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  1. The drive has a freeze lock, the machine does not restart after attempting the freeze lock -removal (screen stays black) and the machine cannot be remotely erased.
  2. The drive is in a good condition (no remapped sectors).
  3. The drive does not have any hidden area that needs to be removed.
  4. The drive does not contain sensitive data.
    • Secret data often requires purging or sanitizing procedures that may involve the use of firmware based erasure commands which are available only if the drive is not Freeze Locked.
    • The user essentially requires erasing the user addressable area of the drive.
  5. The drive remains under organizational control in which case 'Clear' level erasure is considered sufficient as per NIST. For more information about NIST 800-88 Clear/Purge levels, see the Drive Eraser User Manual Chapter 12.

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