Disk Erase

KillDisk is a powerful tool for disk sanitation. Individual disks can be erased with just few clicks using many international sanitizing standards.

Disk Erase complete process is described below.

Select disks

Use mouse in Disk Explorer to select one or more physical disks. Selected disks displayed with orange borders.

For multiple selection use Ctrl+Left Mouse click.

To select all attached disks, press Ctrl+A.

To select a particular partition or volume, click the object in the Local Devices view.
Start erase

Open Disk Erase dialog using one of the following methods:
- Click Erase Disk command on the action toolbar
- Click Actions > Erase Disk command from main menu
- Click Erase Disk command from disk's context menu
Confirm erase options

Confirm sanitation options after Disk Erase dialog pops up:

Figure 1: Erase Options
Use tabbed views to adjust disk erasure options if necessary. Available options are:
If single disk is selected from Local Devices view, then exact area for the erase can be optionally specified:

Figure 2: Area selection for Disk Erase

Select all disk space

Entire surface of the disk will be erased

Select all volumes

Select for erase the only disk space where the live volumes located

Select all unallocated space

Select for erase the only disk unallocated area (the space where no live volumes exist)

Select exact disk area

Allows you to use sliders on the visualization of your disk to select a particular range of sectors for erasure.
Start erase

Click Start button to go to the final Confirm Action dialog (depending on erase settings this dialog can be skipped). This is an additional precaution measure. If you proceed with confirmation - all data on the selected disk(s) or on selected disk area will be destroyed permanently - without any possibility to be recovered.

Click OK button to confirm erase and start erase process.
Observe progress

After starting erase a progress bar is displayed at the disk area. The progress bar represents the percentage of disk space being sanitized. As the procedure progresses the percentage increases and time left recalculates.

To stop erase process, click Stop at any time (via action toolbar, main menu or context menu).

Figure 3: Disk Erase progress
Verify erase completion

After erase is complete, the results (Success, Failed, Canceled) are displayed on top of the disks in different colors.
Figure 4: Erase Completed

After erase completion there are options for reviewing results (logs, processing reports and attributes), printing Erase Certificates and Disk Labels for processed disks.