TYPES OF OPERATIONS
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NG User’s Manual
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the drive does not support Enhanced Secure Erase, the
EchoPlus-NG will send a regular Secure Erase command.
Technical Committee T13 (T13.org) is responsible for all
interface standards relating to the popular AT Attachment (ATA)
storage interface utilized as the disk drive interface on most
personal and mobile computers today.
According to the T13.org ATA Specifications:
Secure Erase writes binary zeroes to all user accessible
data areas.
Enhanced Secure Erase writes predetermined (by the
drive manufacturer) data patterns to all user accessible
data areas.
If errors appear when performing Secure Erase,
contact the drive manufacturer to check if the
drive supports Secure Erase. For Secure Erase
specifications (what happens when the drive
receives the Secure Erase command), contact the
drive manufacturer.
Secure Erase is not supported over the USB port.
5.3.2.2 Wipe Patterns
This setting allows the user to set a specific wipe pattern or
patterns to use for wiping the drive. The number of passes is
customizable (up to 7 passes) along with the value written for
each pass. In addition, a 7-pass DoD wipe can be set with pre-
selected pass values.
There are 4 selections when setting a wipe pattern:
Mode
,
HPA/DCO
,
LBAS
,
PASSES
.
5.3.2.2.1 Mode
Selecting this will open the Wipe Mode screen
showing 3 options:
NONE –
Choosing this will instruct the
EchoPlus-NG not to perform a wipe
using the Wipe Patterns Mode.
DOD –
Choosing this will instruct the
EchoPlus-NG to perform a 7-pass wipe
conforming to the DoD 5220.22-M
standard.
CUSTOM –
Choosing this will allow the
user to specify how many wipe passes
