Paragon 139PREPL manuale d’uso

PARAGON Technologie GmbH, Systemp rogrammierung Heinrich - von - Stephan - Str. 5c  79100 Freiburg, Germany Tel. +49 (0) 761 59018201  Fax +49 (0) 761 59018130 Internet www.paragon - software.com  Email sales@paragon - software.com P ARAGON DISK W IPER ™ 10 USER MANUAL[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 2 CONTENTS Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 5 What’s New i n Disk Wipe r 10 ...................................................................................................[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 3 Data Sanitiz ation .................................................................................................................................... 13 Data Secur ity Standards ..............................................................................................[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 4 Basic Partitioni ng Operations ......................................................................................................................................... 34 Hard Disk Management .................................................................................[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 5 INTRODUCT ION Data securi ty nowada ys is the burning i ssue not o nly for co mpa nies and government agencies, but rank and file people as well. Our personal ity is now fully e mbedded i n compute r techno logy. It is comp uter you a pply to w hen at wo rk, it is al so com[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 6 Please take into considera tion the mentioned ab ove peculiarities o f the certain versio ns when working w ith the program. PRODUCT COMPONENTS In order to cope with differe nt tasks, the pro duct contains several compo nents:  Windows based set of utilities is the cr uc[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 7 AUTOMATIZATION FACI LITIES  Task schedul ing to automate routine operations. It can be particularly effective when you have to re peat a sequence of actions on a regular basis. Scheduling is only a vailable for the Windows installatio n of t he program.  Scripting to [...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 8  GUID Partiti on Table (GPT). It is the next generatio n of a h ard dis k partitioning scheme developed to lift restrictions of the old MB R. GPT di sks are now supporte d by Wind ows Vis ta/7, Ser ver 2008, Mac OS X and Linux. Some features may b e unavailable i n the v[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 9  SVGA video a dapter a nd moni tor  Mouse LINUX/DOS BASED WIPI NG CD To us e the Par agon Linux /DOS Wiping CD on your computer (it doesn’t matter what operating system is installed ), make sure that it meets the following minimum system requ irements:  IBM AT co[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 10 6. Confirm Install ation . On the Read y to Install the Pro gram page click the I nstall button to star t the installation or t he Back button to return to a ny of the previous pages and modify the i nstallation settings. 7. Copying Files . The Copying Fi les page shows th[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 11 Afte r you have inserte d the Wipi ng CD into a CD/DVD dri ve and r estarte d the com puter, the Boot me nu appears . The Boot m enu contai ns the following com mands:  Normal Mode . Boot i nto the Linux norm al mode. This mode uses the full set of drivers (recommended)[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 12  Wipe Wizard (enables to destroy all on - disk information or only remnants of deleted files/directories);  Fil e Transfer Wizard (a llows coping files/folders to another disk or a partition as well as recording them to CD/DVD);  Log Saver (helps t o collect and s[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 13 BASIC CONCEP TS This chapter explains terms and ideas that s how how the program w orks. To understand these helps to obtain a general notion of the operation performa nce a nd makes it easier for the us er to operate the program. DATA SANITIZATION Data security is a tw o [...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 14  NAVSO P - 5239 - 26 for MFM encoded drives . At first to writ e the fixed value (0xffffff ff) to the target data are a, then the fixed value (0xbfffff ff), and then ra ndom values. Finally, the t arget data area is to be verified; 3. British HMG Infosec Sta ndard No.5 [...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 15 an extended partition with logical drives. However, these operati ng systems also introduce a new disk configu rati on type - dynamic disk - which must be under stood to effective ly configur e and m anage har d disks. Dynamic disk is a physic al disk that doesn't use[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 16 The bulk of software today is written for a 32 - bit processor . It can meet the requirements of almost any end user. However that is not the case when dealing with servers processing large amounts of data with complex calculat ions of very large numbers. That is where 64 [...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 17 The Launc her’s wi ndow can b e conditiona lly subdivi ded in to sev eral sections that diffe r in their purpose and functionality: 1. Main Menu 2. Tool Bar 3. Virtual Operations Bar 4. Common Tasks Bar 5. Explorer Bar 6. Disk Map 7 . Legend Bar 8 . Status Bar A number o[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 18 MA IN MENU The Main Menu provides access to the entir e functionality of the pro gram. The available functions are as lis ted below: MENU ITEM FUNCTIONAL ITY Tools Send Log Fil es Compress and send t he log to the Para gon Sup port Team View Logs… View logs on the carri [...