CRU Drive eRazer Ultra User Manual

Table of Contents

1.2 Identifying Parts

1. Pre-Setup

1.1 Drive eRazer Ultra Accessories

1.2 Identifying Parts

2. Setup

3. Menu Structure and Usage

3.1 Home/Start Erasing

3.2 Review Settings

3.2.1 Erase Type

3.2.2 HPA/DCO Handling

3.2.3 Validation

3.2.4 Label Printer Output

3.2.5 Reset to factory

3.3 View Drive Info

3.4 View Dock Info

3.5 Other Screens During the Erasure Process

3.5.1 Operational Status

3.5.2 Error Indication

4. Frequently Asked Questions

5. Technical Specications

1. Pre-Setup

1.1 Accessories

Take a moment to familiarize yourself with the parts of your

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new Drive eRazer. This will aid you in the remaining steps.

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3
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eSATA connection for connecting SATA drives

4-pin square connection for drive power cable

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40-pin IDE header for external IDE cable attachment

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DB9 connector for

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Serial connection for

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printer output

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USB B type connector

Check the accessories packaged with your Drive eRazer
Ultra. Please contact CRU if any items are missing or
damaged. The box should include:

Contains Number

Drive eRazer unit 1
AC adapter 1
Metal drive plate 1
Packet of screws and bumpers 1
SATA power/data cable 1
IDE/PATA power cable 1
IDE/PATA data cable 1
Quick Start Guide and warranty info 1

Error
LED
(red)

Disk access
LED (amber)

HPA/DCO
Indication
LED (green)

LCD

Navigation buttons

Power output
status LED (green)

Power output
status LED (green)

DC +12V input from
AC adapter

Power switch

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2. Setup

a) Attach protective metal drive plate to your 3.5”
hard drive. (This step is optional.) The purpose
of the bottom plate is to provide protection to your
drive electronics and aid heat dissipation.

b) If erasing an IDE/PATA drive, congure the

jumpers on the rear of the drive. The drive must
be set to the Master setting. Consult the
instructions or your drive (some drives display

conguration information on the drive’s label).

c) Ensure that the Drive eRazer’s power switch is in

the OFF (0) position.
d) Connect Drive eRazer to the drive (or adapter) using

either the IDE ribbon cable for IDE drives or the
SATA data/power cable for SATA drives.

e) If using an adapter, connect the drive to the adapter.
f) Attach the power cable to Drive eRazer Ultra and

to the drive. For SATA drives, the power cable and
data cable are combined into a single SATA drive
interface.

g) Plug the AC adapter into Drive eRazer Ultra.

h) Turn on the power switch. The connected drive will
power up and Drive eRazer Ultra main menu will
appear on the LCD screen

WARNING: Ensure that Drive eRazer Ultra’s power

switch is in the OFF (0) position before connecting a drive.

3. Menu Structure/Usage of Drive eRazer
Ultra

Use the LCD and 4-button navigation interface to start
erasing, adjust settings, view information about the drive
and dock, or check on operational status. On the 4-button
navigation interface, UP and DOWN allow scrolling through
options, while ENTER selects and BACK goes back to the
previous screen. When asked if you want to save a setting as
the default, the ENTER button saves as default. Pressing UP
or DOWN continues without saving the selection as default.

3.1 Home/Start Erasing

Use this screen to begin the erasure process using current
settings. “Quick Erase” is the default erasure setting. Quick
Erase uses all zeroes as the overwrite pattern.

START ERASING
QUICK ERASE >

ESTIMATING

ERASE TIME

WILL ERASE ALL
DATA >

ERASING. . . 2%

19 M REMAINING

When Quick Erase is complete, Drive eRazer will verify a
sample to ensure completion. See section 3.2.3 for more

information on verication.

PREPARING VERIFY

VERIFY . . .2%

39M REMAINING

VERIFY
DONE >

3.2 Review Settings

REVIEW SETTINGS
>

From this screen, the user can choose the erase type, set
HPA/DCO handling, set the sample size for validation, and
select the printer output.

3.2.1 Erase Type

• From the “Review Settings” screen, press ENTER to

get to the “Erase Type” screen.

ERASE TYPE
>

• The current erase mode will display, along with

an option to change the setting. Press ENTER
to change.

QUICK ERASE
CHANGE SETTING? >

• Press the UP and DOWN buttons to scroll through the

different options. Press ENTER to select the erase
mode you want to use.

CHANGE MODE TO
CUSTOM ERASE >

• After you select the mode, you will be prompted to

make your selection the default mode. Pressing
ENTER saves the mode as the default. Pressing UP
or DOWN sets and continues without saving the
mode as default.

CUSTOM ERASE
MAKE DEFAULT? >

3.2.1.1 Erase Specications Supported: Drive eRazer

Ultra offers user exibility with over a dozen preset erase

methods. Use the following chart to help select which

erase specication to use.

Spec Explanation

QUICK ERASE Performs single pass writing all

CUSTOM ERASE Performs 1 to 99 passes (user-

zeroes

selectable), overwriting with zeroes
or a user-selected pattern. On
every other pass, the complement
(inverse) of the selected pattern
will be used, but the last pass

will always use the user-dened

pattern.

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