovers environment on a CD DVD Thus you vall alzo get a bootable CD ce DYD vath all recovery Feaburez available in the program indispensable in case youl computer does not support booting from USE dines QO Contents of the wiping set You can choose whether to use the default Linux DOS wiping environment included in the installation package or your own bootable image need to provide a path to it Besides you re free to add any data you like to the standard image what is very convenient Typical Use the standard Recovery Media image supplied with the program O Advanced You can add some files or Folders to the standard Recover Media image supplied vath the program 5 User specified CD DVD image iso file Use CD DVD image from specific location Pai HILI a Ay Uu i i 1 Bid D k Li 4 i a m Ai His S J bes SO it 10 led r5 I A recording device The appropriate external media CD DVD needs to be available in the system Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved You can make an ISO image instead of burning a CD DVD by selecting the Emulator drive Pi b QO CD DVD writing
7. EXPLORER BAR The Explorer Bar is located in the center of the main window which emphasizes its importance The bar displays reference information including O The help system O General information on the product including its name version and a list of helpful links Q Detailed information about disks selected on the Disk Map Q List of scheduled operations Q List of scripts Q Disk Editor utility According to these categories the Explorer Bar has several tabs Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Q Disk View which offers the user the following options pi 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 You can switch between these components by clicking tabs on the left side of the Explorer Bar O Scheduled Tasks which gives the user the possibility of browsing and editing scheduled operations and the program scripts O 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 c
8. To do that just press the Save button and choose the exact location in the opened dialog L Reporting You have successfully completed boot correction To view the repart on the operations performed click Report Report Paragon Boot Carrector s Repon Operations performed Operation 1 Correct the Master Boot Record Hard disk targeted Basic Disk 0 Status Successful Date and Time 2009 Jan 14 Wed 14 01 09 9 Click the Finish button to close Boot Corrector 10 Eject the CD 11 Reboot the computer FN Some features may be unavailable in the version of the product you have To learn more about it N please consult the Disk Wiper Editions chapter Copyright O 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 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 Insert Paragon Linux DOS Wiping CD the BIOS must be enabled to boot the system from the CD DVD device Restart the computer In the boot menu select Normal Mode to use the Linux wiping environment more preferable or Safe Mode to use the PTS DOS wiping environment in case you ve got problems with Linux Moreover you ve got the option to boot into the Low Graphics Safe Mode PTS DOS safe m
9. delete for Linux Swap SUPPORTED MEDIA O a a Support of both MBR and GPT hard disks up to 1 5 TB tested IDE SCSI and SATA hard disks 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 hard disks ZIP and Jazz disks PC card storage 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 WINDOWS BASED SET OF UTILITIES To use the Windows utilities you should install them first But before that make sure your computer meets the following minimum system requirements n a Operating systems Windows 2000 XP Vista 7 Server 2000 2003 2008 and XP SP2 Vista 7 Server2003 2008 64 bit Internet Explorer 5 0 or higher Intel Pentium CPU or its equivalent with 300 MHz processor clock speed 128 MB of RAM Hard disk drive with 100 MB of available space Copyright O 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved wm Q SVGA video adapter and monitor Q Mouse LINUX DOS BASED WIPING CD To use the Paragon Linux DOS Wiping CD on your computer it doesn t matter what operating system is installed make sure that it meets the following minimum system requirements O IBM AT compatible computer with i486 or higher CPU Q 256 MB of RAM O SVGA compatible monitor Q Mouse recommended Q On board BIOS
10. l vaso amp Partitioning Options F ation 0 horr E mal options _ Enable 64 EB clusters for FATTE Virtual mode ophlons Choose this option to enable 64 KB clusters lor FAT TS partitions with this Operation dependency options setting vou will be able to create FATTE partitione with capacity up to 4 GB Please note that only Windows HT family systems wall be able to access such partitions Lonhimations 7 Ask fot volume label before partition delete Ask confumation when convesting FATTE to FAT 32 This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during partitioning operations O Enable 64 KB cluster size for FAT16 Mark the checkbox to enable 64KB clusters for FAT16 partitions Thus you will be able to create FAT16 partitions up to 4GB in size Due to the maximum cluster size of 32KB for Windows 95 98 ME or MS DOS FAT16 partitions larger than 2GB are not reliably accessible under these operating systems O 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 O 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 sy
11. number of sectors to be reserved for the boot area on the partition with this spinner control Q The amount of root entries This parameter is available exclusively for FAT16 file system Set the maximum amount of files directories to be placed in the Root Directory on the FAT16 partition Q The amount of sectors per cluster Define the Cluster Size for the formatted partition with this spinner control N Number of available options depends on the selected file system type Pl i RESULT After the operation is completed you receive a fully functional partition formatted to the specified file system With the Delete Partition Dialog you can delete a partition on a hard disk partitioned with the DOS partitioning scheme Unlike the majority of other utilities Windows Disk Manager included the program can not only remove references to the deleted partition from the Partition Table thus making it unavailable for the operating system but also enables to irreversibly destroy its data This feature will guarantee security of your personal information DIALOG STARTUP In order to start the operation you should take the following steps Launcher 1 Selecta partition on the Disk Map 2 Callthe Delete Partition Dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it O Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Delete Partition Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved O Call the popup menu for the selected pa
12. Mode Floppy disk Hard disk A MER 5 Find OSes on your hard disks The Boot menu contains the following commands Q Normal Mode Boot into the Linux normal mode This mode uses the full set of drivers recommended O Safe 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 Q 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 O Floppy Disk Reboot the computer from a system floppy disk O Hard Disk 0 Boot from the primary hard disk Q 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 To automatically boot from the Wiping CD make sure the on board BIOS is set up to boot from CD first N While working with the Wiping CD you might experience some inconvenience caused by 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 i NORMAL MOD When the Normal mode is selected the Linux launch menu appears Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved IT his will launch Wipe Wizard To wipe har
13. Select a hard disk partition on the Disk Map 2 Callthe Edit View Sectors dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it Q Click the Disk View tab and then choose Disk Editor Q Select in the Main Menu Partition Hard Disk Edit View Sectors QO Call the popup menu for the selected partition hard disk right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Edit View Sectors Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Edit the sectors on Basic Hard Disk 0 S8T31560811A5 Curent sector e 0 of 312 581 807 s pappa a7 5 BB OxO000000000 eb 3 00 00 00 OD 00 00 00 OO OD OO Bl 00 00 OO OO OD OO DO OO OO OO 00 OO OO DO OO 0x00000000z0 00 DO 00 00 00 00 00 OO OO OU RR a oe dA 0x0000000030 00 f 0 Be d d bc OO 7c b 30 08 B35 B BB BO 0x0000000040 Be Be ef ld 00 b9 03 OO 32 6 ERE pb BB B 26 0x0000000050 bg 16 32 7c bb OO DI 50 cd 13 72 03 5 2 FB5 r x O0O0OUOSO 58 30 08 60 b e 03 33 db 66 65 XE E 0 Bb bie OxO000000070 7 BI c3 e2 3 b4 02 32 fE 33 Bb B BBB ZB3 x O O0O0DOUOSSO d J bd al tb ed 32 ff dl es 03 d bb ab b bb2bbb b OxO000000050 a 65 89 17 46 83 c3 02 eb fl 61 bt m F B bba OxD0000000A0 eF bf be dc bf bl 54 69 be 57 bParagon Loading x O0O0O0OB0 Ze 42 52 52 65 76 69 73 69 MBR Revisio OxO0000000C0 e fe ff fe FE ef ce fe ft n BPBBBBBBBBRBb Ox00000000D0 ef fe ff fe
14. 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 Launcher 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 Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved us Schedule virtual operations Al vitu operatore vou have made val be saved to the scheduler Mo operations will be applied Task name Scheduled Task Please specily how and when would you like to perform the task gt Shutdown system after canning out the lacks Run the lack on 22052008 2 at 00 00 Even 1 das Do not run the task alter L i b be Discard all operatore on close 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 Some features may be unavailable in the version of the product you have To learn more about it please consult the Disk Wiper Editions chapter SCRIPTING The program actions can also be represented in form of a script The script describes
15. a network share 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 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 restor
