Upon completion, the final report will open, which will provide a summary of the deletion process.
The final report will provide the following information:
Subject | Description |
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Media | Deleted drive / deleted partition |
Method | Deletion method used |
Passes | Number of completed runs |
Deleted sectors | Total number of deleted sectors |
Write errors | Total number of write errors encountered |
Runtime | Time elapsed for the entire process |
Click Close to return to the Main Screen.
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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.
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fig. 2: Store report |