Erase User Data - Keysight N9912A User Manual

Battery
Learn about this table on page 185.
Internal Temperatures
Learn all about this table and the importance of the internal FieldFox temperatures
on page 13.

Erase User Data

All data that you have written to the FieldFox can be erased with the press of a
button. You would do this if your FieldFox is located in a secure environment and
must be routinely erased of sensitive data.
All data is deleted from the FieldFox internal "UserData" partition. This includes all
State files and Trace + State files (*.sta), all Data files (*.csv, *.snp), all Picture files
(*.png), all Cal Kit files, and all Cable files.
External media that is inserted (mini-SD card or USB flash drive) is NOT erased.
The "Lost Clusters" folder and files is NOT erased because it is part of the file system
housekeeping.
How to Erase User Data
 Press System 7.
 Then
 Then
 Then
 Then
 Then the following occurs:
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Service Diagnostics.
Advanced
Erase User Data
Confirm Erase
All data files and folders are deleted from the "UserData" partition.
o
A large file of 0s is written to all of the free blocks on the partition.
o
The large file is deleted. All blocks released by deleting this file are now available
o
for use.
The FieldFox is rebooted, which manages the newly-freed data and re-writes the
o
factory cal kits and cable files.
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