16. an OS failure happened in the middle of a data sensitive operation resize move merge redistribute change cluster size etc the program will ask to insert the bootable Wiping CD and automatically complete the interrupted operation thus reviving the corrupted partition It is strongly recommended to enable this option WIPE OPTIONS Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Edit settinps pepe r2 Wipe options Partboning ophons E mal options Die adt wipe method Mutual mode options Paragon s algorithm s Operation dependency oplions Algonthm consiste of the 4 passes At first ovenwnte each erased sector with a forcefully randomized 512 byte string new for each sector using stabe ol the at cryptographically secure pseudo random number generates CSPRHG After that Ovestwnte esch eased sector vath ts complement Then overwnte each sector with 512 byte CSPRNG string agam Forcelully randomized and different from the first pass and new for each sector Finally hill each erased sector vath Deb A mask Here you can set a specific data erasure algorithm that will be used by default during wipe operations A Some features may be unavailable in the version of the product you have To learn more about it N please consult the Disk Wiper Editions chapter PARTITIONING OPTIONS Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved S Edit settings General options
17. bar i e corresponding to a logical disk the Explorer Bar will display information on it as 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 O Volume label if available Q Type of the logical disk Q File system represented by the color of the graph and the selected bar Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Q 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 BUILDING WIPING MEDIA The Wiping Media Builder provides the possibility to prepare the Linux DOS wiping environment on external media CD DVD to boot and run utilities under Linux or PTS DOS and that way to get access to your hard disk for maintenance or recovery purposes Besides it enables to save data from partitions of your hard disk directly to compact discs or just burn ISO images STARTUP There are several ways to start the Wiping Media Builder Launcher O Inthe Main Menu select Tools gt Wiping Media Builder Q On the Common Tasks Bar click the Wiping Media Builder item of the Wizards menu SETUP The wizard offers the following steps to build wiping media
18. bars display the following information about physical disks O Manufacturer Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Q Model Small sized bars display the following information about logical disks O Serial number O Drive letter O Total size O 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 her Stuit E VL GE NTFS 7 Linux Ext3 E ReiS 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
19. critical to the platform operation is located in partitions but not in un partitioned or hidden sectors as this is the case with MBR 64 BIT SUPPORT Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved i w 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 with 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 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
20. ff ef ee fe ff bEbbbbbebbbhEbEB OxO0000000E0 ef fe ff ef fe ef ee fe ff BBBBBBBBBBBEBBER x 0ODOODOOOF ef fe ft m fe ff ef ee fe tf bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbh OxOO00000100 ef fe ff e fe f ef mee fe ff BEBBEBEEBREBEEEES OxGO00000110 ef fe f i te fi sf ee fe IE bEbEbbrebbbEREBBBER 0x0000000120 ef fe ff e fe ff ef ee fe ff BEbbbbEebbbbEbEEB 0x0000000130 ef fe ff fe Li ef ce fe ff BEEBEBERBERE BREE Ux0000000140 ef fe ft fe ft et fe tf bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbh 0x0000000150 ef fe ff fe f ef fe ff BBBBBBEBBBBEBBER 0x0000000160 ef Ox0000000170 ef Be cn oi EL J wh fe ft fe ff ef fe ff TEEEPEEEEEEEEEEE fe ff fe ff ef em fe ft BEREEEEEEEEEBEES 22222222222 2122222222221 Careless use of the Edit Sectors function may result in the irreversible data corruption SEND 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 In order to send log files to the Paragon Support Team you should take the following steps Launcher 1 Callthe Send Log Files dialog in the Main Menu Tools Send Log Files 2 Provide a customer name and a product serial nu
21. including hidden and unmounted modify and copy files and folders etc Paragon BTE technology to set tasks for execution in the Windows blue screen mode thus saving from the need to use a bootable media when modifying system partitions 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 Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved _ u J 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 Some features may be unavailable in the version of the product you have To learn more about it please consult the Disk Wiper Editions chapter SUPPORTED FILE SYSTEMS Paragon Disk Wiper 10 provides support of major file systems presented on the market today a a Full read write access to FAT16 FAT32 partitions Full read write access to NTFS Basic and all five types of Dynamic Disks under Windows 95 98 ME Linux and PTS DOS Compressed NTFS files are also supported Full read write access to Ext2FS Ext3FS partitions under all versions of Windows DOS 5 0 and later Basic partitioning operations create format
22. on portable computers Q Dynamic disks are not supported on Windows XP Home Edition based computers O You cannot create mirrored volumes or RAID 5 volumes on Windows XP Home Edition Windows 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 Some features may be unavailable in the version of the product you have To learn more about it N please consult the Disk Wiper Editions chapter 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 Q Upto 128 primary partitions for the Windows implementation only 4 in MBR O The maximum allowed partition size is 18 exabytes only 2 terabytes in MBR Q More reliable thanks to replication and cyclic redundancy check CRC protection of the partition table Q Awell defined and fully self identifying partition format data
23. 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 Launcher 1 Make sure the virtual mode of execution is enabled 2 Carry out with the program all operations you need to be scripted 3 Callthe Generate Script dialog in the Main Menu Tools Generate Script Copyright O 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved wm 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 Ce Generale zcnpt Al virtu operabons you have made wil be waten to the scnpl Mo operabons wall be applied Please specily a name for the task scnpt file scr 280807 105130203 pel 7 Add to Task List 1 More opore O 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 fo
24. to choose a folder where the program will be installed By default the installation folder will be created as C Program Files Paragon Software Paragon Disk Wiper 10 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 Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 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 7 Copying Files The Copying Files page shows the overall progress of the installation Click the Cancel button to abort the setup 8 Finishing the Installation The Final page reports the end of the setup process Click the Finish button to complete the wizard STARTING THE PROGRAM UNDER WINDOWS To start Paragon Disk Wiper 10 under Windows please click the Windows Start button and then select Programs Paragon Software Paragon Software Disk Wiper The first component that will be displayed is called the Launcher In general it enables to run wizards and utilities to specify program settings to visualize the operating environment and the hard disk configuration to launch the help system o
25. v Copy partition Copy partition Conect BCD Mes Sees C erat Res ass 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 You won t be notified if an operation requires the system restart Some features may be unavailable in the version of the product you have To learn more about it please consult the Disk Wiper Editions chapter GETTING INFORMATION ON DISKS The main tool to 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 available if the Properties tab is selected Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Basic Hard Disk 1 FUJITSU MPF3102AT Type Basic Hard Dick Drive Total size 35 GE Sectors per track 63 Heads 255 Cylinders 1245 fipe Hard Disk Wipe cut your sencitne data from the entre had disk You can ure one of the predehined wpe akgonthmz or creste your own Warning
26. 2008 Mac OS X and Linux O Support of the latest Linux kernel It offers support of a wider range of hardware configurations including the brand new Intel ICH9 chipset O Integration of the Linux DOS wiping media directly to the installation package You can now burn it with the Wiping Media Builder any time you want O Acontext sensitive hint system for all functions of the program You can now get a detailed description to any setting control or field of the program just by clicking the hint button and then the object you need DISK WIPER EDITIONS The product is being released in several editions Personal and Professional which vary in price and provided functionality O The Personal edition does not enable to use national government and military data erasure standards but only two wipe algorithms Paragon s and customized O The Personal edition does not support dynamic disks O The Personal edition does not support scripting i e it cannot perform batch tasks in the unattended mode O Generate Script Save to Scheduler Send Log Files and View Logs program s dialogs are unavailable in the Personal edition O There is no possibility to send notifications by e mail on the carried out operations in the Personal edition Copyright O 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved rr s Please take into consideration the mentioned above peculiarities of the certain versions when N working with the program PRO
