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Erasure Stamp

by rgagnon10 | Jul 23, 2018 | HDD & SSD Erasure, Solid State Disk Erasure, Useful Tools, User Interface Customization

Q. Can XErase write a stamp to block zero on a drive that contains report information visible in a media viewer? A. Yes.  Navigate to Customize->Interface->Post-Erasure Events and select Write Stamp on Block Zero.  Turn the feature on and hit update.  You can...

Recycler Mode

by rgagnon10 | Jul 23, 2018 | HDD & SSD Erasure, Solid State Disk Erasure, Useful Tools, User Interface Customization

Q. Is there a way to weed out bad drives (too many defects or power on hours etc.?) when the drive is detected so I don’t spend processing time on drives I can’t resell? A. Yes, navigate to Customize->Interface->Recycler Mode and select the desired...

Changing Drive Block Sizes

by rgagnon10 | Jul 23, 2018 | HDD & SSD Erasure, Solid State Disk Erasure, Useful Tools, User Interface Customization

Q. Can XErase change the block size of a drive from 512 to 520 or vice versa? A. Yes, you can specify block size changes on SCSI (SAS, FC, SCSI) drives from 512 to 520, 528 or whatever the drive will support and of course the reverse is true, you can take enterprise...

Weeding out Slow Drives

by rgagnon10 | Jul 23, 2018 | HDD & SSD Erasure, Useful Tools, User Interface Customization

Q. Can I set up a filter that weeds out poorly performing drives during overwrites? A. Yes. Navigate to Customize->Interface->Erasure Settings and select Action if Slow. Now you can chose to abort or FAIL a device if it performs slower (MB/s) than expected. This...

DCO/HPA Removal

by rgagnon10 | Jul 23, 2018 | HDD & SSD Erasure, Solid State Disk Erasure, Useful Tools

Q. Is there a way to remove the DCO (Device Configuration Overlay) and/or HPA (Host Protected Area) from a disk? A. Yes, navigate to Customize->Interface->Pre-Erasure Events and select ATA Resizing (DCO/HPA). Turn that feature ON and hit the update button. Any SATA...
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