CRU WiebeTech Drive eRazer Ultra User manual

Protecting Your Digital AssetsTM
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CRU®WiebeTech®Drive eRazer™Ultra
User Manual
Features
• Erasesalldatafromaconnectedharddrive
• Choosefromadozenpreseterasemethods,orcreateyourown.
• CanunhideoreraseHPAorDCOareasthatacomputer’sOScan’tsee.
• AttachesnativelytoSATAandIDE/PATAdrivesandconnectstoothertypesofdrives
withoptionaladapters
• LCDmenusmakesetupanderasuresimple
• LCDgivesclearindicationoftimeremainingforerasuretocomplete
• Standaloneoperationwithnocomputerrequired
• USB connection allows the Drive eRazer Ultra to be used to prevew drives before
erasureortoconrmerasureafteruse
• OptionallyconnectstoaZPL2serialprinterforsummary/vericationtestresults

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1 PRE-INSTALLATION STEPS
1.1 PACKAGE CONTENTS
Thefollowinglistcontainstheitemsthatareincludedinthecom-
pletecongurationforthisdevice.PleasecontactCRUifanyitems
aremissingordamaged:
Accessories Quantity
DriveeRazerUltra 1
ACadapter 1
Metaldriveplate 1
Packageofscrewsandbumpers 1
SATApower/datacable 1
IDE/PATApowercable 1
IDE/PATAdatacable 1
QuickStartGuide 1
1.2 IDENTIFYING PARTS
Takeamomenttofamiliarizeyourselfwiththepartsoftheproduct.
Thiswillhelpyoutobetterunderstandthefollowinginstructions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1Pre-InstallationSteps 2
1.1PackageContents 2
1.2IdentifyingParts 2
1.3LEDBehavior 3
1.4WarningsandNotices 3
2InstallationSteps 4
3UsingtheLCDInterfaceandMenu 4
3.1Home/StartErasing 4
3.2ReviewSettings 5
3.2.1EraseType 5
3.2.1.1SupportedEraseSpecications 5
3.2.1.2CustomErase 6
3.2.2HPA/DCOHandling 6
3.2.3Validation 7
3.2.4LabelPrinterOutput 7
3.2.5ResettoFactory 8
3.3ViewDriveInfo 8
3.4ViewDockInfo 9
3.5OtherScreensDuringtheErasureProcess 9
3.5.1OperationalStatus 9
3.5.2ErrorIndication 10
4FrequentlyAskedQuestions 11
5TechnicalSpecications 15
FRONT
eSATAConnector MolexMini-Fit
PowerConnector
IDE/PATADataConnector

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1.3 LED BEHAVIOR
LED COLOR STATE DESCRIPTION
PowerOut-
put Green Solid Theattacheddriveis poweredon.
PowerInput Green Solid TheDriveeRazerUltra
isreceivingpower.
Error Red Solid
Theattacheddrivehas
reached131°F/55°C,
oranHPA/DCO-related
diskcommandhas
failed.
DriveActivity Red Solid Theattacheddriveis
beingaccessed.
HPA/DCO
Indicator Amber Solid
AnHPAorDCOarea
hasbeendetected.
Oncelit,itwillnotbe
unlituntiltheDrive
eRazer’spoweris
cycled.
1.4 WARNINGS AND NOTICES
Pleasereadthefollowingbeforebeginninginstallation.
General Care
• ThemaincircuitboardoftheDriveeRazerUltraissus-
ceptibletostaticelectricity.Propergroundingisstrongly
recommendedtopreventelectricaldamagetotheenclo-
sureorotherconnecteddevices,includingthecomputer
host.Avoidalldramaticmovement,tappingontheunit,
andvibration.
• Avoidplacingtheharddrivesclosetomagneticdevices,
highvoltagedevices,ornearaheatsource.Thisincludes
anyplacewheretheproductwillbesubjecttodirect
sunlight.DoNOTallowwatertomakecontactwiththe
driveortheDriveeRazerUltra.
• Beforestartinganytypeofhardwareinstallation,please
ensurethatallpowerswitcheshavebeenturnedoff
andallpowercordshavebeendisconnectedtoprevent
personalinjuryanddamagetothehardware.
• Removeanyattacheddevicesbeforetransportingthe
DriveeRazerUltratopreventdamagetothedriveinter-
faces.