27. 22 PO B a E E 23 Lepena bere i ina 25 SUS A i i 25 SE EINES SOR EET ER 25 Ta sez RB layu e oT TE TU mm 25 WEE OS RC 26 PAPE ME OUI OOO E T HR 27 SII STR CONS NEP tect east atte T m 28 Viroa Mode ONG ERE 30 Operon Dependency Eolo d CETTE OT ra 30 Getting Information on DISKS RTT TETTE 31 Building Wiping IVIedldiisssiuese ma v EadirisP e piU PES UE CHDV UEREI Ea IUS sat ERI RS ERU FIP SUPR ERU EV ROS Tu EI TE Ta M VE STREET UNI NES S essence ness 33 Partition MaBDaPemelib o eri uvopee Tia ye ade ov GR nonna FIRES Y vE V T0 0E SS pUST FIR EPIS a Vl SaaS Re FE na E ER UE T risi 34 Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved wm Basic Partitioning Operations rire 34 Hard BBIES SUERTE ETT mr 39 Updetne IV Basses cess edem ie cece obtu tario aaa 40 PAUSINI DTE m 40 DE eere ue E C C O 44 Seite STIMmetabe EE 44 Manac I ALE RA 45 Credting a Scheduled Task ae aaa 46 SOIP EE RET ir EO A RR n ti 47 Extra Pulict nallBy camion alici ira dicasi ia dna 49 View Partitions Hard DISK PrODETUES os cawidcsicaniarduenatdcartincuecerwaneswiennddcaucnwtaciosacncbwmnites sadwadecpanneudeanoatdsatnootenaseaelacaasaalaiennalavas 49 ureigyM 2 OUD NM
28. All the data on the hard disk will be lost without any poszsbilty to restore Z 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 O Type of hard disk basic or dynamic O Total size in GB Q Information 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 Logical Disk G Volume letter 3 Seral number 4393E ABT Volume label FAT 32 LIMLEs Partition ID 0B FAT32 Type Primary Total size amp 8 GB File system FAT Used space 27 GB Sectors per boot 35 Free space 4 1 GB Sectors per cluster Aclbwitp Inactive Gi Hidden state Hot hidden Wipe Partition Wipe cut yow sensitive data from the selected parilion You can ure one of the predefined vape algorithm o creale pour own Warming All the data all be lost vathout any possibility to restore When you select a small sized
29. 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 Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved wm et SUPPORTED FILE SYSTEMS xd The program provides the ability to format partitions of the following file systems FAT12 amp FAT16 FAT32 NTFS Ext2 Ext3 Linux Swap v 2 HPFS This operation can be accomplished either with the Format Partition Dialog DIALOG STARTUP In order to start the operation you should take the following steps Launcher 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Format Partition Dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it O Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Format Partition O Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button then select the menu item Format Partition 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 Are you sure you want lo formal not formatted volume on disk 17
30. DUCT COMPONENTS In order to cope with different tasks the product contains several components O 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 the required tasks O Linux DOS based Wiping CD is a multi platform bootable media that enables to run utilities under Linux or PTS DOS 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 disks However there can be some difficulties with detecting new hardware DOS in its turn has no problems of that kind but is limited in features The Linux DOS Wiping CD requires no installation and can be of great help when the system fails to boot Besides it offers a Windows XP like environment FEATURES OVERVIEW This chapter dwells upon key benefits and technical highlights of the product KEY FEATURES Let us list some of the key features USER FRIENDLY FAULT MINIMIZING INTERFACE O Graphical representation of the data to gain a better understanding O Ahandy launcher to easily find and run the required tasks O Comprehensive wizards to simplify even the most complex operations O A context sensitive hint system for all functions of the program O Previewing the resulting layout of hard disks before actually executing operations so called virtual operations PARTITION HARD DISK MANAGEMENT FACILITIES O Basic function
31. Oxffffffff to the target data area then 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 0x00 OxFF 0x00 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 Q Overwrite each sector with a forcefully randomized 512 byte string new for each sector using CSPRNG cryptographically secure pseudo random number generator Q Overwrite each erased sector with its complement
32. Paracon G PARAGON Technologie GmbH Systemprogrammierung Man Gay 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 PARAGON DISK WIPER 10 USER MANUAL CONTENTS MELE DOCG TION meet i e A 5 What s New in DISK Wiper 10 oiprd diva ees uw su Ses Li Ogev REP liana aa 5 Disk Wiper EOIHIORS auesciiruiie ie agri RES IFTR SIE IREE DiSENEIUISEIR SRI I ESTE UE 5 Product COmDOHBBeESoceiioieir idum esr Parco RU EE deo aio n CM NOE 6 Foar 292U lag ls 6 AS urine 6 User Friendly Fault Minimizing Interface coss ressent eue qudtFUV EFE MH Rug Ser RERUNFTER Ser EU Eu RU ewe Ee IMS Dux ie veta vv gr PR Sex E En Cu Ex ani 6 Partition Hard Disk Management Facilities ennnnnnnnnnnnenennnnnnnnnhnet sss sensn ains aereas ananas 6 MARO SRI LIB SI ENTE OTRO 6 PURO ATI ZANE Eae lE Om 7 Ubriaco 7 Supported TechHOlOEBI8S sez 7 Supported File SYSTEMS ioo diee dodi s gati Frases va mata E exc esita rear pai 8 Suppor ed Bio PR TT EDT TEILE 8 Getting Started iii ira dS buses io ae eN Disque si or eaca Ri qe rr 8 System COLIC INC INES 2 0252 1 009S End OxV FPE Fa Flu acu 10000 9900 0060 910 eat allaccia no 8 Windows based set Of utilitieS i 8 Linux DOS Based Wiping CD resan
33. Q Overwrite each sector with a 512 byte string CSPRNG again forcefully randomized and different from the first pass and new for each sector Q 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 N sectors discovered during the operation are to be logged to keep the user informed since these sectors may contain classified information All of the above mentioned data erasure standards are implemented in the program Besides the user has 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 Some features may be unavailable in the version of the product you have To learn more about it N please consult the Disk Wiper Editions chapter 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 hav
34. Time Algorithm Info Save Hard Disk Info Basic Hard Disk 1 FUJITSU MPF3102AT igin 95668 Logical Disk Ha 22 05 2007 12 30 58 22 05 2007 12 33 23 To continue click Next 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 Repot Disk Viewer Sector 1 of 851445 0x0000 22 05 J iF D2 DF 3 AS 87 OB 7a Ox0010 83 40 7C 33 9F FB 75 07 02 C3 99 Ox0070 0A 7E 55 FE AZ 24 C4 B 4D CF 3C Ox0030 DA 48 17 AD 11 28 CS 4E FD 16 90 x 4 58 68 25 69 OA E6 48 55 47 9B 30 0x0050 AC 68 D FS 1E 7D F3 F4 1 C9 BS Ux0060 839 Esa 23 EZ 2E Cl C9 B3 94 AC FC 0x0070 32 02 85 2C 3 E2 BS 2A 4A 86 Ad Ox0080 50 25 FF 9 4H D4 20 AZ C9 80 65 0x0090 E4 47 06 2C 3D 35 DC CO BO DE CF Ux00A0 58 59 31 73 55 55 87 25 55 51 50 DOx B U C9 20 52 51 14 11 35 08 BS OF 65 Cx00C0 4E 82 DC 13 C3 44 18 9A SD 3H CA 0x00D0 BE EB E OF 04 Bd JA ES 58 AS AD 0x00E0 8B DF 79 68 ES CA Ed AG 45 34 AS Dx ODEDU 3 1F EB D7 ES F 38 5D 06 IF SE 0x0100 6B CE 02 BS E6 38 48 28 B9 B B3 Ox0l110 B 18 4B 29 CB CC 95 61 82 ES Be Dx0120 4C Esa 98 FO FO 5C 71 6C 1D DA 6D 0x0130 67 ES F 48 JE FS Fa ES OF 06 84 amp Flease select sector number 1 j G First a Pievi To continue c
35. To begin click Next 6 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 N Partition Status System root Type 1 Disk0 Partition S B WINDOWS For the highlighted Windows installation please point aut tive operation to perform TD Correct drive leners in the System Registry 9 Edit the Boot ini file Q Correct the partition boot record Adjust 05 io boot on new hardware To continue click Next 7 Examine the file maybe that s where the problem is If it contains a mistake correct it by using the appropriate buttons Edit the Boot ini file on Hard Disk 0 Partition 0 boot loader timeoutz 10 defaults multi kdisk brdisk Opartition WINDOWS operating systems multi disk rdisk partitioni 1H WINDOWS z Paragon VMWare Windows XP Partition 01 fastdetect 1 Copy insert the sample ae sample 8 If the Boot ini file does not contain any mistake please return to th
36. ackupCapsul Ho label 10 0 Gb Hone Primary Free 17 2 Gb Hone 10 Click the Edit Letters button to correct an existing drive letter or assign a new one in the Windows System Registry um Partibns List Drive letters Basic Disk 0 pies ge Ca al Recommended to try C If used you can release it in Letters Map 11 Once you ve assigned the appropriate drive letter close the dialog then click the Apply button Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 12 Confirm the operation j Apply the changes Lv 13 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 HE Reporting Report Paragon Boot Canectors Report Operations periormed Operation 1 Change drive letters Partition targeted Hard disk 0 Partition 0 Info System Root folder is Status Successful Date and Time 2009 Jan 14 Wed 16 14 16 14 Click the Finish button to close Boot Corrector 15 Eject the CD 16 Reboot the computer Some features may be unavailable in the version of the product you have To learn more about it please consult the Disk Wiper Editions chapter COPYING OF DATA FROM THE CORRUPTED SYSTEM DISK TO ANOTHER HARD DISK To retrieve valuable i
37. al 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 a NAVSOP 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 Copyright O 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Q NAVSO P 5239 26 for MFM encoded drives At first to write the fixed value
