Final Report

Upon completion, the final report will open, which will provide a summary of the deletion process.

The final report will provide the following information:

SubjectDescription
MediaDeleted drive / deleted partition
MethodDeletion method used
PassesNumber of completed runs
Deleted sectorsTotal number of deleted sectors
Write errorsTotal number of write errors encountered
RuntimeTime elapsed for the entire process

Click  Close  to return to the Main Screen.

Final Report
fig. 1: Final Report

Choose  Deletion report  to generate a detailed deletion report and store it as a text file. Select the drive on which you want the report to be stored (fig. 2). The report will be stored on the drive in the file hdshredder.<x>.txt (<x> = consecutive number) and filed into the root directory (for example X:\hdshredder.1.txt). The report will be stored as a PDF unless the PDF option is unchecked, in which case it will be stored as TXT.

Store report
fig. 2: Store report