. Erase Track Zero. Use this to clear out an old operating system installation. Using the time value set under the T selection, the drive will erase sectors for that time duration. This command writes zeros to every sector on the hard drive. This test may take several hours to complete.
Type “ CMD ” in the search box, click “ Command Prompt ”. Type “ format X: /fs:NTFS /p:1 ” (X is the drive letter of your Seagate hard drive, NTFS is the file system) and press Enter. This format command means it will format the X drive with the NTFS file system and it will write zeros to every sector of the drive once.
Select the Advanced Tests menu, then select SED Crypto Erase. If you do not see this option, verify that you have an SED. Note: If you do not have an SED, you can select the Overwrite Erase option, and SeaTools will perform a write of zeros across the entire drive to sanitize it. This process can take several hours depending on the drive size.
Writing zero to hard drive is one of the popular data sanitization methods nowadays. This method is also known as the Single Overwrite method and called zero-fill erase or zero-fill. It is a process of replacing existing data on hard drive with zeros, so as to prevent most hardware-based and all software-based recovery methods from extracting.

Your data may be stored on a wide variety of different physical media, such as an internal or external hard drive or a USB flash drive. Before repurposing or recycling a laptop, desktop, or other computing system, it’s critical to protect your data by securely erasing or disposing of the physical storage.

Data Must be Securely Erased or Destroyed Prior to Equipment Disposal

Erase Track ZERO - Quick Zero fill to erase the data and partitions from a drive. This option requires one second to complete. Range - Use this option to start an erase at the specified starting and ending LBA.

When a device has had its data securely erased or destroyed, a clean media labelshould be affixed to the device, signaling that it is ready for disposal.

Need Help?

If you do not feel completely comfortable securely erasing your data, please contact the UVM Tech Team and schedule an appointment to visit the Computer Clinic.

Method	Description	Drive Type
Physical Drive Destruction	Computer hard drives and storage media can be brought to the Computer Clinic and submitted for destruction. Hard drives will be removed from computers and destroyed. The computer will be returned to you and will require a Surplus Pickup Request to dispose of the electronic waste properly. This method is only available to computers and storage media that are owned by the University of Vermont	Any storage media (Recommended)
Securely erasing an Encrypted Volume	Volumes encrypted with FileVault 2 or BitLocker can be securely erased without the need to write zeros throughout the entire disk.	Solid State and spindle disk drives (Recommended)
ATA Secure Erase command	Software used to securely erase data.	Solid State and most modern spindle disk drives
SSD Manufacturer utilities	Use software provided by the manufacturer of the drive to erase an SSD. Many manufacturers offer software that allows for securely erasing the drive.	Solid State Disks
Disk Zero-ing software	Software used to write zeros bit for bit across an entire drive, securely erasing all data on the disk.	Traditional magnetic spindle disk hard drives

These Processes are DATA DESTRUCTIVE

To prevent accidental DATA loss, disconnect any disk drives that are not targeted for secure erasure!

Recommended Methods

UVM Owned Devices Only

Seatools Erase Track Zero

Physical drive destruction is only available to computers and storage media that are owned by the University of Vermont

Seagate Tools Erase Track Zero

Computer hard drives and storage media can be brought to the Computer Clinic and submitted for destruction. Hard drives will be removed from computers and physically destroyed.

Computers will be returned to you (with the hard drive removed) and will require a Surplus Pickup Request to dispose of the electronic waste properly.

If your computer does have have removable storage media (NVMe soldered to the system board) the guides below may required to securely erase your data.

This service is provided by Enterprise Technology Services at no cost to departments.

BitLocker encrypted disks enable you to quickly sanitize the device by deleting the encryption key, which renders the data on the drive irretrievable. To sanitize the contents of a BitLocker encrypted disk, follow the steps outlined below.

This guide assumes that you are not booted to the disk that you’re attempting to securely erase. You must connect the target disk to another machine via USB dock, or opt to boot to LiteTouch, or Windows Recovery media.

Connect the target disk to the computer.
Press the on your keyboard, search for the Disk Management program.
Verify that the target disk is BitLocker Encrypted. In this example, D: is the target disk.
Right-click on the target volume, from the menu that appears select Delete Volume.
- If your disk has more than one partition, repeat this step until the disk is completely unallocated space.

FileVault encrypted disks enable you to quickly sanitize the device by deleting the encryption key, which renders the data on the drive irretrievable. To sanitize the contents of a FileVault encrypted disk, follow the steps outlined below.

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Requirements:

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macOS 10.12 or higher is required for Disk Utility to see APFS formatted volumes.
This guide assumes that you are not booted to the disk that you’re attempting to securely erase. You must connect the target disk to another machine via target disk mode, USB dock, or opt to use Internet Recovery to perform the following steps.

APFS and HFS+ encrypted volumes are housed within a logical “container” disk within the physical disk’s available space. By default, Disk Utility only displays available volumes. To display physical disks and containers, click the “Sidebar” menu and select “Show All Devices“.
Verify that the target volume is encrypted with FileVault by selecting the volume from the Sidebar and viewing its details. If you find that the volume is not encrypted, you may want to use one of the “Alternative Methods” for securely erasing data below. If the machine does not have a removable hard drive, ETS recommends encrypting the disk first, and then proceeding with this guide.
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