Erasing a disk drive, Erasing a disk drive 44, Managing simpleshare – SimpleTech SimpleShare User Manual

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Managing SimpleShare

Basic Disk

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RASING

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Erasing disks destroys the existing data on the disks. Do not

use this function unless you wish to destroy the data on a disk.

Exercise extreme caution when using this function, as the

data on disks that are erased using this function may not be

recoverable.

1

In the Disk Management menu, click Basic.

2

Select Show Disk Details.

3

Click .

Quick erase only takes a few minutes to complete. However,

portions of the data may be recoverable using data recovery

tools. If you are concerned about erased data becoming

available to others, perform a full erase. Keep in mind that a

full erase takes several days to complete. If the data on

SimpleShare is encrypted, it may not be necessary to

perform a full erase. Since the data is encrypted, any data

recovered will be encrypted. To decrypt the data requires

knowledge of the encryption password.

The Show Disk Details checkbox is located at the bottom of

the Disk Management page. It may be necessary to use the

scroll bar to see the checkbox.

Erase Disk

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