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 19 Wizards Wipe Hard Disk or Partition.. . Destroy all on - disk information or only re mnants of delete d files/directories Hard Disk Update MBR Update MBR (Master Bo ot Record) of the selected hard di sk Wipe Hard Disk … Irreversibly destroy all on - disk information Edit[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 20 Properties… Get in - depth information on the pro perties of selecte d partition View Toolbar Manage the Tool Bar represe ntation: sho w / hi de standar d and nav igation but tons, text labels and large icons Statu s Bar Display the Status Ba r Common Tas ks Bar Display [...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 21 Open the He lp syste m VIRTUAL OPERATIONS B AR The progra m supports previ ewing t he result ing layout of hard di sks befor e actual ly exec uting opera tions (so - called virtual mode of executi on). In fa ct, when the vir tual mode i s enabled, t he progr am does not ac[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 22 Wiping Tools Starting the Wipe Wizard t o help destroy all on - disk information or only remnants of deleted files /directories Starting the Wiping Media Wizard to creat e a Linux/DOS b ootable me dia which can be used to ge t access to your h ard disk f or maint enance or[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 23  Model. Small - sized bars display the following information about logic al disks:  Serial number,  Drive letter,  Total size,  File system. Furthermore, it is possible to estimate the used disk space by looking at the size of the ba r’s shaded area. The p[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 24  Disk View , which o ffers the user t he followi ng options : - Disk Editor to view/edit sectors of the selected partition/hard disk; - Properties to view detailed information on the selected partiti on/hard disk in the brigh t graphical for m.  You can switch betwee[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 25 Open the nex t brow sed page Stop loadin g the curr ent pag e Refresh the co ntents of the c urrent page Some features may b e unavailable i n the version of the pr oduct you have. T o learn more about it please cons ult the Disk Wiper Editions cha pter. LEGEND BAR The Leg[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 26 This sectio n contains a set of general o ptions t hat will be taken in to account during a ny operatio n carri ed out with t he prog ram:  Enable data loss protecti on . Ma rk the checkbox t o make t he program work in the fail - s afe mode (also referred to as the dat[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 27 Here you can set a spe cific da ta erasur e algor ithm that w ill be use d by def ault during wipe oper ations. Some features may b e unavailable i n the version of the pr oduct you have. To learn mo re about it please cons ult the Disk Wiper Editions cha pter. PARTITIONIN[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 28 This section contains a set of options that wi ll be taken into accou nt during partitioning operati ons:  Enable 64 K B clu ster size for FAT16 . Mark the chec kbox to ena ble 64KB clust ers for FAT 16 partitions. Thus you will be able to create FAT1 6 partitions up to[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 29 This section contains a set of option s that will be taken int o accou nt during t he Send log files and Send e - mail notification operations:  Outgoing mail server (SMTP) . To send messages by using the built - in mail client, it is n ecessary to have access to a comp[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 30  By clicking t he link at th e bottom of the window you can jum p to the Operation Depende ncy Options . Some features may b e unavailable i n the version of the pr oduct you have. To learn mo re about it please cons ult the Disk Wiper Editions cha pter. VIRTUAL MODE OP[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 31 This sectio n contains a set of options t hat wil l be taken i nto ac count when the Send e - mail no tification on apply function is enabled. B y marking /unmark ing a check box oppos ite the required ope ration yo u can cho ose wheth er to rece ive an e - mail notificati[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 32 The model and serial number of the disk serve as the title of the browsed p age. The disk layout is shown in form of a circula r graph, where the color of a sector correspo nds to a file sys tem of an appropriate par tition. On the right yo u may see a tabl e, which contai[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 33  Total size , used spa ce and fr ee space (in GB o r MB). Below there is a list of wizards, which may be called for this disk. All default value s of parameters will correspond to the disk s ettings. BUILD ING WIP ING MED IA The Wiping Media Builder provides the possibi[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 34  You can ma ke an IS O image i nstead o f burning a CD/DVD by select ing th e Emulator drive.  CD/DVD writing parameters . Writing parameters include writing speed (maximum o r minimum) and the ability of ejecting the recorded disc after completing the operation. The[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 35 4. The program allows creating new parti tions only within blocks of un - parti tioned space. It ca nnot conve rt a free space on an existing partition to a new partition. DIALOG ST ARTUP In order to start the operati on yo u should take the following steps: Launcher 1. Se[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 36  Partition size and position may al so be defi ned by usi ng the dra g - and - drop techn ique. To do that , just carry out the r equired operation on the Disk Map. T he virtual operation s are to be a vailable.  