SIDES
DB9SerialConnector
forprinteroutput USB3.0Connector
TOP
ErrorLED LCDScreen
PowerInput
LED
DriveActivity
LED
PowerOutput
LED
DC+12V
PowerConnector
PowerSwitch
Navigation
Buttons
HPA/DCO
IndicatorLED

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2 INSTALLATION STEPS
a. Attachtheprotectivemetaldriveplatetoyour3.5”harddrive.(Thisstepisoptional.)Thepurposeofthe
bottomplateistoprovideprotectiontoyourdriveelectronicsandaidheatdissipation.
b. Ifyou’reerasinganIDE/PATAdrive,congurethejumpersontherearofthedrive.Thedrivemustbesetto
theMastersetting.Consulttheinstructionsforyourdrive.Somedrivesdisplaycongurationinformationon
thedrive’slabel.
c. EnsurethattheDriveeRazerUltra’spowerswitchisintheOFF(0)position.
d. ConnecttheDriveeRazerUltratothedrive(oradapter)usingeithertheIDEribboncableforIDE/PATAdrives
ortheSATAdata/powercableforSATAdrives.
e. Ifyou’reusinganadapter,connectthedrivetotheadapter.
f. AttachthepowercabletotheDriveeRazerUltraandtothedrive.ForSATAdrives,thepowercableanddata
cablearecombinedintoasingleSATAdriveinterface.
g. PlugtheACadapterintotheDriveeRazerUltra.
h. Turnonthepowerswitch.TheconnecteddrivewillpowerupandtheDriveeRazerUltramainmenuwill
appearontheLCDscreen.
3 USING THE LCD INTERFACE AND MENU
UsetheLCDand4-buttonnavigationinterfacetostarterasingdrives,adjustsettings,viewinformationabout
thedriveanddock,orcheckonoperationalstatus.Onthe4-buttonnavigationinterface,“Up”and“Down”allow
scrollingthroughoptions,while“Right”selectsand“Left”goesbacktothepreviousscreen.
3.1 HOME/START ERASING
Usethisscreentobegintheerasureprocessusingcurrentsettings.“QuickErase”isthedefaulterasure
setting.QuickEraseusesallzeroesastheoverwritepattern.
START ERASING
QUICK ERASE >
WILL ERASE ALL
DATA >
ESTIMATING
ERASE TIME
ERASING. . . 2%
19 M REMAINING
WhenQuickEraseisnished,theDriveeRazerUltrawillverifyasampletoensurecompletion.Seesection
3.2.3formoreinformationonverication.
PREPARING VERIFY VERIFY . . .2%
39M REMAINING
VERIFY
DONE >
REVIEW SETTINGS
>

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3.2 REVIEW SETTINGS
Fromthisscreen,theusercanchoosetheerasetype,setHPA/DCOhandling,verication,andprinter
outputtype.
3.2.1 Erase Type
• Fromthe“ReviewSettings”screen,pressEntertogettothe“EraseType”screen.
ERASE TYPE
>
• Thecurrenterasemodewilldisplay,alongwithanoptiontochangethesetting.PressEnterto
change.
QUICK ERASE
CHANGE SETTING? >
• PresstheUpandDownbuttonstoscrollthroughthedifferentoptions.PressEntertoselectthe
erasemodeyouwanttouse.
CHANGE MODE TO
CUSTOM ERASE >
• Afteryouselectthemode,youwillbepromptedtomakeyourselectionthedefaultmode.Press
Entertosavethemodeasthedefault.PressUporDowntosetandcontinuewithoutsavingthe
modeasdefault.
CUSTOM ERASE
MAKE DEFAULT? >
Supported Erase Specifications
TheDriveeRazerUltraoffersuserexibilitywithoveradozenpreseterasemethods.Usethefol-
lowingcharttohelpselectwhicherasespecicationtouse.
MODE DESCRIPTION
QUICKERASE Performsasinglepass,writingallzeroes
CUSTOMERASE Performs1to99passes(user-selectable)overwritingwithzeroesforauser-
selectedpattern.Oneveryotherpass,thecomplement(inverse)ofthese-
lectedpatternwillbeused,butthelastpasswillalwaysusetheuser-dened
pattern.
RANDOMERASE Performs1to9passes(user-selectable),overwritingwitharandomlygener-
ated32-bitpattern.Anewpatternisgeneratedforeachpass.
