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Clicking Proceed after you select the desired method will start the task execution (if the Proceed
button is unselectable, click Finish on the sidebar and select the Destroy the selected files and
folders irreversibly box to enable the Proceed button).
22.2 Acronis DriveCleanser
Many operating systems do not provide users with secure data destruction tools, so deleted files can
be recovered easily by using simple applications. Even a complete disk reformat cannot guarantee
you permanent confidential data destruction.
Acronis DriveCleanser solves this problem with guaranteed and permanent data destruction on
selected hard disks and/or partitions. It allows you to select from a number of data destruction
methods depending on the importance of your confidential information.
To start Acronis DriveCleanser, select Tools & Utilities → Acronis DriveCleanser in the main program
menu. Acronis DriveCleanser allows you to do the following:
clean up selected hard disks or partitions using preset methods;
create and execute custom user methods of hard disk clean-up.
Acronis DriveCleanser is based on a wizard that scripts all hard disk operations, so no data
destruction is performed until you click Proceed in the wizard's Summary window. At any moment,
you can return to the previous steps to select other disks, partitions or data destruction methods.
First, you must select the hard disk partitions where you want to destroy data.
To select a partition, click the corresponding rectangle. You will see a red mark in the upper right
corner indicating that the partition is selected.
You can select an entire hard disk or several disks for data destruction. To do this, click the rectangle
corresponding to the hard disk (with a device icon, disk number and capacity).
You can simultaneously select several partitions located on different hard disk drives or on several
disks, as well as unallocated space on disks.
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