38. an read it and follow external links from to get additional information Disk View Scheduled Tasks Help Graracort Paragon Disk Wiper 10 SOFTWARE GROUP NS Version information Paragon Disk Wiper version 10 build 8101 16 04 09 Professional Components versions Paragon Bass Services Library version 1 1 build 8101 15 04 09 hdm dll version 9 0 ralaaze 9 buld 501 biont dll varion 9 0 ralenza 93 build 9501 blonteys version 9 0 ralanaza 33 build 3701 Support links Contact Information To easily navigate through browsed pages the program provides the following functionality BUTTON FUNCTIONALITY xy Return to the previously browsed page Copyright O 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Open the next browsed page Stop loading the current page Refresh the contents of the current page Some features may be unavailable in the version of the product you have To learn more about it N please consult the Disk Wiper Editions chapter 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 Linux ReiserFS Mac HFS STATUS BAR This is the
39. arios that may be accomplished with the program You can find here useful recommendations and descriptions of operations RECOVERY SCENARIOS FIXING MBR AFTER A BOOT VIRUS ATTACK Let s assume that the MBR Master Boot Record of your hard disk has been corrupted as a result of a boot virus attack thus your system fails to boot To fix the MBR of your hard disk please do the following 1 Insert Paragon Linux DOS Wiping CD the BIOS must be enabled to boot the system from the CD DVD device 2 Restart the computer Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 3 Inthe boot menu select Normal Mode to use the Linux wiping environment more preferable or Safe Mode to use the PTS DOS wiping environment in case you ve got problems with Linux Moreover you ve got the option to boot into the Low Graphics Safe Mode PTS DOS safe mode to cope with a serious hardware incompatibility 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 The PC booting amp Safe Mode will be proceeded in amp Low Graphics Safe Mode B8 seconds Floppy disk amp Hard disk H HBR Find OSes on your hard disks N N By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period Pli 4 Inthe Linux launch menu select Boot Corrector You can find it in PTS DOS as well c P Boot Corrector a
40. atabase C3 Favorites C3 Local Settings 2 My Documents Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Click the Calc button to estimate the resulted data size 8 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 want to save your data to local mounted or physical partition to USB or FireWare external drives and to a mounted network share You will be prompted to choose a location you want 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 9 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 to burn data to volume labet 10 On the Transfer Summary page check all parameters of the operation Click the Next button to accomplish the operation 11 In the Progress window you can see in real time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program Operations list Suboperation progress 1 Transfer user data _mk Time elapsed 00 00 07 Time to finish 00 00 16 Copied so far 5 0 Mb To copy 12 0 Mb Overall progress Creatin
41. 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 gt 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 GENERAL OPTIONS Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved amp Edit settings General opion E era orione 25 General options Partition optare E mail options Enable data loss protection Virtual mode aphi ns Choose this option to ensure hat no data val be lost d system unexpected goes Operation dependency options down because of powes shortage etc This section contains a set of general options that will be taken into account during any operation carried out with the program O Enable data loss protection Mark the checkbox to make the program work in the fail safe mode also referred to as the data loss protection mode which ensures reliability for operations by maintaining a special journal In case of a hardware malfunction power outage or
42. ces Cal jmntidisk Local disks NP media Removable disks 4l IDE CD DVD HECVMWa VMware IDE CORI Mii NTFS 0 or Disk 0 WinXxPi Sa DA NTFS lon disk 0 Application E BackupCapsule 2 on Disk 0 UFSD di Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved m 8 Select files you want to copy and place them to Clipboard by pressing the left arrow button Clipboard Source 73 Imntdiskhdal Documents and Settin C3 mntdiskihdal Documents and Settin c3 C3 Application Data C3 E Mail Database C3 Favorites O Local Settings O My Documents wt Total data size nja Rename FE Delete F8 Click the Calc button to estimate the resulted data size 9 Onthe Select Destination Type choose the way the data will be stored Select the Save data to any local drive or a network share item Please select how would you like to save the data 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 to USB or FireWare external drives and to a mounted network share You will be prompted to choose a kx ation you want 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 10 On the Select Destination Path page select a hard disk to copy the data to by pressing the standard browse button
43. contans a fle system nol supported by your operating system Assign the Following dwe letter DEI 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 3222224224492432292422 2 92272798892223722222N22022222 2222247 22722292222229282222228H2222B22222222222 022222222222222222222222224222222822222222222222222222222G22283H2722089222728089222022222222082222222222222222922222222222222222228922222222229888222 22222298222222222299422242222222242222222222422222224222244422222244 uumuuu rrr CE CELLE LELE RICE LESLIE LELE GG GG GU S M S GN GR GOGH M M G G GG In order to un mount a partition you should take the following steps Launcher 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Remove Drive Letter dialog to define appropriate settings There are several ways to do it O Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Remove Drive Letter Q Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Remove Drive Letter 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved UN 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 prope
44. d Paragon Disk Wiper disk or partimion just follow instructions in the wiz ard All drives including NTFS are already mounted as c di e et ol File Transfer Wizard Boot Corrector Log Saver d Start the command line Reboot the computer Power off CE QO Wipe Wizard enables to destroy all on disk information or only remnants of deleted files directories O File Transfer Wizard allows coping files folders to another disk or a partition as well as recording them to CD DVD O Log Saver helps to collect and send the necessary log files to the Technical Support O Command Line allows experienced users to execute any operation O Reboot the computer O 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 the Log Saver command Besides due to certain limitations of the PTS DOS environment there is no possibility to burn CD DVD disks CELERE LELE LELE CE LELE RR EEE LELE 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 Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Disk Hiper 18 Professional This will launch Hipe Hizard To wipe har
45. d disk WE File Transfer Wizard or partition just follow 2 Boot Corrector instructions in the wizard m Start the command line 8 Reboot the computer 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 resurrected from their deleted state with minim
46. ding 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 Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 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 A Some features may be unavailable in the version of the product you have To learn more about it please consult the Disk Wiper Editions chapter EXTRA FUNCTIONALITY This chapter describes the supplementary functionality available in the program 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 There are several ways to get properties on a partition hard disk Launcher 1 Choose a partition hard disk on the Disk Map then select in the Main Menu Partition Hard Disk Properties 2 Call the popup menu for the selected partition hard disk right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Properties General File Susteminio Advanced Logical Disk C Volume label System File syst
47. dual data verification or not specifying the percentage of sectors to check 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 In case you decide to wipe the on partition data as well the operation will take much longer depending on the set wipe parameters HARD DISK MANAGEMENT Copyright O 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved wm In this chapter you will find all the information necessary to carry hard disk operations supported by the program Update MBR Convert to Basic Change Primary Slot 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 Callthe Update MBR dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it O Select in the Main Menu Hard Disk gt Update MBR O Call the popup menu for the selected hard disk right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Update MBR Are you sure pou want to update the master boot record The curent MBA contents for hard deck number O well be lost alter this operastion Your compute
48. e Correct Windows Installations page to correct drive letters in the Windows System Registry Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved PN Correct Windows installations SU Program has searched for valid Windows installations on your DI computer The results of the search you can see below Status 5 refer io a system partition you can edit the Boot ini file B a boot partition you can correct the System Registry M jParon EA System mot Type 1 Disk 0 Partition 0 SB WINDOWS WinXP For the highlighted Windows installation please _ paint out the operation to perform e Correct drive eters in the System Registry Edit the Boot ini file O Correct the partition boot record Adjust Q5 to boot on new handware To continue click Next 9 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 Partitions List Leners Map Below you can choose a hard disk drive and see all partitions on it Information about drive letters assigned io these partitions is taken from the System Registry of the Windows installation selected Basic Disk 0 w 400 Gb VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive N Type Active File System Volume label Size Drive eters O Primary NTFS WinXP 3 0 Gb C Primary NTFS Application 9 8Gb E Primary B
49. e a maximum of four primary partitions one of which can be Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved wan extended partition with logical drives However these operating 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 Q Dynamic disks are not supported
50. e mail address that has been assigned by the Internet Service Provider or organization s e mail administrator My outgoing 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 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 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 Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved By clicking the link at the bottom of the window you can jump to the Operation Dependency Options Some features may be unavailable in the version of the product you have To learn more about it please consult the Disk Wiper Editions chapter VIRTUAL MODE OPTIONS Edit settings 3 Virtual mode options Opes alice mode Vitual mode options 7 Allow vatual mode Operat
51. e space after the partion OME 1 678 MB Please select ie system for new partion FATTE Please enter new volume label Please specily dine letter Hone 1 More opbonz O 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 O Partition Size Define the size in Mb of the new partition O Free space before Define the position in Mb of the new partition relative to the beginning of the block of free space O Free space after Define the amount of trailing free space in Mb at the end of the new partition Copyright O 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 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 O 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 O Volume label Enter a label for the selected partition in this textual field It is an irrel
52. e 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 because its accidental modification usually makes a partition unusable 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 Copyright O 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved E he triad of val
53. ed 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 9 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 gt Manage Services find Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service and make it active Set also to start it automatically 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 Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved You can find a name of the tool you need here http kb paragon software com 11 When running 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
54. em NTFS Type Pray Capacity 122GB 13 152 130 454 Bytes zh 6G 872 Sectors In the opened dialog information will be grouped according to its properties thus by clicking tabs you can get information you need Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved MOUNT PARTITION The program enables to assign or remove drive letters of existing formatted partitions IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILTITIIIIPIILIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITIIPIPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILIIIIIIIIIIIILIIIIIIIIIIIPIPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITT ASSIGN DRIVE LETTER In order to mount a partition you should take the following steps Launcher 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Add Drive Letter dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it QO Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Assign Drive Letter O Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Assign Drive Letter 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 Assign a drive letter Thi allows access to the volume by using the dere letter assigned The acsigneent is not recommended i Ihe volume
55. end Disk Map Location Help Help About Get in depth information on the properties of selected partition Manage the Tool Bar representation show hide standard and navigation buttons text labels and large icons Display the Status Bar Display the Common Tasks Bar Display the Disk Map legend Select whether the Disk Map will be located on the top of the main window or at the bottom 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 Bi N Some features may be unavailable in the version of the product you have To learn more about it please consult the Disk Wiper Editions chapter TOOL BAR The Toolbar provides fast access to the most frequently used operations BUTTON FUNCTIONALITY rZ Wipe a hard disk or partition Copyright O 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 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 operations immediately but places them on the List of Pending Operations for later execution The Virtual Operations Bar enables to manage pending operations FUNCTIONALITY Cancel the last virtual operation on the Lis
56. est note it would be a devistion from US DoD 5220 22 M 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 paranmelesz Mask od Passcount 1 Mask 00 lt Passcount 1 Mask 00 Pass court T Past count forthe group of pattems 1 C Very wipe results Percentage of sectors to check 1 O Revise your changes This page informs on all the actions to be made in the wizard in a bright graphical form Tour hard disk before the changes Hand Disk 1 al a o Other Stutt E IBBRGBNIFS Your hard disk after the changes Basic Hard Disk 1 ST3160815A5 Ber EE GB NTFS mom ee 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 Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Report Disk Viewer Hard Disk Capacity Serial Number General Info Object Free Space Only Start Time End
57. evant parameter usually used for drive identification O 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 v Use QS bust in foerat routine Please select surlace test level Mone w Plaare select number ol sechs pes cluster 64 w Pieace select number ol sectors per book Please select number of root entrees 512 Restore delauits O Use OS built in routine Mark the option to restrict the available values according to the used OS O Whether the surface test will be performed Define the level of the surface check to make the program find bad and unstable sectors and mark them unusable in the file system metadata Q The amount of sectors per boot This parameter is available exclusively for FAT16 and FAT32 file systems Set the number of sectors to be reserved for the boot area on the partition with this spinner control Q The amount of root entries This parameter is available exclusively for FAT16 file system Set the maximum amount of files directories to be placed in the Root Directory on the FAT16 partition Q The amount of sectors per cluster Define the
58. g compilation image Used burner DVD RW AD 7170A Vendor Optiarc Session opening Data burning 12 After the operation is completed close the wizard by pressing the appropriate button 13 Eject the CD 14 Turn off the computer HARD DISK UTILIZATION Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved E To irreversibly destroy all on disk information without any possibility to recover and that way providing the maximum level of security please do the following 1 Launch the Wipe Wizard There are several ways to do it Launcher Inthe Main Menu select Wizards gt Wipe Hard Disk or Partition O Onthe Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 2 Select a hard disk the data of which you want to wipe out Please choose an object for vaping It can be a whole hard dick a single partition of a block of unallocaled space You can sel to wipe al data on the partition ce onb unoccupied space on it see the next step Basic Hard Disk 0 Maxtor 7r250P0 t Local Disk F 243 7 GB NTFS Basic Hard Disk 1 ST3160815A5 135 Ml 634GB NTFS tjj Othe 66 GB NTFS 3 On the Wipe Mode page select the wipe out all the data to irreversible destroy all on disk information Wipe cut all the data Choose this opion i you want to deshoy completely all the data on the selected object O Clear vape free space Choose the oplion f you want to deshoy the traces of data that may have bee
59. 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 regular basis For example when a specific project is being developed on a computer on a day to day basis and a clear free space operation is made every evening so as to destroy any remnants of deleted files directories left on disk thus maintaining confidentiality 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 Some features may be unavailable in the version of the product you have To learn more about it please consult the Disk Wiper Editions chapter WINDOWS COMPONENTS In the given section you can find all the infor
60. hat 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 10 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 answers to many of the technical questions which might arise while using the program WHAT S NEW IN DISK WIPER 10 Q Support of the Windows Installer MSI package It is the latest engine for the installation maintenance and removal of software on Windows based operating systems With its help you can now install the product remotely or in the silent mode make use of powerful deployment capabilities etc O Improved 64 bit support You don t need to reboot your computer from the Wiping CD every time an operation cannot be accomplished under 64 bit Windows any more The program will automatically reboot to a special mode to complete the operation Q Support of 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 Server
