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title: "Can I run Blancco Erasure Software in Windows?"
canonical: "https://support.blancco.com/space/KB/11633180/Can%20I%20run%20Blancco%20Erasure%20Software%20in%20Windows%3F"
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<span style="color: #000000">The "default version" of Blancco Drive Eraser (CD/ISO image) cannot be executed from Windows. Windows-based Blancco Drive Eraser execution requires that the software is "packaged" into an MSI package.</span>

<span style="color: #000000">Blancco Drive Eraser uses its own operating system. This means that the software needs to be booted from a bootable media device (CD/DVD/USB) during the computer startup.</span>

<span style="color: #000000">Blancco offers other Windows based solutions such as Blancco File Eraser, Blancco Removable Media Eraser and Blancco LUN Eraser. For more information, visit our </span>[<span style="color: #000000">official web site</span>](https://www.blancco.com/products/)<span style="color: #000000">.</span>