Technical data

5.11 Termination of the deletion process

wards the client, for instance. The report dialog (fig.

15) offers three possibilities to output the report,

which are described below.

5.11.4.1 Storing to file

To store the report on an external medium, select

Save to file. You can use an internal or external

floppy disk drive or a USB key. If possible, do not use

the program floppy disk in order not to stress it unne-

cessarily. In case of a floppy disk, remove any write

protection. Click on [Create] to save the deletion re-

port to the selected medium. The report will be writ-

ten in the file SHREDxxx.LOG (“xxx“ stands for a con-

secutive three-digit number). If you save several de-

letion reports on the same medium, each report has

its own number. This makes is possible to uniquely

identify the different reports. The medium must have

at least one free file entry in the main directory (max.

224) as well as about 5 KB of free memory minimum

(or more according to the deletion method used and

the number of errors occured). Finally, a message is

displayed to indicate whether the report has been successfully saved (fig. 16). If you click on

[Cancel], the deletion report will not be saved.

Note: Long file names need several file entries at

once. Even if less than 224 files are listed in the

main directory of the medium, HDShredder may dis-

play the message “No free memory in the file sys-

tem”. In case of problems, you should generally use

an empty or newly formatted medium to save the

deletion report to.

5.11.4.2 Transmission via null modem connection

Select Serial null modem output to transmit the dele-

tion report to another computer (destination device) via a serial cable. HDShredder automatic-

ally uses the respective serial interface for the transmission; the interface does not have to be

separately selected. You only need to indicate the speed according to the transmission speed

set on the destination device (option 9600 bps or 115200 bps). Furthermore, the following

transmission parameters should be set on the destination device before the transmission starts: