How to Wipe Multiple Drives to Minimize Time

BitRaser^® Drive Eraser - Multiple Deployment

How to Wipe Multiple Hard Drives Simultaneously?

This guide provides easy-to-use instructions on how to wipe multiple hard drives at once using BitRaser Drive Eraser software in "Multiple deployment" mode. The tool provides a "plug-n-play" utility for erasing up to 100 hard drives mounted in a storage rack through a simple and efficient process.
The instructions are broken down into three stages to get you a fast and practical way to wipe multiple hard drives simultaneously with minimal effort through the following stages:

STAGE 1 (one-time) 5 MINUTES

Provides the steps to download the software ISO image file from BitRaser cloud

STAGE 2 (one-time) 5 MINUTES

Provides instructions to create a bootable USB for wiping hard drives.

STAGE 3

Shares the steps to wipe rack-mount hard drives using BitRaser software through bootable USB.

These instructions help you to wipe multiple drives in less than 10 minutes.

Note: Total wiping time will vary as per the hard drive type, storage capacity, and erasure standard.

STAGE 1

Download BitRaser Drive Eraser ISO Image File from BitRaser Cloud

STEP 1 Log in to your cloud account using the credentials delivered via your email.
STEP 2 Click the user profile icon on the BitRaser cloud Home screen to view the BitRaser Drive Eraser downloadable ISO file
STEP 3 Click Download BitRaser Drive ISO to download the software ISO image.

STAGE 2

Burn BitRaser Drive Eraser ISO on a USB drive to create bootable media

STEP 1 Visit https://rufus.ie to download Rufus – an open-source application for creating bootable USB flash drives.
STEP 2 Install Rufus on your laptop or desktop and connect a USB drive to the system.
STEP 3 Launch Rufus and follow the instructions displayed in the below image. Click START to initiate the steps for bootable USB media creation
STEP 4 Click 'Yes' on the pop-up message box to proceed.
STEP 5 Click OK on the final pop-up confirmation message to burn the BitRaser Drive Eraser ISO file on the USB.

Tip: You can use the same BitRaser Drive Eraser bootable USB media to wipe multiple hard drives on Windows PCs and Mac systems.

STAGE 3

Wipe multiple hard drives using BitRaser bootable USB media

Follow these steps to erase several hard drives simultaneously:

STEP 1 Gather all the hard drives and mount them in the storage rack.
STEP 2 Connect the storage rack to a display device.
STEP 3 Plug the bootable USB media into the storage rack.
STEP 4 Power ON the system and enter the Boot menu by pressing the applicable Function keys for your device.
STEP 5 Select the USB Device option and press Enter.
- A screen with BitRaser Dual Boot Menu will appear after the host computer boots successfully.
STEP 6 Select BitRaser and press Enter to initialize BitRaser Drive Eraser.
- The software Home screen will appear, listing all the hard drives, including the built-in & USB drives connected to the host machine. The interface will display the number of licenses left as '0'.
- At this stage, you need to connect the host machine to the Internet and log in to BitRaser cloud for acquiring licenses for wiping the rack mount hard drives, as follows:
STEP 7 Click the Settings icon on the top right corner.
STEP 8 Click the Network tab in the Settings window.
For Ethernet, follow these steps:
- Select the Ethernet radio button.
- Select the Host machine in the Configuration dropdown menu.
- Choose Automatic (DHCP). All other fields will be auto-populated.
- Click Connect.
For Wi-Fi, follow these steps:
- Select the Wireless radio button.
- Select the Host machine in the Configuration dropdown menu
- Select the wireless network in the SSID Name dropdown menu
- Enter the wireless network password and click connect
STEP 9 Next, click the BitRaser Server tab in the Settings window
STEP 10 Enter BitRaser cloud URL, login user name & password. Click Connect
The software will automatically acquire licenses from your BitRaser cloud account. You would be able to see the License Left count in the bottom right corner.
Step 11 Select the checkboxes for hard drives you wish to erase
Step 12 Select the Erasure Method from the dropdown list at the bottom of the screen and click Erase.
A confirmation message will pop up to start wiping the hard drives.
Step 13 Click 'Yes' to start wiping the hard drive.
- The software will start erasing the hard drives, displaying the progress.
After wiping the hard drives, the software will generate digitally signed reports for all the erased hard drives and save them automatically on your BitRaser Cloud account.