Acronis privacy expert suite 8.0 User Manual
Acronis Drive Cleanser
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9.4
Creating custom methods of data destruction
Acronis Drive Cleanser gives you an opportunity to create your own methods for
wiping hard disks. Although the software includes several levels of data
destruction, you can choose to create your own.
wiping hard disks. Although the software includes several levels of data
destruction, you can choose to create your own.
9.4.1 Creating custom methods
To create a custom method of hard disk wiping, select and mouse-click the
«Custom…» line from the drop-down list in the Method selection window. Please
pay close attention to the load method option in the same drop-down list.
«Custom…» line from the drop-down list in the Method selection window. Please
pay close attention to the load method option in the same drop-down list.
The selection of custom method creation
Click the Next button to continue.
The window with the script for wiping a hard disk partition (the partition and/or
hard disk was selected during a previous step) shows after the selection of one
of the predefined wiping methods. This time the Custom method wizard will be
started and you will see the Number of passes window.
hard disk was selected during a previous step) shows after the selection of one
of the predefined wiping methods. This time the Custom method wizard will be
started and you will see the Number of passes window.
As an example, let’s create a simple custom method similar to the U.S. Department
of Defense standard. This standard assumes three passes for a hard disk during
which different symbols are written to it, plus one more pass for verification — i.e.
four passes total.
of Defense standard. This standard assumes three passes for a hard disk during
which different symbols are written to it, plus one more pass for verification — i.e.
four passes total.