File system for new partition . From the pull - down l[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 37 SUPPORTED FILE SYSTE MS The program provides the a bility to format p artitions of the follow ing file systems: - FAT12 & FAT 16 - FAT32 - NTFS - Ext2 - Ext3 - Linux Swap v. 2 - HPFS This operation can be accomplished eit her with the Format Partition Dialog. DIALOG ST[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 38 In addition, there is the possib ility to make further detailed settin gs (although the default values will do in most cases). To activate t he adva nce mode, you need t o click t he More options but ton at t he foot of the dialog page. D epending on t he chosen file syste[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 39  Call the po pup menu for the se lected par tition (ri ght click of the mouse b utton) the n select t he menu i tem: Delete Partition . DIALOG SE TUP Initially the program suggest s you just to rem ove references to the s elected partition from t he Partition Table. [...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 40 In this chapter you will fin d all the informatio n necessary to carry hard disk operations suppor ted by t he program (Updat e MBR, Convert to Basic, Chan ge Primary Slot). UPDATING MBR The progra m enables to over write the current bo otable code in the MBR (Mas ter Boot[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 41  Wipe mode . This section enables to switch between two options: - Wipe out all data . Select the option to irre ve rsibly destroy all on - disk data of the selected object. - Clear (wipe) free space . Select t he option t o destroy any remnants o f deleted files/direct[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 42 - In case you pre ferred to create a customiz ed algorit hm, the nex t page o f the wizar d ena bles to def ine up to 4 wiping patterns, number of passes for each wipin g pattern and for the group of patterns. The Mask spinner control allows you to set a two - figure hexad[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 43 The prog ram also enables to store the resulted rep ort. To do that, just press the Save button an d choose the exact l ocation in the opene d dialog. To make sure that all on - disk data is irreversib ly destroyed call the Disk Viewer dialog by clicking the appropriate t [...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 44 TASK SCHEDULING Automatio n of operati ons can r eally hel p you out when y ou’ve got t o accom plish cer tain routi ne op erations on a regular basis as it enables to execute them without your in volvement while optimizing your c omputer’s work -load. SETTING A TIMETA[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 45 MA NAGING TASKS All scheduled tasks are placed in a separate list, wh ich can be retrieved by clicking the Sche duled Tasks tab in the Explorer Bar: On every ta sk you can get in - depth infor mation, i ncluding :  The task name  The full pa th to the generate d scri[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 46 3. In the ope ned dial og window you can se e two ta bs - General and Schedule. Click the Ge neral tab to modify:  Full path to the macro - command program - interpreter, which describes the scheduled task;  Command line for st arting the interpret er (i. e. the tas [...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 47 4. In the ope ned dial og enter t he requi red task name and specify t he task timetabl e; 5. The operation will be performed immedia tely after confirmation.  This comma nd is una vailabl e if the re are no operatio ns on the List of P ending Operatio ns. Some features[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 48 SETUP Initially the program sugg ests some consistent values for all parameters. In most cases, yo u can just press the Gen erate button to confirm the operati on.  Script file name and location . By default, th e program offers to add the script to the Task List with a[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 49  This command is unavaila ble if there are no operations o n the List of Pen ding Oper ations. To learn m ore about script s please c onsult t he Parag on Scripti ng Lang uage man ual. Some features may be u navailable in t he version of the pr oduct you have. To lea rn[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 50 MOUNT PARTITION The program enables to assign or remove drive letters of existin g formatted partitions. ASS IGN DRIVE LETTER In order to mount a par tition you should take the following steps: Launcher 1. Select a partition on the Disk Map. 2. Call the Add Drive Lette r d[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 51  Modifying driv e letter of t he system pa rtition will result i n inability to boot the operating sy stem. After having processed par titions wit h install ed software, some programs may not ru n properly. TEST SURFACE The progra m enable s to test surface of exi sting[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 52 3. Initially the program sugg ests some consistent values for all parameters. In most cases, you c an just press the Yes button to confirm the o peration.  Automatically fix file system error s . Mark the checkbox t o automatically fix any fou nd error without requestin[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 53  Careless use of the Edit Sectors function may result in th e irreversible data corru ption. SEND LOG F ILES The progra m enables to sim plify the pro cedure of sending support r equests to the Pa ragon Su pport Team . In case o f having difficulties with ha ndling the [...