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Enterprise USB Erasure Enablement - 1.3.1 and newer
Drive Eraser - All versions

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Description

Enterprise USB Erasure Enablement tool creates a bootable USB flash drive (USB stick) containing Blancco Drive Eraser software. The user selects a Drive Eraser ISO image that will be written to the USB stick and after this, the tool is used to transfer licenses from the user's Blancco Cloud account to the USB stick.

Restrictions:

Minimum System Requirements:

Blancco USB Creator

User should have administrator rights

Windows 7 or newer

1GB or more free space on the system disk

1GB or larger USB memory stick

Network connection which can connect to Blancco Cloud and existing Blancco Cloud account is required
Blancco Drive Eraser Enterprise Edition 6.13.0 or later

USB Stick must have a valid serial number

Blancco Drive Eraser
USB-port/adapter for USB-booting
x86 architecture machine
1 GB of RAM in most cases (erasing servers with 2+ drives requires more RAM)
SVGA display and VESA compatible video card for graphical user interface

Step by step instructions

To start using the software, run the executable with administrator rights. If the application is run without admin rights, it prompts the user for permission elevation to admin level.

  1. The first screen displays the license agreement (EULA). Accept it to continue.
  2. Insert the USB stick to the machine. If the USB stick is already connected, reconnect it.
  3. Once the USB stick has been detected, press “Continue” to move to the next step in the process.
  4. Click “Browse” to open the Window’s File Explorer and use it to select the ISO image. Once the ISO image has been selected, continue the process.
  5. Sign in to your Blancco Cloud account.
  6. Once signed in, select the number of licenses to transfer to the USB stick. The default amount is one (1) license. When “Continue” is pressed the USB drive creation process is started and the licenses are consumed from Blancco Cloud.
  7. Wait until the bootable USB stick has been created.
  8. Once finished, the following screen is displayed, and the USB stick is ready for use.