Secure Erase

The Secure Erase (SSD) section provides settings' configuration for the Solid-state drive (SSD) specific erase procedures.

Verify erasure

Percentage of disk to be verified after Secure Erase completes.

Initialize disk(s) after erase

Writes proper MBR to disk's first sector after erasure complete. This is needed for disk to be visible and properly accessible by most Operating Systems.

Write fingerprint to first sector

This feature writes the specified fingerprint to the first sector of the erased drive. If erased disk is plugged into the system and system boots from this disk the user will see a message on the screen about the disk being erased by KillDisk.

Erase confirmation

As an additional precaution, a Confirm Critical Actions mechanism is used to prevent accidental data destruction: before each disk erasure, a confirmation dialog appears to provide user-aware protection.