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title: "How do I boot up the Blancco Driver Eraser?"
canonical: "https://support.blancco.com/space/KB/11633254/How%20do%20I%20boot%20up%20the%20Blancco%20Driver%20Eraser%3F"
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| **<span style="color: #003366">Created date</span>** | **<span style="color: #003366">Updated date</span>** | **<span style="color: #003366">Affects version</span>** | **<span style="color: #003366">Fix version</span>** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2/16/2017<span style="color: #003366"> </span> | 2/14/2023 | All versions | N/A |

<span style="color: #000000">Once the ISO has been configured if needed (</span>[<span style="color: #000000">Drive Eraser Configuration Tool</span>](https://go.docs.blancco.com/wiki/spaces/KB/pages/11633295)<span style="color: #000000">) and loaded onto a CD or a bootable USB drive (</span>[<span style="color: #000000">USB Creator</span>](https://go.docs.blancco.com/wiki/spaces/KB/pages/11633301)<span style="color: #000000">). </span><span style="color: #000000">Insert your CD or bootable USB media with the Blancco Drive Eraser software and turn on/reboot your computer. </span>

<span style="color: #000000">Make sure that you have set the primary boot device to CD-ROM (optical device) or USB, or have selected the correct boot device from the boot menu. The following article may assist you in this process - </span>[<span style="color: #000000">Accessing the BIOS and changing the boot sequence</span>](https://go.docs.blancco.com/wiki/spaces/KB/pages/11633175)<span style="color: #000000"> </span>

<span style="color: #000000"> If the Blancco Erasure Software does not start (or the system boots to an existing operating system) make sure that you have created the bootable media correctly.</span>

<span style="color: #bfbfbf">If all the steps above fail please contact Blancco's Technical Support team by</span><span style="color: #bfbfbf"> </span>[<span style="color: #000000">creating a support ticket</span>](https://support.blancco.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=3539209)<span style="color: #bfbfbf">.</span>