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If the following settings are configured, the erasure will start and Blancco Drive Eraser / Blancco 5 will not attempt the Freeze Lock Removal (FLR) procedure:
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- Load the Blancco Drive Eraser / Blancco 5 ISO image on the Drive Eraser Configuration Tool
- Open the “Security” tab *
- The description of the erasure methods is located in the appendices of the Blancco Drive Eraser user manual.
- Select an erasure method that does not enforce any firmware based erasure (only normal overwriting is allowed).
- The description of the erasure methods is located in the appendices of the Blancco Drive Eraser / Blancco 5 user manual.
- Disable “Remove Hidden Areas” option.
- Disable “Erase Remapped Sectors” option.
- Disable “Enforce Blancco SSD Method On SSDs” option.
- Open the “OS” tab
- Ensure that the “Boot options” dropdown list is set with any value other than “FLR during startup”.
- Save Blancco Drive Eraser / Blancco 5 image
With these settings, the FLR procedure will be entirely skipped at boot time and will not be attempted before or during the erasure.
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- Load Blancco Drive Eraser ISO image on the Drive Eraser Configuration Tool
- Open the “OS” tab
- In the “Booting options” dropdown list, select the value “Customized startup”.
- On the new fields that appear below the dropdown list, select the “flr” checkbox.
- On the dropdown list that appears to the right, select the value “disabled”.
- Save Blancco Drive Eraser / Blancco 5 image
With these settings, the FLR procedure will be entirely disabled and will not be attempted under any circumstance.
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Check Blancco Drive Eraser / Blancco 5 Configuration Tool user manual for more information on the different erasure standards and booting options.
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* Note that all these settings (“Erasure Standard”, “Remove Hidden Areas”, “Erase Remapped Sectors” and “Enforce Blancco SSD Method On SSDs”) can be accessed directly from the Blancco Drive Eraser / Blancco 5 user interface (Erasure-step > Advanced-view > Erasure options) starting with version 5.10.0.
** Requires Blancco Drive Eraser 6.3.0 or higher and Blancco Drive Eraser Configuration Tool 2.3.0 or higher.
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