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Additional information and tips for the use on various types of devices are listed here.
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In order to support a wide range of devices, HDShredder/S implements the official interface standards for the particular device types. In addition, we perform extensive testing with each type of device. Should you experience any issues anyway, in most cases these can be resolved with the appropriate option settings. Should this not resolve the issue, our Support Team will be glad to help you.
The achievable speed primarily depends on the disks capabilities, for which the following approximate classifications can be made:
| Type | Age | Tranfer Speed |
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| Older drives | ~ 5-10 years | ~ 10-60 MB/sec |
| Newer drives | ~ 3-5 years | ~ 40-120 MB/sec |
| Top models | ~ 0-3 years | ~ 80-180 MB/sec and more |
| USB 2 | ~ 0-5 years | ~ 10-40 MB/sec |
| USB 3 | ~ 0-3 years | ~ 10-150 MB/sec and more |
| SSDs | ~ 0-5 years | ~ 90-300 MB/sec and more |
| PCIe-SSDs | ~ 0-2 years | ~ 200-1,500 MB/sec and more |
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HDShredder supports SATA, SATA-II and SATA 6G disks. We recommend setting SATA controllers in BIOS to operating modus AHCI (instead of IDE). Should the IDE mode be needed by the installed operating system, IDE can be reset following the deletion process.
In order to connect SATA devices to a running system (hotplugging), the SATA controller needs to be set to AHCI (instead of IDE) operating mode in BIOS, and the ports to be used for hot-plugging must be set to Hotplug. Alternatively, SATA ports can also commonly be used for hot-plugging when they have a SATA device connected when powering on.
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A port multipler allows the connection of several SATA devices to a single SATA port, thereby sharing the transfer rate of the port. This enables the connection of more SATA disks than native SATA ports are available at one time. Disks that are connected via a port multiplier will be recognized and displayed automatically.
SCSI and SAS disks are supported by HDShredder/W and HDShredder/L as long as an appropriate driver is present. Only these Adaptec Narrow, Wide, Ultra and Ultra Wide SCSI controllers are supported by HDShredder/S:
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HDShredder can also delete RAIDs. Generally, the individual disks on the RAID can be deleted consecutively. Yet often times the RAID can be addressed directly, so that the data from all of the RAIDs disks can be deleted in a single step.
HDShredder/W can basically use all available mass storage media on Windows, including RAIDs which present as normal drives on Windows. They can be deleted with HDShredder. HDShredder deletes RAIDs just as it would regular disks. The RAID structure is hidden by Windows and therefore special RAID properties are not visible to HDShredder/W.
Since 2003, Intel offers support for software RAIDs in its chipsets, which we will refer to here as Intel RAIDs. HDShredder/S supports the deletion of Intel RAIDs. The RAIDs thereby must be connected, in their original configuration, to the internal Intel-SAT-controller. The available RAID volumes will be shown as disk in the drive list. In the event of incomplete or defective RAID sets, the deletion of the individual disks is required.
HDShredder can be used with USB devices of the versions 1.0/1.1 (UHCI, OHCI), 2.0 (EHCI) and 3.0/3.1 (XHCI). HDShredder supports USB mass storage media (USB Mass Storage Class), USB keyboards, mice (HID) and USB hubs.
HDShredder works with any Firewire drive or Firewire card reader that supports the Serial Bus Protocol (SBP).
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An HID-capable USB Bluetooth adapter (internal or external) is needed in order to use Bluetooth-connected input devices (keyboard, mouse, etc.) with HDShredder. Devices must be connected to the PC prior to starting the program. The self-booting HDShredder variants take care of this automatically upon starting.
The NVMe interface is used by modern SSDs and it allows high transfer rates in particular. HDShredder supports NVMe disks, regardless of their structure, such as an M.2 or PCIe cards.
The term M.2 describes a form factor for expansion cards, yet it is oftentimes synonymous with an NVMe interface. Yet actually, SATA or USB-3 devices can be connected via M.2. Therefore, the support with M.2 cards conforms to the device interface and the HDShredder Edition used.
Thunderbolt adapters and devices of classes supported by HDShredder (for example Thunderbolt-Firewire adapter) can generally be used. They must already be connected at the time of system startup, since hotplugging for Thunderbolt is not yet supported.
