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* Note that all these settings (“Erasure Standard”, “Remove Hidden Areas”, “Erase Remapped Sectors” and “Enforce Blancco SSD Method On SSDs”) can be accessed directly from the Blancco Drive Eraser / Blancco 5 user interface (Erasure-step > Advanced-view > Erasure options) starting with version 5.10.0.

“Blancco SSD Erasure” or “NIST 800-88 Purge” or enabling “Erase Remapped Sectors” on a drive having remapped sectors) will consistently produce failures on those drives.Ĭheck Blancco Drive Eraser / Blancco 5 Configuration Tool user manual for more information on the different erasure standards and booting options.

Some erasure standards/options that require firmware-based erasure commands (e.g.

Most erasure standards (doing normal overwrite) will work without a glitch.

With these settings, the FLR procedure will be entirely disabled and will not be attempted under any circumstance.

On the dropdown list that appears to the right, select the value “disabled”.

On the new fields that appear below the dropdown list, select the “flr” checkbox.

In the “Booting options” dropdown list, select the value “Customized startup”.

Load Blancco Drive Eraser ISO image on the Drive Eraser Configuration Tool.using the standards “Blancco SSD Erasure” or “NIST 800-88 Purge” or enabling “Erase Remapped Sectors” on a drive having remapped sectors) may trigger the FLR procedure. Selecting other erasure settings (e.g.As long as the selected erasure settings are not changed, the erasure process will work without a glitch.With these settings, the FLR procedure will be entirely skipped at boot time and will not be attempted before or during the erasure.Īny existing freeze lock(s) will remain on the drive(s): Save Blancco Drive Eraser / Blancco 5 image.Ensure that the “Boot options” dropdown list is set with any value other than “FLR during startup”.Disable “Enforce Blancco SSD Method On SSDs” option.Disable “Erase Remapped Sectors” option.The description of the erasure methods is located in the appendices of the Blancco Drive Eraser / Blancco 5 user manual.Select an erasure method that does not enforce any firmware based erasure (only normal overwriting is allowed).Load the Blancco Drive Eraser / Blancco 5 ISO image on the Drive Eraser Configuration Tool.If the following settings are configured, the erasure will start and Blancco Drive Eraser / Blancco 5 will not attempt the Freeze Lock Removal (FLR) procedure:

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