61. i e rin 9 Installing the Program under WINKOWG csccsccsccccsccsceccecccceccececcscccceccsccccnccsceccssescescececcucescescsceccusesceess 9 Starting the Program under WINKOWG cecceccsccccsccsccccsccsceccsccccnccececcnccccnccsceccncescescsceccecesceccscescusesceess 10 Booting from the Linux DOS Wiping CD csscccssscsssccsssccsssccessccssccnssscescecsccenessescecescenesseussseuscesesseues 10 Sei Uh POC ieu RI TT IE TT OTT 10 POOL METU p M 10 Basic Ge de lo e RETE T T M M MT 13 Copyright O 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Esgr e6 hsulcerlem RR RETTP OO 13 Data Security StandardS esesesesesesesesesesesesesesesesssososesosoeoeoeoeseoeoececececececesesesssesssssesssesesesoeosososoeosceceseses 13 DVRMICDS TANT UTI STR 14 GPT VERSUS NIBR e 15 64 bit SUDDOFE snc 15 SCREdUlit macina 16 WINGOWS COMDONentS iian aan 16 SINE ACC OV CIO eec e M 16 GENerdl L S Te TU ET E 16 NUN II eT 18 ler m H 20 VIP CS AUS er Ee 21 ro palate DEC Cr ODE 21 SE eR e
62. ion dependency oplion Set this option on lo cary out all he operations virtually You will be able to commi the changes or roliback all of them or the Last one If pou swatch the option off the operations vell be canad out mmedeately Close progress dialog automatically Set this option on to automatically clone the progress dialog alter comimatting the changes In this section you may configure the virtual mode O 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 N We strongly recommend you to enable this mode O Close progress dialog automatically Mark the checkbox to automatically close the progress dialog after accomplishing operations OPERATION DEPENDENCY OPTIONS Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved E Edit settings General ophang Wipe options Partition opliont E mad oplions Please select a task to be camed oul when one or more ol the folowing operations Virtual mode oplons are commilled Saat Perform the task Send emal notification peration vr Adjust DS to boot on new hardware TW Backup partition c dick v Boot record comechon v Change NTFS version 7 Change SID Check file system 4 Compact MFT v Convert Dynamic Disk to Basic
63. l when the Scheduled Tasks list contains too many items Pl You can also enable disable rename delete refresh or modify properties of the selected task TASK EDITO With the Task Editor you can easily modify properties of scheduled tasks To do that you should take the following steps Launcher 1 Select a task on the Scheduled Tasks list 2 Call the Task Editor dialog There are several ways to do it Q Click the Properties button on the Scheduled Tasks list Q Call the popup menu for the selected task right click of the mouse button then select the menu item Properties Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Task Properties Backup of System C N General Schedule Program ftware H aed Disk Manager 2009 Suite program scnpts exe Sept kk Manager 2009 Sute scriptescet_ 1709081 20500445 pal Backup has been scheduled 17 09 2008 15 05 03 3 n the opened dialog window you can see two tabs General and Schedule Click the General tab to modify Q Full path to the macro command program interpreter which describes the scheduled task Q Command line for starting the interpreter i e the task described in macro language O Comments referring to the task O 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
64. lick Next OLE gt ele ell Heroda quad aioe al oggi The Summary page will be available only when the Virtual operations are disabled Some features may be unavailable in the version of the product you have To learn more about it please consult the Disk Wiper Editions chapter Available operation scenarios Hard Disk Utilization Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 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 items in the Schedule type menu Q 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 QO Initiating the operation periodically i e Daily Weekly Monthly Please specily how and when would you ike to perform the task ing out the lacks ak You need to select one of the variants Depending on your choice the scheduler displays a form that enables to set a timetable Please speci how and when would you kke to perform the task i
65. llows you to cure the majority Paragon Disk Wiper of boot problems for Windows 2000 XP Server OOS Win Vista 2008 Senenin 7 The key advantage of Boot Corrector is that it can correct the Windows System Registry without Windows loaded It also helps with other File Transfer Wizard operating systems when common boot problems take place Boot Corrector Log Saver Start the command line Heboot the computer Power off 5 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page select the Correct the Master Boot Record MBR option Pease choose the operation Search for Windows installations to correct Correct the Master Boot Record MBR CJ Correct the partition boot record O Modify partition parameters C Correct boot parameters boot ini BCD To begin click Next Copyright O 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 6 Onthe next page choose the required hard disk from the pull down list if several and then select the Update the MBR Y executable code option Please choose the hard disk to correct boot problems Please point out the operation to perform Q View the MER 9 Update the MBR executable code Q Reorder primary partitions change slots 7 Confirm the operation j Update the MBR executable code of the Basic Disk 0 40 0 Gb 8 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
66. mation 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 The main component of the program 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 Copyright O 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved f A The Launcher s window can be conditionally subdivided into several sections that differ in their purpose and functionality irtual Operations Bar I 250P0 e wipe Dnk or Partion a Type Bane Hard Disk Dire s ys Seriot pei track 63 Wipo Hard Disk Wipe cu your sensitive dala trom the enter haed disk Tou cagiiitrr one Warming Al the data on the hard disk veli be lost ion ar ovibilty to mite E Data Senden Methodology Cu Scapt Manual lg Second HDD F Ml 2337 GENTES Basie Hard Disk 1 5T31508154A5 M Bl Applications splic 0 Il Miss l Per GB NTFS H rc mame Of 1 Main Menu 2 Tool Bar 3 Vir
67. mber 3 Give a detailed description on the encountered problem Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Send log files Please enter short description of your problem and send log Iles to support Customer Name John Smith Sena Number PLSIHASb29 42F J2 EEBA3 B 32D Content of inquiry The quick brown fox pumps over the lazy dog 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 Log files are simple textual files that can be opened by any text editor There are several log files automatically generated by the program Stubact log Contains in depth information on parameters and performance of all operations carried out by the program Pwlog txt Besides brief overview on operations it also contains detailed information about the state of all hard disks l Contains low level information on the CD DVD devices used in the system BioNTlog txt or It isan OS dependent supplementary log file derived from Bioxx dll It may contain valuable Bio95log txt information on Windows family operating systems 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 Set
68. me 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 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 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 Number 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
69. n Methodology eo lt lt Script Manual Starting the Wipe Wizard to help destroy all on disk information or only remnants of deleted files directories Starting the Wiping Media Wizard to create a Linux DOS bootable media which can be used to get access to your hard disk for maintenance or recovery purposes Launching the help system you can also do it by pressing F1 Opening the page which contains information about the program This page will be displayed in the Explorer Bar Opening a brief review on the Data Sanitization issue Opening a brief review on the Paragon Scripting Language Some features may be unavailable in the version of the product you have To learn more about it please consult the Disk Wiper Editions chapter 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 Diis Man Basic Hard Disk 1 ST3160815A5 Syste Applications D E 135G 534 GB NTFS Other Stuff E 66 GB NTFS Large sized
70. n left alter an ordinary delete 4 On the 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 Specie ipis US DoD 5220 22 M C Create your own Data Sanitization method Tou can creste pour own Data Senitizalion method 5 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 Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved i Wipe method US DoD 5220 22 M Overwnte al addiessable locations vath a character ts complement then a random character and verily Erase passes count 3 Venly passes count 1 Verniy wipe results Percentage of sectors to check 100 Approximate ape bine 04 09 20 You can skip vestying completely cr parti by disabling it oc reducing percentage of sectors bo check Please note t would be a deviation from US DoD 5220 22 M 6 Reviewall parameters of the operation and modify them if necessary our hand disk before the changes Basic Hard Disk 0 Maxtor 7Y250PU Local Disk F E 2 37 GE NTFS C
71. nformation from your hard disk and copy it to another hard disk when the system fails to boot please do the following 1 Connectthe second hard disk to the computer 2 Insert Paragon Linux DOS Wiping CD the BIOS must be enabled to boot the system from the CD DVD device 3 Restart the computer 4 Inthe boot menu select Normal Mode to use the Linux wiping environment more preferable or Safe Mode to use the PTS DOS wiping environment in case you ve got problems with Linux Moreover you ve got the option to boot into the Low Graphics Safe Mode PTS DOS safe mode to cope with a serious hardware incompatibility 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 Copyright O 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved F Normal Mode The PC boot ing amp Safe Mode will be proceeded in amp Low Graphics Safe Mode 88 seconds amp Floppy disk 5 Hard disk H MER 5 Find OSes on your hard disks 5 Copy your files or foklers to another disk partition or folder with File Transfer Wizard Start the command line G3 Heboot the computer Power off 6 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 7 Select a disk where the files you need are stored from the pull down list in the right pane of the page Source P My computer wf i Root din WI My Computer My computer w imnt Mounted resour
