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2. Select Disk  Wipe or a similar item in the Operations sidebar list, or click
the selected unallocated space on the toolbar.
3. In the Wipe Unallocated Space window, enter a number of disk passes (up to 99),
For information about the Acronis Disk Director Suite data wiping algorithm
see the commentary for 4.1.10 «Deleting a partition».
4. By clicking OK, you'll add a pending operation of unallocated disk space wiping.
4.1.14 Clearing a hard disk
Acronis Disk Director Suite lets you clear not only unallocated disk space, but an entire
disk as well.
If you need to clear the entire hard disk:
1. Select a hard disk on the Tree View panel of Acronis Disk Director Suite — Clear the
current hard disk drive button becomes available on the toolbar (if there is no Tree
View panel in the main window, show it by selecting View  Tree View).
2. Select Disk  Clear or a similar item in the Operations sidebar list, or click
the current hard disk drive on the toolbar.
3. Select the clearing method in the Clear Hard Drive window; you can:
(1)
(2)
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Hard disk passes number window
just delete hard disk partitions (without wiping disk sectors) — set the
switch to Delete partitions.
delete hard disk partitions and fully clear hard disk sectors — set the
switch to Delete partitions and destroy data.
Having set the switch to Delete partitions and destroy data, enter the
number of passes for wiping.
Manual Partition Operations
Wipe
Clear
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