Shred An Entire Disk - McAfee VIRUSSCAN PLUS 2008 User Manual

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Shred an entire disk

You can shred the entire contents of a disk at once. Only
removable drives, such as external hard drives, writeable CDs,
and floppy disks can be shredded.
1
Open Shredder.
How?
1. On the McAfee SecurityCenter pane, under
Tasks, click
2. On the left pane, click Tools.
3. Click Shredder.
2
On the Shred files and folders pane, under
Erase an entire disk.
3
Under Shredding
levels:
Quick: Shreds the selected drive once.
Comprehensive: Shreds the selected drive 7 times.
Custom: Shreds the selected drive up to 10 times.
4
Click Next.
5
In the Select the disk
shred.
6
Click Next, and then click
7
Click Start.
8
When Shredder finishes, click Done.
Note: Do not work with any files until Shredder has completed
the task.
Advanced Menu.
Level, click one of the following shredding
list, click the drive that you want to
Yes to confirm.
Common
I want to, click