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title: "Blancco Drive Eraser version 6.13.0 and Drive Eraser Configuration Tool 2.13.0 have been released!"
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Drive Eraser 6.13.0 and Configuration Tool 2.13.0 - Release notes

**Features:**

- **ALBUS-6460, ALBUST-615, MC-6016, WFE-26** - Intelligent Business Routing - Drive Eraser Workflows.
- **ALBUS-6620, ALBUST-591** - Hardware Diagnostics: Battery Discharge Test.
- **ALBUS-6104, ALBUST-593** - Support for 802.1x authentication.
- **ALBUS-6934** - Ability to reformat a SAS drive after the erasure.

**Bug fixes:**

- **ALBUS-6454** - The screen resolution is reported more consistently.
- **ALBUS-6499** - "Blancco SSD Erasure" was failing on INTEL SSDPE2KE016T7 NVMes.
- **ALBUS-6500** - "Blancco SSD Erasure" was slow on INTEL SSDSC2KB038T7 SATA SSDs.
- **ALBUS-6766** - The erasure speed was reported incorrectly when the SMART test was enabled.
- **ALBUS-6848** - There were black screen problems on HP EliteDesk 800 G2 SFF desktops.
- **ALBUS-6850** - Microsoft Surface Pro 7 machines can be booted successfully.
- **ALBUS-6913** - Improving the support of Sanitize/ESE/SE commands on drives supporting TCG Enterprise.
- **ALBUS-6975** - Detecting the AC adapter on Microsoft Surface Pro machines.
- **ALBUS-6993** - The support of the USB-to-Ethernet adapter ASIX AX8817X (model AX88772B) got broken in v6.12.0.
- **ALBUS-7023** - The support of the USB-to-Ethernet adapter Realtek RTL8152 Fast Ethernet Adapter got broken in v6.12.0.
- **ALBUS-7086** - Improving the reporting of failed erasures.
- **ALBUS-7000** - Improving the multithreaded writes on NVMes.
- **ALBUS-6534** - Some external USB drives could not be formatted.
- **ALBUS-6537** - Seagate BUP Portable external drives failed the erasure immediately.
- **ALBUS-6952** - Some Dell Precision 5520 laptops froze after BDE booted via the Preinstall tool.
- **ALBUS-6966** - The SSD Kingston RBUSNS8154P3512GJ1 was not detected in Acer A315-54K-33QMI3-7020U.
- **ALBUS-6974** - It was not possible to automatically exclude a drive from the process (erasure or reporting) based on the drive condition.
- **ALBUS-6826** - Samsung Evo 850 SSD did not have its password removed after a failed erasure (ended up locked).
- **ALBUS-7046** - Removable media was reported incorrectly, own <disks> section in the hardware report.
- **ALBUS-6597** - The BDE Network Manager always pinged the gateway.
- **ALBUS-6869** - The number of passes of the Memory Test is now reported.
- **ALBUS-6907** - The BDE Network Manager has been improved.
- **ALBUS-7030, ALBUS-6987** - Improvements on the Enterprise USB Erasure Enablement delivery.
- **ALBUS-6967** - The new grub file provided along v6.12.0 has been integrated in the v6.13.0 image.

Please request the Detailed Release Notes from your Sales or Support Representative.