72. ng combinations of partitions cannot be created O Two Extended Partitions on one hard disk O Five or more Primary partitions on one hard disk O Ifthere is an Extended Partition on the disk only three Primary partitions are allowed Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 4 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 DIALOG STARTUP In order to start the operation you should take the following steps Launcher 1 Select a block of free space on the Disk Map 2 Call the Create Partition Dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it O Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Create Partition O Call the popup menu for the block of free space right click of the mouse button then select the menu item Create Partition 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 Li Are you sure you want lo creale a new partition on dizk 17 You are about to create a new partition in an Unallocated 1 6 GBana Please the select size Barc Hard Disk 1 FUJITSU MPF3102AT Create lhe mew partibon as a Primary partition v Please specily the new partition size 1686 7MB 1BB5 MB Please specily se of ree space before the pabhorc 0 OMB 1570 MB Please specily se of re
73. 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 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved
74. nux wiping environment since it s the only mode that enables to burn CD DVD discs I Normal Mode The PC boot ing amp Safe Mode will be proceeded in amp Low Graphics Safe Mode B8 seconds Floppy disk amp Hard disk H MBR Find OSes on your hard disks By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period Pli 4 Inthe Linux launch menu select the File Transfer Wizard You can find the same wizard in PTS DOS as well Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Copy your files or foklers io another disk partition of folder with File Transfer Wizard File Transfer Wizard amp Boot Corrector T Log Saver Start the command line 5 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 6 Select a disk where the files you need are stored from the pull down list in the right pane of the page Source C NTFS 0 on Disk 0 WinXP M My computer wf i Root dir My Computer My computer Wi jmn Mounted resources W imnidisk Local disks fl media Removable disks i IDE CD DVD NECVMWa Vitware IDE CORI Dor Disk 0i Wink g DA NTFS lon Bisk 0 Application S E BackupCapsule 2 on Disk 0 UFSD di ranging Fo Delete FE 7 Select files you want to copy and place them to Clipboard by pressing the left arrow button lipboard Source Imntdiskihdal Documents and Settin Imntidisk hd al Documents and Senin C3 E Mail D
75. ode to cope with a serious hardware incompatibility 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 Normal Mode The PC boot ing amp Safe Mode will be proceeded in amp Low Graphics Safe Mode B8 seconds Floppy disk amp Hard disk H HBR Find OSes on your hard disks N By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period In the Linux launch menu select Boot Corrector You can find it in PTS DOS as well _ Boot Corrector allows you to cure the majority Paragon Disk Wiper of boot problems for Windows 2000 XP Server s 2003AWin Vista 2008 ServerWin 7 The key advantage of Boot Corrector is that it can correct the Windows System Registry withaut Windows loaded i also helps with other E File Transfer Wizard operating systems when common boot problems take place amp Boot Corrector RD Log Saver Start the command line G3 Heboot the computer ome of On the Wizard s Welcome page select the Search for Windows installations to correct option Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Please choose the operation Search for Windows installations to correct Correct the Master Boot Record MBR Correct the partition boot record O Modify partition parameters Correct boat parameters boot ini BCD
76. p 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 hidden 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 sche
77. parameters Writing parameters include writing speed maximum or minimum and the ability of ejecting the recorded disc after completing the operation Witing speed Eject the disc alter writing The program supports CD R CD RW DVD R DVD R DVD RW DVD RW DVD R DVD R double layer and also Blu ray discs operation has been confirmed the program will delete the re writable disc s contents and begin the If the inserted disc is not empty the wizard will suggest erasing its contents if possible Once the recording process RESULT As a result of the operation you receive wiping media 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 by using the DOS partitioning scheme This operation can be accomplished the Create Partition Dialog RESTRICTIONS 1 Do not use the Create Partition function in order to undelete the last deleted partition 2 The program cannot create new partitions on Dynamic Disks The current version of the program supports only hard disks that use the DOS partitioning scheme in Windows 2000 and XP these disks are named Basic Disks 3 According to the rules of the DOS partitioning scheme the followi
78. r an cdmarn delete 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 h systems O Wipe method Here you can select a specific data erasure algorithm or create a customized method by marking the appropriate option Specific algorithm US DoD 5220 22 M w You can see the algoethm description and set Ihe level of venticalion on Ihe next page Create your own Data Sanitizabion method Tou can creste pour cwn Data 5 anitization 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 Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Wipe method US DoD 5220 22 M Oversite all addressable localions vath a character its complement then a random character and very Erase passes court 3 Veny passes count 1 Pi 100 1 BApproxamale vape time 01 10 25 You can skip venhang completely or partly by disabling or reducing percentage of sectors lo check Fl
79. r folders it may also help to replace corrupted data from a previously created image in case of an operating system failure Wiping Media Builder to create a Linux DOS bootable media which can later be used to boot and irreversibly destroy the on disk data Moreover with its help you can save data from partitions of 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 Boot Corrector to tackle most of your Windows boot problems caused by a human factor program error or a boot virus activity It enables to correct the Windows System Registry in the offline mode i e when it s not been started up Besides it can help you out with other operating systems for instance when a boot virus has corrupted the MBR Master Boot Record Some features may be unavailable in the version of the product you have To learn more about it please consult the Disk Wiper Editions chapter 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 d Paragon Power Shield technology to provide data consistency in case of a hardware malfunction power outages or an operating system failure Paragon UFSD technology to browse partitions of any file system
80. r may no longer boot camet 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation WIPE TASKS 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 Launcher O Inthe Main Menu select Wizards gt Wipe Hard Disk or Partition WIZARD SETUP The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the operation Q The hard disk partition to wipe Select a hard disk partition the data of which you want to destroy Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved i Please choose an object lor vaping It can be a whole hard disk a single partbon or block of unallocated space You can setto wipe all data on the partition or only unoccupied space on see the next step q Basic Hard Disk 0 Maxtor 7Y250P0 Hi W Local Disk F 2337 GB NTFS Other Stuff E 66 GB NTFS n Wipe mode This section enables to switch between two options Wipe out all the data Choose this option f you want lo destroy completely all the dala on the selected object C Clear wipe free space Choose this option f you want lo destroy Ihe brace of daba that may have been left alte
81. r 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 scnpl generation opbont C Allow to interact with the user Turn this oplion off you do not want to get confiimation dialogs when the scnpt is bemig camed out Commit alter each operation Turn this option on lo ensure the changes vell be commited alte each operation Check for enors after each operation Turn this oplion on to make script interpister lo check the result of each operation _ Discard all operations on close Turn this oplion on to discard all the pending operations alter generating the scipt QO 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 O Commit after each operation Mark the option to commit changes after each operation QO 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 O Discard all operations on close Mark the option to empty the List of Pen
82. r to go to the program s home page To know more on the subject please consult the Windows Components chapter BOOTING FROM THE LINUX DOS WIPING CD The Linux DOS Wiping CD can be used to boot your computer into Linux or PTS DOS to get access to your hard disk for maintenance or recovery purposes On the disk you can also find 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 PROCEDURE To start working with the Linux DOS Wiping CD please take the following steps 1 Insert the Linux DOS Wiping CD into a CD DVD drive 2 Rebootthe computer 3 Launch a boot mode you need Normal Safe Low Graphics Safe in the Boot menu By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period 4 Click on the required operation to start Hints on the selected at the moment item will help you make the right choice To automatically boot from the Wiping CD make sure the on board BIOS is set up to boot from CD first BOOT MENU Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved A fter you have inserted the Wiping CD into a CD DVD drive and restarted the computer the Boot menu appears f Normal Mode Hain recovery 4 Safe Mode environment d Low Graphics Safe
