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title: "Erasure based on WinPE"
canonical: "https://support.blancco.com/space/KB/11633065/Erasure%20based%20on%20WinPE"
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<span style="color: #000000">Some organizations base their erasure processes upon booting WinPE. Additionally, certain devices (such as some running Intel Atom processors) fail to boot Blancco Drive Eraser / Blancco 5. In both of these situations, you have the option of using Blancco LUN </span><span style="color: #000000">Eraser </span><span style="color: #000000">to securely erase the drive on the logical layer. This is accomplished by downloading a special Windows PE image which has been pre-configured to contain Blancco LUN Eraser inside of it.</span><span style="color: #000000"> </span>[<span style="color: #000000">Download the image from here</span>](https://download.blancco.com/products/erasure/lun_eraser/download/WinPE_image_creator_amd64_HD.zip)<span style="color: #000000">.</span>

<span style="color: #000000">In case you wish to configure and build your own personalized WinPE ISO image, see the detailed instructions in the following Quick Start Guide. </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Note:</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> You will require an integration package from Blancco to be able to embed Blancco LUN </span><span style="color: #000000">Eraser </span><span style="color: #000000">within the ISO:</span>  
[<span style="color: #000000">https://download.blancco.com/products/lun_eraser/manuals/Blancco_LUN_-_For_WinPE_-_Packaging_Quick_Start_Guide.pdf</span>](https://download.blancco.com/products/lun_eraser/manuals/Blancco_LUN_-_For_WinPE_-_Packaging_Quick_Start_Guide.pdf)

<span style="color: #000000">The ISO can be burned onto a CD or used on a bootable USB stick. When you boot a device from it, you will briefly see the Windows logo, followed by a blue background with a standard Command Prompt ready for use. Your starting location in the Command Prompt will be X:\Windows\System32</span>

<span style="color: #000000">Navigate back to the X: root and then into the Blancco folder. From here, Blancco LUN </span><span style="color: #000000">Eraser </span><span style="color: #000000">can be used to target and erase the drive for secure erasure.</span>

<span style="color: #000000">For more information, see the </span>[<span style="color: #000000">Blancco LUN eraser user manual</span>](https://support.blancco.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=65749)