Technical data

5.7 Selecting the medium

5.7.2 Selecting a partition

When selecting a partition (fig. 7), the recognized

drives and the partitions found on them are shown in

the selection list. The partitions belonging to a certain

drive are listed below it in an indented form. The

drives themselves cannot be selected. The frame

with the details on the right side of the selection list

shows details concerning the drive on which the cur-

rently selected partition is located.

Select the desired partition. You confirm your selec-

tion by pressing [Next] in the lower right corner of

the operating field and go to the next step.

5.7.3 Deactivated list entries

There are two cases in which entries in the selection list are deactivated and therefore cannot

be selected:

• In the selection dialog for a partition, the list entries for the corresponding drives are always

deactivated because a partition but not a drive is to be selected.

• If HDShredder recognizes drives, but the edition used does not support them, these drives

and the partitions on them are also deactivated. In order to use HDShredder for these drives,

you need a higher edition. For further information on the supported drives and the capacities

of the different editions of HDShredder, please consult chapter 1.4 Edition overview or the

HDShredder website at http://www.hdshredder.com.

Tip: To see the details of drives which are recognized by HDShredder but not supported by

your edition (1.4 Edition overview), activate the checkbox All drives selectable below the

details. Then you can also select these drives to show the corresponding details. You can see

under the point Supported from which edition on the respective drive is supported.

5.7.4 Information on the drive

On the right side of the selection list for drive or partition, you find a frame containing details

on the currently selected drive. When selecting a partition, the data of the corresponding drive

is shown here. The following information is available:

Field Description

Controller

Type (IDE/SCSI) and number (0-15) of the controller

Channel/Device

Channel used by the drive (primary/secondary) and

Connection of the drive (master/slave resp. 0-15)

LUN

Logical number of the drive (0-255)

Name

Name of the device (according to the internal drive data)

Serial number

Device serial number (according to the internal drive data)

fig. 7: Selecting a partition