Start DiskPatch and select the disk. |
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| After selecting the disk, the menu will expand, showing actions that can be performed for the selected disk.
The selected disk will be marked in high intensity blue in the disk list (For example: disk 1 in following screen). |
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| Now select 'Disk related tasks', then 'Wipe'. You can now select the type of wipe you wish to perform. In this Example: 'Standard DiskPatch wipe'will be selected. |
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| Note: if you are wiping a disk before using it as a target disk for cloning, select the 'Standard DiskPatch wipe': the disk just needs to be empty and the standard wipe will simply clear the disk. |
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The partitions on disk1 will be displayed. If no partitions are found, only 'Select region manually' will be available. In this example,the first partition on the disk is selected.
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| Press <Enter> to select the partition, a confirmation screen will be displayed: |
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Select 'Yes' to continue. During the wipe a map display of the disk is shown. The grayed out area represents the area that will be wiped, the blocks represent the area that has been wiped so far. Errors (if encountered) will be displayed on the map to give you a general idea of where they are on the disk.
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| A progress bar is displayed at the bottom of the screen. |
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| If needed, the wipe can be aborted by pressing <Escape>. Time remaining can fluctuate if bad areas are encountered.
When the wipe has been completed the following screen will be displayed: |
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| The screen will show the results of the wipe. Press any key to return to the menu. |
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