How to: Wiping Hard Drives

Date: 25/02/05
Author: David

Overview: This document details the step by step instructions involved in wiping hard drives at Computerbank.

1. Ensure that the computer is turned OFF.

2. Attach 4 drives to the Ribbon with Red indicator towards the female power connection on the HD from the back of the computer.

On one of the ribbons, set the drives as primary master and primary slave, while the other ribbon should be set as secondary master and secondary slave.

3.  Ensure that Wipe Floppy Disc is inserted in the Floppy Drive.

4. Power on the computer.

5. At the Boot Prompt, type in lower case 'autonuke' then press ENTER.

6. When the hard drives have been wiped, power down the computer
 and remove the 4 hard drives. Remember to label the drives as "wiped."

Put the hard drive in the appropriate section (based on MB size) of the hard drive storage area.