{"id":1529,"date":"2017-03-23T02:57:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T00:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.atola.com\/?p=1529"},"modified":"2022-12-21T08:30:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T06:30:48","slug":"launching-4-fillerase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/launching-4-fillerase\/","title":{"rendered":"How to wipe multiple drives simultaneously"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Erasing data on destination drives guarantees accuracy of the imaged data and helps verify that the drive has no errors. In the course, all sectors are overwritten with the help of selected\u00a0pattern or method.<\/p>\n<p>When you need to prepare multiple hard drives for imaging, Insight&#8217;s multitasking capabilities enable you to do so much faster by launching Erase\/Fill on multiple drives simultaneously, including those connected to the source port.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1537\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.atola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/disksense-arrow-1024x435.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/disksense-arrow-1024x435.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/disksense-arrow-150x64.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/disksense-arrow-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/disksense-arrow-768x326.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To wipe the drive connected to the source port, remember to switch off write protection on the port so that the indicator above the switch is off and there is a notification right below the port bar saying <em>Note: Write protection of currently attached device is OFF<\/em> (see the picture below).<\/p>\n<p>Then follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Under <i>Device<\/i><em> Utilities<\/em> select <em>Fill or Erase<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Select Fill method among the wide range of options and click on<em> Next<\/em> button.<\/li>\n<li>Select the range of sectors to be erased on the drive and click on <em>Start Fill \/ Erase<\/em> button.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, confirm that you want to erase data on the disk in the pop-up window.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>To run a concurrent Fill\/ Erase process on another drive, click on the<strong> +<\/strong> <em>(plus) <\/em>icon in the port bar and select a drive connected to a Target port:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1530\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.atola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1-drive-erase.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"958\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1-drive-erase.png 958w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1-drive-erase-150x117.png 150w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1-drive-erase-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1-drive-erase-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then repeat the same steps to launch the process on this device:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1534\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.atola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2-drives-erase.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"958\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2-drives-erase.png 958w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2-drives-erase-150x112.png 150w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2-drives-erase-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2-drives-erase-768x572.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By following the same steps you can wipe data from one source drive and three target drives, all at the same time, as shown in the picture below.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1535\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.atola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/4-drives-erase.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"958\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/4-drives-erase.png 958w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/4-drives-erase-150x112.png 150w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/4-drives-erase-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/4-drives-erase-768x572.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This ability to perform Fill\/Erase on multiple drives makes Insight exceptionally useful for forensic units dealing with multiple cases, where evidence acquisition is an ongoing activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erasing data on destination drives guarantees accuracy of the imaged data and helps verify that the drive has no errors. 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