83. rimary partitions are allowed Q 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 4 l 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 5 I 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 6 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 installation disc to write a standard code to your flash drive 7 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 8 When backing up a partition with the VSS Volume Shadow Copy Service mode the program throws VSS could not be start
84. rly 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 automatically 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 Launcher 1 Select a partition or a block of free space on the Disk Map 2 Call the Test Surface dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it O Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Test Surface Q Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Test Surface 3 From the pull down list choose the level of the surface check Test the turllace of volume F Testing the volume surface vil help to find bad blocks and other problems Fiease select a surface best level v wj 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation 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 Launcher 1 2 Select a partition on the Disk Map Call the Check File System Integrity dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it O Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Check File System In
85. rtition right click of the mouse button then select the menu item Delete Partition DIALOG SETUP Initially the program suggests you just to remove references to the selected partition from the Partition Table La Z Are you sure you want lo delete volume D You are about to delete volume D Application NTFS Tow computer may no langer boot or work consci O 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 O 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 partion data Please select the byte mack bo rape out Ihe dala with HEX value 00 ASO value 0 Please specii the number of vaping passes Venly ape results Percentage of sectors to check 4 jp Wipng vill destroy all data without any possibility to restore O 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 O Specify the number of wiping passes You can choose a number of passes for the wiping pattern Q Verify wipe results You can also choose whether to carry out resi
86. s for initializing partitioning and formatting hard disks create format delete Instead of the standard Windows disk tools the program supports all popular file systems O Mount a partition assign a drive letter of any file system type to make it available for your operating system WIPE FACILITIES O Data wiping to successfully destroy all on disk information including the standard bootstrap code and other system service structures O Free space clearing to destroy any remnants of deleted files directories left on disk without affecting the used data Copyright O 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 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 m 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 Q m 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 regula
87. stem 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 Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved S Edit settings General ophans A DECEM Wipe options E mail options Partboning option E mad options Specily your e mail account options TI UM opone Outgoing mail serves SMTP Operation dependency options 119009 mal server SMT User e mal address Mp outgong serve requies authentication Specify e mail notification options C 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 d 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 User e mail address Specify an
88. supports booting from CD first INSTALLING THE PROGRAM UNDER WINDOWS As we have already mentioned only Windows components of the product require installation So to install Paragon Disk Wiper 10 under Windows please do the following 1 RunSetup Application Click on the DriveBackup MSI file This application will 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 In case there is some previous version of the program installed on the computer the program will N offer the user to uninstall it first 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 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 5 Select an Installation Folder The Destination Folder page allows you
89. t of Pending Operations Cancel the last undo virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations Display the List of Pending Operations Launch the real execution of virtual operations 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 WAN Ol There are unsaved changes X Please use the Y Apply command to commit Ihe changes and the BE Discard command lo permanenily undo the changes fou can view the changes history via the View Changes command and temporary undo oc redo the operation by means of the SI Undo and C 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 named Wiping Tools and News and Documentation Each of these contains a separate button bar which can be folded by clicking it Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Wr Wiping Tools r4 Wipe Disk or Partition C1 Wiping Media Builder News and Documentation GO Disk Wiper Help Mil About Disk iper a Data Sanitizatio
90. tegrity Q Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Check File System Integrity Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 3 Initially the program suggests some consistent values for all parameters In most cases you can just press the Yes button to confirm the operation Check volume F No label NTFS for errors Please note that check operation needs exclusme access to the volume You may be asked to restait your computer to complete the operation Check disk ophionz Automalically fox fie system errors Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors O Automatically fix file system errors Mark the checkbox to automatically fix any found error without requesting a confirmation O Scan for and attempt to recover bad sectors Mark the checkbox to additionally process sectors marked bad in the file system metadata for the purpose of their possible recovery 4 Theoperation will be performed immediately after confirmation 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 Launcher 1
91. tings Overview chapter Some features may be unavailable in the version of the product you have To learn more about it please consult the Disk Wiper Editions chapter VIEW LOGS Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved With a handy dialog you can study logs on any operation carried by the program To make 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 I very convenient Launcher In order to view logs on carried out operations call the View Logs dialog in the Main Menu Tools gt View Logs c 7 Expand Al Collapse Al Show Disk Map Show Virual Operations Show Empty Sessione Stat date Stat me Endtime Operation parameters 05062008 102014 Not available s Back up files committed succeeded Start time 102554 Tepe of operation Commited Rerult Succeeded Operation parameters Code 551 0231 Virtual 0 Ds Enor 0 0x0 Basic Hard Disk D Maxtor 7Y250PD Be MB 2337 Gentes Total 4 operahons 3 virtual and 1 committed This session did not imished vet I i the current certior y A Some features may be unavailable in the version of the product you have To learn more about it N please consult the Disk Wiper Editions chapter TYPICAL SCENARIOS This chapter lists a number of the most frequently used scen
92. tual Operations Bar 4 Common Tasks Bar 5 Explorer Bar 6 Disk Map 7 Legend Bar 8 Status Bar 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 Copyright O 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved pM MAIN MENU The Main Menu provides access to the entire functionality of the program The available functions are as listed below MENU ITEM FUNCTIONALITY Tools Send Log Files Compress and send the log to the Paragon Support Team View Logs View logs on the carried out operations Wiping Media Builder Irreversibly destroy the on disk data even when the current operating system cannot boot anymore Settings Edit the general settings of the program Exit Exit the program 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 vir
93. tual operations on the List of Pending Operations Reload Disk Info Refresh the current information about disks Copyright 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Wizards Wipe Hard Disk or Partition Destroy all on disk information or only remnants of deleted files directories 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 Partition Create a partition Format Partition Format a partition Delete Partition Delete a partition Assign Drive Letter Assign drive letter to the selected partition Remove Drive Letter Remove drive letter for the selected partition Wipe Partition Irreversibly destroy all on partition information Clear Free Space Destroy any remnants of deleted files directories left on disk Test Surface Test surface of the selected partition block of free space Check File System Integrity Check the selected partition for possible file system errors Edit View Sectors View edit sectors of the selected partition Copyright O 1994 2009 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Properties View Toolbar Status Bar Common Tasks Bar Disk Map Leg
94. ues 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 on 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 bootstra

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