Hard Drive Tower Duplicator - Setup Menu - HDD Wipe

The HDD WIPE option allows you to enable or disable HDD Wipe operation. When enabled, the ERASE operation in the Main Copy Menu will change to WIPE. The HDD Wipe operation ensures that data on the hard drive is completely erased and unrecoverable. The Wipe operation can be run from 1 to 999 times consecutively. 7x Wipe Cycles complies with the American DOD 5220-22.M standard. Note: The more Wipe Cycles you configure, the longer the overall Wipe process will take.

Unlike an Erase, which writes zeros to every sector on the hard drive, a Wipe Cycle is a four-step process that ensures that data is unrecoverable. The four steps are as follows:

1. All sectors on the hard drive(s) are written to with 0’s.
2. All sectors on the hard drive(s) are written to with 1’s.
3. All sectors on the hard drive(s) are written to with a random pattern of 0’s and 1’s.
4. All sectors on the hard drive(s) are verified

Disabled	The Wipe functionality is turned off. In the Main menu you will see ERASE. Note: This is the Default setting.
Enabled	The Wipe functionality is turned off and you will now see WIPE in the Main menu instead of ERASE.

To change the HDD Wipe setting:

1. Power on the duplicator.
2. From the Main Copy Menu press the Up or Down buttons until you see Setup.
3. When Setup is displaying for you, press the ENT button to enter this menu.
4. You will be able to access the Setup menu and from here you can use the Up or Down buttons to switch menu options.
5. After locating HDD Wipe, press the ENT button to alter this option.
   • After enabling HDD Wipe The digit furthest to the left will be blinking, indicating that it is selected. Press the UP or Down button to increase or decreased the value by one.
   • Press the ENT button to select the next digit to the right. Press the UP or Down button to increase or deceased the value by one. Repeat this step as necessary.
   • Press the ESC button to confirm the number of Wipe Cycles and return to the Setup menu. 
6. Press the ESC button after selecting the desired setting to proceed back to the Main Menu.
7. You can now access the WIPE function from the Main Copy Menu.

Note: Data on SSDs may not be permanently deleted by the Wipe function. Due to the differences in technology between magnetic platters and flash-based memory, sanitation techniques which are known to permanently remove sensitive information from HDDs may not be as successful in removing data from SSDs.

For more information on the Kanguru Hard Drive Tower Duplicator, please refer to the User Manual located at HERE.