SECUREERASEN Initiatesthedrive’sbuilt-inSecureErase(Normal)function.PertheATAspeci-
cation,thisfunctionoverwritesalladdessableareasusingzeroes.HPAor
DCOareasareexcludedperthespec,buttheDriveeRazerUltrawillunhide
suchareaspriortoinitiatingtheSecureEraseiftheuserhaschangedthe
HPA/DCObehaviorinthe“ReviewSettings”menu.Secureeraseisbetter
abletohandlebadblockscomparedtoothererasemethods.
SECUREERASEE Initiatesthedrive’sbuilt-inSecureErase(Enhanced)function.Thisissimilarto
SecureErase(Normal),exceptthatHPAandDCOareasareerased(without
beingremoved),andinsteadofallzeroesarepeatingpatternisused.Thepat-
ternissetbythedrivemanufacturer.Thevalidationstepisnotapplicablesince
theerasepatternvariesfromdrivetodrive.
DODCLEAR USDepartmentofDefense(DoD5220.22-M)“Clear”standard

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Supported Erase Specifications, continued...
MODE DESCRIPTION
DODSANITIZE USDepartmentofDefense(DoD5220.22-M)“Sanitize”standard
NIST80088CLEAR “Clear”standarddenedbyNISTspecialpublication800-88
NIST80088PURGE “Purge”standarddenedbyNISTspecialpublication800-88
CSECITSG-06 Canada’sdatasanitizationstandard
HMGIS5ERASE GreatBritain’sdatasanitizationstandard
DSDISM6.2.92 Australia’sdatasanitizationstandard.AlsosatisesNewZealand’sGCSB
NZISM2010standard.RemovesHPAorDCOareas,thenperformsasingle
passofarandompattern(threepassesfordrivessmallerthan15GB).
VERIFYONLY Nooverwriting—performsthevericationsteponly
Custom Erase
Ifthismodeisselected,theusermayselectthepasscountnumberandoverwritepattern.Youcan
setthismodethedefaultwhenyouselectitbypressingEnter.PressUporDowntosetandcon-
tinuewithoutsavingtheselectionasthefuturedefault.
# OF PASSES
01 >
DATA PATTERN
00000000 >
CUSTOM ERASE
MAKE DEFAULT? >
3.2.2 HPA/DCO Handling
ErasemodesQuickErase,CustomErase,RandomErase,SecureEraseN,andSecureEraseEallowthe
usertoselecthowhiddenareas(HPAsandDCOs)arehandledduringtheerasingprocess.
• Fromthe“ReviewSettings”screen,pressEnterandthenUporDowntogettotheHPA/DCO
Handlingscreen.PressEnter.
HPA/DCO HANDLING
>
• ThecurrentHPA/DCOhandlingsettingwilldisplay,alongwithanoptiontochangethesetting.Press
Entertochange.
UNLOCK ALL
CHANGE SETTING? >
• UsetheUpandDownbuttonstoscrollthroughthehandlingoptions:unlockall,unlockHPAonly,
andignoreall.PressEntertoselect.
CHANGE TO
UNLOCK HPA ONLY >
• Afteryouselectthehandling,youwillbepromptedtomakeyourselectionthedefault.PressEnter
tosavethemodeasdefault.PressUporDowntosetandcontinuewithoutsavingthesettingas
default.
IGNORE ALL
MAKE DEFAULT? >

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3.2.3 Validation
TheusermayselectthelevelatwhichtheDriveeRazerUltraveriestheerasureprocessatcompletion.
TheoptionsareMinimal(factorydefaultselection),Medium,andHigh.Thisvalidationprocessoffersa
basiclevelofassurancethattheerasurewassuccessfullycompleted.
Someerasespecicationsrecommendorrequirethataseparatetoolbeusedforvalidation.
• Fromthe“ReviewSettings”screen,pressEnter,andthenUporDowntogettothe“Validation”
screen.PressEnter.
VALIDATION
>
• Thecurrentvalidationsettingwilldisplay,alongwithanoptiontochangethesetting.PressEnterto
change.
MINIMAL
CHANGE SETTING? >
• UsetheUpandDownbuttonstoscrollthroughtheverifyoptions:MINIMAL,MEDIUM,orHIGH.
PressEntertoselect.
