Technical data

3 Supported hardware
This section contains detailed information about the hardware and hardware standards suppor-
ted by HDShredder. Furthermore, there are special references to be found regarding the usage
of certain device types.
3.1 Overview
Subsequent, you find a listing of the hardware requirements concerning the hardware used to
run HDShredder as well as additionally supported devices. Please note that support for a cer-
tain hardware may depend on the edition used (1.4 Edition overview).
3.1.1 Hardware requirements
• PC 80586 or higher, 90 MHz, 64 MB RAM, VGA (optimal: VESA support)
• keyboard: standard, PS/2 or USB
• mouse: serial, PS/2 or USB (optionally, can be operated with keyboard only)
• bootable floppy or CD drive
3.1.2 Supported media
• IDE/ATA hard disks (up to 2048 GB), CompactFlash via IDE
1)
• SATA hard disks (internal & external)
• SCSI hard disks (internal & external)
• USB hard disks (internal & external)
• Firewire hard disks (internal & external)
• USB keys
2)
, CompactFlash I
3)
, CompactFlash II
3)
, MicroDrive
3)
, SD/MMC
3)
• xD-Picture Card
3)
, Memory Stick
3)
, Memory Stick PRO
3)
, Memory Stick DUO
3)
1)
CompactFlash media with TrueIDE support
2)
must support the USB-Mass-Storage-Class protocoln
3)
via an appropriate USB card reader
3.1.3 Supported controllers
• PCI IDE controller
• Bus master IDE controller
• PCI SCSI host adapter (3.4.2 Compatibility)
• SATA controller with IDE interface (3.3.2 SATA/SATA-II controllers)
• SATA-II controller with AHCI interface (3.3.2 SATA/SATA-II controllers)
• USB UHCI & OHCI controller (USB 1.1)
• USB EHCI controller (USB 2.0)
• IEEE1394 OHCI controller (Firewire)
Note: The devices listed above represent the whole spectrum of hardware supported by HD-
Shredder. Detailed information about which devices are supported by your edition of HD-
Shredder is to be found in chapter1.4 Edition overview.
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