User manual LAPLINK SAFEERASE REV 01-10

[. . . ] Laplink® SafeErase http://www. laplink. com/help 1 User Guide E-mail us at CustomerService@laplink. com Tel (USA): +1 (425) 952-6001 Fax (USA): +1 (425) 952-6002 Tel (UK): +44 (0) 870-2410-983 Fax (UK): +44 (0) 870-2410-984 Laplink® SafeErase User Guide Laplink Software, Inc. Customer Service/Technical Support: Web: http://www. laplink. com/help E-mail: CustomerService@laplink. com Tel (USA): +1 (425) 952-6001 Fax (USA): +1 (425) 952-6002 Tel (UK): +44 (0) 870-2410-983 Fax (UK): +44 (0) 870-2410-984 Laplink Software, Inc. 14335 NE 24th Street, Suite 201 Bellevue, WA 98007 U. S. A. Copyright / Trademark Notice © Copyright 2010 Laplink Software, Inc. Laplink, the Laplink logo, Connect Your World, and SafeErase are registered trademarks or trademarks of Laplink Software, Inc. [. . . ] Click Run Now and you will be prompted to select the Deletion method. Afterwards, you can initiate the deletion process. Delete Free Disk Space Normally, you already have deleted data before installing Laplink SafeErase. In order to be safe, and make sure that this data will never be reconstructed, Laplink SafeErase includes a feature that wipes your free space clean. Select the function Delete Free Hard Disk Space in the start page. In the pop-up Window, you can select the drive from which free disk space should be deleted. Apply saves all your settings as a Profile and you will be brought to the start page. Click Run Now and you will be prompted to select the Deletion method. Afterwards, you can initiate the deletion process. Delete Temporary Files The operating system often buffers files temporarily to unburden the memory. Normally, these temporary files are automatically deleted after having been used. Yet, even those deleted temporary files can be restored. If you want to delete temporary files securely, then proceed as follows: 1. On the start page of Laplink SafeErase, click on Delete Temporary Windows Files. Activate the check for the desired options. Apply saves all your settings as a Profile and you will be brought to the start page. Click Run Now and you will be prompted to select the Deletion method. Afterwards, you can initiate the deletion process. SafeErase User Interface - Using Profiles Laplink SafeErase offers the possibility to save various program functions as a profile. In that way it is possible to execute certain activities synchronized and with the same settings (i. e. Select an activity in the start page, e. g. Choose your settings in the corresponding action pane. Afterwards, you have the choice of either running the activity now by selecting Run Now or saving the settings as a profile by clicking on Apply. [. . . ] Click on the entry Securely Erase Partition. Then confirm the deletion of this partition. Note: Depending on the size and number of deletion cycles requested, this process of deletion can be very time-consuming. After the partition has been erased it is necessary that you reformat the partition in order to use it again. [. . . ]