CHANGE VERIFY TO
MEDIUM >
• Afteryouselectthevalidationyouwillbepromptedtomakeyourselectionthedefault.PressEnter
tosavethemodeasthedefault.PressUporDowntosetandcontinuewithoutsavingthesetting
asdefault.
MEDIUM
MAKE DEFAULT? >
3.2.4 Label Printer Output
TheDriveeRazerUltrafeaturesaDB9null-modemserialconnectionforthepurposeofconnectinga
labelprinterthatsupportstheZPLIIprogramminglanguage.ThiswillallowtheDriveeRazertoprinta
labelrecordingdetailsofaneraseprocess.Thisoccursattheendoftheprocess.Thelabelcanthenbe
afxedtothedrive,ortoaDriveBox™anti-staticstoragecase.Therearetwooutputmodes,onefora4”
x1”labelandonefora4”x6”label.Youmayalsoprintalabelasatestwithoutanerasureprocess.
• Fromthe“ReviewSettings”screen,pressEnterandthenUporDowntogettothe“Printer
Output”screen.PressEnter.
PRINTER OUTPUT
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• ThecurrentPrinterOutputsettingwilldisplay,alongwithanoptiontochangethesetting.Press
Entertochange,orUporDowntoprintatestlabel,changethenumberoflabelsyouwishtoprint,
orchangewhethertoprintalabelwhenanerrorisdetectedornot.
LARGE LABEL 1x6
CHANGE SETTING? >
PRINT TEST LABEL
>
# OF COPIES: 1
CHANGE SETTING? >
PRINT ON ERR? N
CHANGE SETTING? >
• UsetheUpandDownbuttonstoscrollthroughtheprinteroptions:“SmallLabel4x1”,“LargeLabel
4x6”,or“PCOutput”.PressEntertoselect.
CHANGE LABEL TO
SMALL LABEL 4x6 >
• Afteryouselecttheprinteroption,youwillbepromptedtomakeyourselectionthedefault.Press
Entertosavethemodeasthedefault.PressUporDowntosetandcontinuewithoutsavingas
default.
SMALL LABEL 4x6
MAKE DEFAULT? >
3.2.5 Reset to Factory
Fromthisscreen,youcanresetthesettingsontheDriveeRazerUltratothefactorydefaults.
FUNCTION FACTORY DEFAULT SETTING
EraseMode QuickErase
HPA/DCOHandling IgnoreAll
Validation Minimal
LabelPrinterOutput SmallLabel4x1
• Fromthe“ReviewSettings”screen,pressEnterandthenUporDowntogettothe”ResettoFac-
tory”screen.PressEnter.
RESET TO FACTORY
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• Atthenextscreen,pressEntertocontinue.Thesettingsarenowresettothefactorydefaults.
CONTINUE >
3.3 VIEW DRIVE INFO
Thisscreendisplaysinformationabouttheattacheddrive.
• Fromthe“Home/StartErasing”screen,presstheUporDownbuttonstogettothe“ViewDriveInfo”
screen.PressEnter.
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• UsetheUporDownbuttonstoscrollthroughandviewthefollowinginfoaboutthedrive.
MODE EXPLANATION
Capacity(bytes) Capacityoftheharddrive,measuredinbytes
Manufacturer Manufacturingcompanynameoftheharddrive
Modelnumber Modelnumberoftheharddrive
Serialnumber Serialnumberoftheharddrive
FirmwareRev Firmwarerevisionnumberoftheharddrive
HPAsize(bytes) ThesizeoftheHostProtectedAreaoftheharddrive,measuredinbytes
DCOsize(bytes) ThesizeoftheDeviceCongurationOverlayoftheharddrive,measuredin
bytes
Diskhealth DisplaystheS.M.A.R.T.healthstatusofthedrive
SecureEraseNortime TimereportedbythedrivethatitwilltaketouseSecureErase(Normal)
SecureEraseEnhtime TimereportedbythedrivethatitwilltaketouseSecureEraseEnhanced
Start/Stops S.M.A.R.T.informationonhowmanytimesthedrivehasspunupandspun
down
PowerCycles S.M.A.R.T.informationonhowmanypoweron/offcyclesthedrivehasunder-
gone
BadSectors Numberofbadsectorsreportedbythedrive
3.4 VIEW DOCK INFO
ThisscreendisplaysinformationaboutyourDriveeRazerUltraunit.
• Fromthe“Home/StartErasing”screen,presstheupordownbuttonstogettothe“ViewDockInfo”
screen.PressEnter.