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 54 By clickin g the Send button th e buil t- in mail client will generate a template request with attached compressed log files and then send it to the Paragon Support Team. LOG FILES Log files are simple textual files tha t can be opened by any text editor. There are several[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 55 With a hand y dialog you can s tudy logs o n any oper ation ca rried by th e progra m. To ma ke this jo b as e asy as poss ible, all t he information is structu rally divided, besides there is the possibilit y to see the disk layout before and after an operation, what is v[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 56 3. In the boot menu selec t Normal Mode to use the Linux wiping en vironment (more preferable) or Safe Mode to use the PTS DOS wiping environment (in case you’ve got problems with Linux ). More over you’ ve got t he option to boot i nto the Low - Graphics Safe Mode (PT[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 57 6. On the next page choose the requi red hard dis k from the pull - down list (if se ver al) and the n select t he Update the MBR executable code option. 7. Confirm the operation. 8. After the operation is completed click t he Report button to se e a well informative summa[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 58 FIXING WINDOWS START UP ABILITY Let’s assum e that due to an unknown reas on your Windows fails to co mplete th e start up procedur e. At fir st ever ything seem s qui te OK, you can see the sta ndard sta rtup me ssages on the scree n, but at some m oment it hangs up. To[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 59 6. On the next page choose the required Windows installation from the list of found insta llations (if several), then selec t the Edit the Boot.ini f ile optio n. If you ’re not sure whic h installa tion you n eed, plea se use the Propert ies butto n to get more info on [...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 60 9. On the next page cho ose a ha rd disk from the pull - do wn list (i f severa l), then t he requi red par tition. If you’re no t sure which installation you need, please use the Properties button to get more info on t he selected item. 10. Click the Edit Letters button[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 61 12. Confirm the operation. 13. After the operation is completed click the Report button to see a well informative summary page. The program also enables to store the res ulted report. To do t hat, just press the Sav e button and choose t he exact location in the open ed di[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 62  By default the Normal M ode will be a utomatically init iated after a 10 second i dle period. 5. In the Linux launch menu select the File Transfer Wizard. You can find the same wizard in PTS DOS as well. 6. On the Wizard' s Welcome page, click the Next button. 7. [...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 63 8. Select files you want to copy and place them to Clipboard by pressing the left arr ow -button. Click the Calc button to esti mate the resulte d data size. 9. On the Select De stination Type, choose the way the data w ill be stored. Select the Save data to any local driv[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 64 13. After the o perati on is compl eted, cl ose the wizard by pressing th e appro priate but ton. 14. Eject the CD. 15. Turn off the computer . BURNI NG OF DATA FROM THE CORRUPTED SYSTEM DIS K T O CD/DVD To retrieve valuable infor mation from your hard disk and burn it to [...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 65 5. On the Wizard' s Welcome page, click the Next button. 6. Select a disk where the files you need are stored from t he pull -dow n list in the right pane of the page. 7. Select files you want to c opy and place them to Clipboard by pressing th e left arrow -button.[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 66 Click the Calc button to esti mate the resulte d data size. 8. On the Select De stination Type, choose the way the data will be stored. Select the Burn data to CD/DVD item. 9. On the Choos e a Recor der page , select a recor der from t he list of availabl e device s and t [...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 67 To irreversibly destroy all on - disk information without any possibilit y to recover and that way providing the maximum level of security, pl ease do t he follo wing: 1. Launch the Wi pe Wizard. The re are several ways to do it: Launcher  In the Mai n Menu: s elect Wiz[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 68 6. Review all param eters of the operation and modify them if necess ary. 7. Complete t he wizar d and the n apply the pendin g changes. Some features may b e unavailable i n the version of the pr oduct you have. T o learn more about it please cons ult the Disk Wiper Editi[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 69  The progra m cannot create a new partiti on on a dynamic di sk, but onl y on a hard disk that uses the DOS partitioning scheme.  According to the rul es of the DOS par titioni ng scheme , the foll owing com binations o f partit ions cann ot be created: - Two Extende[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 70 You can fin d a name of the tool you need he re: http://kb.paragon - software.com 11. When runnin g a backu p opera tion with t he Micro soft VSS mode ena bled, I ge t the fol lowing er ror: er ror code 0x 12016 "VSS: can't read volume d ata” Most likely yo ur [...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 71 The triad of values {[ Sectors - per - Track], [Tracks - per - Cylinder], [Amou nt - of - Cylinders]} is usu ally named the Ha rd Disk Geometry or C/H/S geometry. Tracks and cylinders are enumerated from "0", while sectors are en umerated from "1". Thes[...]

Copyright© 1994 - 2009 Para gon Soft ware Grou p. All ri ghts rese rved. 72 Windows 2 000 and XP s uppor t two quite differ ent parti tioning sc hemes: t he old D OS parti tioning sche me and the ne w Dynami c Disk Management (DDM). The prob lem is that earlier versions of Windows do not support DDM. In additio n, most hard disk utilities do not s[...]