How to Completely Wipe a Laptop, PC using BitRaser

BitRaser^® Drive Eraser

How to Wipe a Laptop, PC or Server

This guide walks you through simple instructions for how to completely wipe a laptop, how to wipe PC, and connected drives using BitRaser Drive Eraser software at Internet-enabled locations. Instructions in this guide are broken down into three stages to offer you an easy method on how to wipe a Laptop, PC clean with minimal effort. The instructions also help you to completely erase data stored on a laptop, external hard drive, and flash drive.

Note: BitRaser Drive Eraser for Mac is also available to wipe Mac with Intel, M1, M2, T1, T2 chips.

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 PCs, laptops, and connected drives.

STAGE 3

Provides steps on how to wipe a PC, laptop and connected drives using BitRaser software through bootable USB.

These instructions let you wipe a PC clean in less than 10 minutes.

Note: The 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 - 5 Minutes

STEP 1 Login 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 BitRaser ISO image.

STAGE 2

Burn BitRaser Drive Eraser ISO to create a Bootable USB media 5 Minutes

STEP 1 Visit https://rufus.ie to download Rufus - an open-source application used for creating bootable USB flash drives.
STEP 2 Install Rufus on your system and connect the USB drive to the system.
STEP 3 Launch Rufus and follow the instructions based on the below image.
STEP 4 Click START to initiate the bootable USB media creation process.
STEP 5 CLICK 'YES' on the pop-up message box to proceed further.
STEP 6 Click OK on the final pop-up confirmation message to burn the BitRaser Drive Eraser ISO file on the USB.
After completing the process, you will have bootable USB media to wipe your PC clean.

STAGE 3

Wipe the Laptop, PC & connected drives using BitRaser bootable USB 5 Minutes

The following steps allow you to wipe a laptop, desktop, and connected drives using the BitRaser bootable USB:

STEP 1 Connect the bootable USB media to the host machine.

Note:

How to Disable Secure Boot Before Wiping Your Machine?

STEP 2 Power ON the host machine and enter the Boot Menu by pressing the applicable Function keys based on the device 'make' and 'model'.
STEP 3 Select the USB Device option and press Enter.
- BitRaser Dual Boot Menu screen will appear after the host computer boots successfully.
STEP 4 Select BitRaser and press Enter to initialize BitRaser Drive Eraser.
- BitRaser Home screen will appear after initialization, listing all the drives - including build-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 to wipe the PC clean, as follows:
STEP 5 Click the Settings icon on the top right corner of the Home screen.
STEP 6 Click the Network tab in the Settings window.
- For Ethernet, follow these steps:
  - Select the Ethernet radio button.
  - Choose Automatic (DHCP) in Configuration. All other fields will be auto-populated.
  - Click Connect.
- For Wi-Fi, follow these steps:
  - Select the Wireless radio button.
  - Select the wireless network in the SSID Name dropdown menu.
  - Enter the wireless network password & click connect.
STEP 7 Next, click the BitRaser Server tab in the Settings window
STEP 8 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 9 Select the checkbox for all the drives you wish to erase.
STEP 10 Select Erasure Method from the dropdown list at the bottom of the screen and click Erase.
STEP 11 A message box will pop up, asking for final confirmation on initiating the erasure process.
The software will start wiping the computer and external hard drive(s), displaying the progress.
After wiping the PC clean, the software will generate digitally signed reports for all the erased drives and save them automatically on your BitRaser Cloud account.