Acronis privacy expert suite 8.0 User Manual
Acronis Drive Cleanser
Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2005
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The wiping pass adjustment window for definition of patterns to be written
In this figure, the switch is set to the Write a value position by default, and the
hexadecimal value 0x00 is entered into the field.
This is what the window control elements mean: You may enter any hexadecimal
value into the field under the Write a value switch to write it to a hard disk
during any pass (during the first pass in this case).
By setting the switch to Write a random value position, you first will select write
a random value to disk, and specify the length of random value in bytes in the
spinner field below.
The U.S. standard provides the writing of random values to each byte of each
disk sector during the first pass, so set the switch to Write a random value
position and enter 1 into field.
hexadecimal value 0x00 is entered into the field.
This is what the window control elements mean: You may enter any hexadecimal
value into the field under the Write a value switch to write it to a hard disk
during any pass (during the first pass in this case).
By setting the switch to Write a random value position, you first will select write
a random value to disk, and specify the length of random value in bytes in the
spinner field below.
The U.S. standard provides the writing of random values to each byte of each
disk sector during the first pass, so set the switch to Write a random value
position and enter 1 into field.
The input of a random 1-byte value as the pattern for writing
Click the Next button to continue.