Technical data

5.10 Deleting data
change marginally or do not change at all for a time (e.g. in case of read or write errors), the
deletion animation shows that HDShredder is still running.
5.10.3 Status indication
On the left and right side of the operating field, you see the fields of the status indication. They
contain information on the current status of the deletion process.
Status Meaning
Sectors processed
Absolute number of sectors already copied.
Run
Number of deletion runs started at this point.
Read errors
Number of the read errors occurred up to this point. This number
can also decrease if errors can be fixed. When starting the optional
verification run, this value is set back to zero.
Write errors
Number of the write errors occurred up to this point. This number
can also decrease if errors can be fixed. When starting the optional
verification run, this value is set back to zero.
Running time
Time passed since the start of the deletion process.
Time remaining
Estimated (!) time remaining for the whole deletion process (incl. the
optional verification run) on the basis of the deletion speed attained
up to here. Note: The rest time can strongly increase in case of oc-
curring read or write errors.
Data rate
Average data rate which has been attained up to this point of time.
The indicated value refers to the amount of deleted sectors.
Verification errors
This indication is only used if the deletion procedure contains verific-
ation runs..
5.10.4 Percentage indication
The percentage indication (fig. 4) is located below the deletion animation. It shows how
many percent of the current run (5.10.6 Course of the process) are already finished.
5.10.5 Progress bar
The progress bar (fig. 4) below the percentage indication visualizes the progress of the cur-
rent run. Which run (5.10.6 Course of the process) is currently processed is shown in the
status indication on the left above the progress bar.
5.10.6 Course of the process
The whole procedure consists of several runs according to the selected 6.5 Deletion meth-
ods: First of all a normal deletion run with an optional verification run. Furthermore, each dele-
tion run can be followed by a complementary run with inverted deletion pattern as well as by
an optional verification run, too. This sequence can be repeated up to 99 times. Further on, ac-
cording to the deletion method, a final run with random numbers as well as an optional verific-
ation run can be performed. The Custom mode thus allows up to 398 runs. Additionally, the
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