VIEW DOCK INFO:
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• UsetheUporDownbuttonstoscrollthroughandviewthefollowinginfoaboutDriveeRazer.
MENU ITEM CONDITION/EXPLANATION
ProductName Brandnameoftheproduct(e.g.“DriveeRazerUltra”)
UniqueID# Aspecic,uniquenumberassignedtotheunitforidentication,akintoaserial
number
Firmwarever.# SpecicrmwareversioninstalledontheDriveeRazerUltraproduct
3.5 OTHER SCREENS DURING THE ERASURE PROCESS
3.5.1 Operational Status
Duringerasure,statusmessagesaredisplayedontheLCD.Examplesarebelow.
STATUS MESSAGE CONDITION/EXPLANATION
STARTINGERASURE Brieydisplayswhenauserrstselects“StartErasing”andthenconrmsthat
selection
GATHERINGINFO BrieydisplayswhiletheDriveeRazerUltraisgatheringinformationfromthe
driveandmakingcalculationstodeterminesuchthingsasthepresenceofan
HPAorDCO
PREPARINGERASE BrieydisplayswhiletheDriveeRazerUltraischeckingusersettingsandplan-
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STATUS MESSAGE CONDITION/EXPLANATION
ESTIMATINGERASE
TIME
TheDriveeRazerUltraiswipingaportionofthedrive(foroneminute)forthe
purposeofestimatinghowlongitwilltaketoerasethewholedrive.
PASSWORDRESET BrieydisplaysbeforetheDriveeRazerUltraresetstheharddrivepassword
PASSWORDRESET
CYCLEPOWER
Theharddrive’spasswordwassuccessfullyreset.Theusermustturnoffthe
DriveeRazerUltraandthenturnitbackon.
HPARESET HPAwassuccessfullyremoved
DCORESET DCOwassuccessfullyremoved
VERIFYDONE Theeraseprocessandvericationcompletedsuccessfully
ERASEDONE Theeraseprocesscompletedsuccessfully;vericationnotavailable(onlyseen
withSecureEraseEnhancedmode)
PREPARINGVERIFY TheDriveeRazerUltraischeckingusersettingsandplanningtheverication
process
3.5.2 Error Indication
IfyourDriveeRazerUltraunitencountersanyerrors,abriefexplanatorymessagedisplays.
ERROR MESSAGE CONDITION/EXPLANATION
PASSWORDERROR TheDriveeRazerUltratriedtoresetthepasswordonthedrive,butwasunable
todosoandreceivedanerrorfromthedrive.
CAN’TRESET
PASSWORD
Passwordresetwasthoughttohavebeensuccessful,butasubsequentdouble-
checkdetectedthatthepasswordwasstillpresent
FACTORY<min. Thedriveissuspectedofreportingfalseinformation.TheDCOsizeappearsto
beunreasonablelarge,leavinglessthan5MBofdiskcapacity.
NATIVE<min. Thedriveissuspectedofreportingfalseinformation.TheHPAsizeappearstobe
unreasonablelarge,leavinglessthan5MBofdiskcapacity.
BLOCKCNT<min. Thedriveissuspectedofreportingfalseinformation.Thedrive’sfactorycapacity
appearstobelessthan5MB.
HPARESETERROR FailedrstattempttoremovetheHPA
HPARESETFAILED TheHPAwasthoughttohavebeenremoved,butasubsequentdouble-check
foundittobestillpresent
DCORESETERROR FailedrstattempttoremovetheDCO
DCORESETFAILED TheDCOwasthoughttohavebeenremoved,butasubsequentdouble-check
foundittobestillpresent
SECUREERASENOT
SUPPORTED Thedrivedoesnotsupportthe“SecureErase(Normal)”feature
SECUREERASEENH
NOTSUPPORTED Thedrivedoesnotsupportthe“SecureErase(Enhanced)”feature
SECUREERASEENH
ERROR AnerroroccurredduringtheSecureErase(Enhanced)process
WRITECMDERROR TheDriveeRazerUltrareceivedanerrorwhileattemptingtowritetothedrive
READCMDERROR TheDriveeRazerUltrareceivedanerrorwhileattemptingtoreadfromthedrive
VERIFICATION
ERROR
Ablockonthedrivedoesn’tmatchwhatwassupposedtohavebeen
overwrittenthere.