Selecting Or Creating A Shred Profile; Selecting A Predefined Shred Profile; Customizing A Shred Profile - HP ProBook 4325s - Notebook PC User Manual

To set a free space bleaching schedule:
1. Open File Sanitizer, and click Free Space Bleaching.
2. Select the Activate Scheduler check box, enter your Windows password, and then enter a day
and time to bleach your hard drive.
3. Click Apply, and then click OK.
NOTE: The free space bleaching operation can take a long time. Even though free space bleaching
is performed in the background, your computer may run slower due to increased processor usage.

Selecting or creating a shred profile

You can specify a method of erasure and select the assets to shred by selecting a predefined profile or
by creating your own profile.

Selecting a predefined shred profile

When you choose a predefined shred profile (High Security, Medium Security, or Low Security), a
predefined erasure method and list of assets are automatically selected. You can click the View
Details button to view the predefined list of assets that are selected for shredding.
To select a predefined shred profile:
1. Open File Sanitizer, and click Settings.
2. Click a predefined shred profile.
3. Click View Details to view the list of assets that are selected for shredding.
4. Under Shred the following, select the check box next to each asset that you want to confirm before
shredding.
5. Click Apply, and then click OK.

Customizing a shred profile

When you create a shred profile, you specify the number of shred cycles, which assets to include for
shredding, which assets to confirm before shredding, and which assets to exclude from shredding:
1. Open File Sanitizer, and click Settings, click Advanced Security Settings, and then click View
Details.
2. Specify the number of shred cycles.
NOTE:
if you choose 3 shred cycles, an algorithm that obscures the data is executed 3 separate times. If
you choose the higher security shred cycles, shredding may take a significant length of time;
however, the higher the number of shred cycles that you specify, the less likely it is that the data
can be retrieved.
3. Select the assets you want to shred:
a. Under Available shred options, click an asset, and then click Add.
b. To add a custom asset, click Add Custom Option, and then browse or type the path to the
file name or folder. Click Open, and then click OK. Under Available shred options, click the
custom asset, and then click Add.
The selected number of shredding cycles will be performed for each asset. For example,
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