BLANCCO – Client Software

Manual
VERSION 4.8

Blancco Ltd
Länsikatu 15
FIN-80110 JOENSUU, FINLAND

[email protected]
Tel. +358-207-433-850

[email protected]
Tel. +358-207-433-860
Fax +358-207-433-859
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Glossary ...............................................................................................................................3
General information.............................................................................................................4
Minimum System requirements ...........................................................................................4
Booting up and Computer settings ......................................................................................4
A short introduction to Blancco - Lite, Data Cleaner+ and Pro user interface ...............5
Function keys.......................................................................................................................6
[F2] Change language / Keyboard layout ............................................................................6
[F3] Select erasure method / options...................................................................................6
[F4] HexViewer....................................................................................................................7
[F5] Reports, Load previous reports / Check report integrity ...............................................7
[F6] Option to run additional SMART tests ..........................................................................7
[F7] Bad disk option (Only SCSI & Plus/Pro).......................................................................8
Generated reports after the erasure ....................................................................................8
[F8] HASP Activate, tool for activating licenses in a HASP key...........................................9
Security features in Blancco Erasure Client .....................................................................10
Detecting hard disk..............................................................................................................10
Bad sector handling.............................................................................................................10
Information destruction of remapped/reallocated sectors in ATA and SATA interface ........11
Information destruction of remapped/reallocated sectors in SCSI interface (starting from
v4.8) ....................................................................................................................................11
Host Protected Area (HPA) .................................................................................................12
Device Configuration Overlay handling (DCO)....................................................................12
Table: Failed, locked or protected area support in Blancco – Clients 4.8............................13
Optional features in Blancco erasure software.................................................................14
Hardware tests ....................................................................................................................14
Automatically operated tests ...............................................................................................14
Memory test....................................................................................................................14
CPU (Central Processing Unit) .......................................................................................14
Motherboard ...................................................................................................................14
Manually operated tests ......................................................................................................15
Pointing devices (mouse, touchpad and track stick).......................................................15
Display............................................................................................................................15
Keyboard ........................................................................................................................16
Optical devices (at the moment only CD option is available) ..........................................17
Floppy drive ....................................................................................................................17
Sound .............................................................................................................................17
Customized erasure reports ................................................................................................18
Windows OS version, Serial or installed software detection possibility ...............................19
Troubleshooting, Steps to do before contacting support................................................20
Changing the “boot sequence” / Accessing BIOS ...............................................................20
Burning the *.iso image / Creating the CD image ................................................................21
Using a non-graphical user interface...................................................................................21
Gathering debug information for [email protected] .....................................................22
Boot loader error descriptions .............................................................................................22
Deficient BIOS clock............................................................................................................23
Unable to save report notification ........................................................................................23
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Erasure failed due to the verification ...................................................................................23

Unable to reset DCO. See report for details........................................................................23
RAID erasures.....................................................................................................................24
Erasing RAID configurations with Blancco – Pro ............................................................24
Blancco – Pro has the following drivers with dismantling support...................................24
Blancco – Pro has the following drivers without dismantling support..............................25
Erasing configurations if the hardware is not supported......................................................25
How to erase hard drives if they cannot be detected via the RAID adapter....................25
Erasing the hardware that is not supported by Blancco ......................................................26
Hardware support in Blancco – Data Cleaner+ and Pro...................................................27
Instructions for IDE hard drives ...........................................................................................27
SCSI / USB / Serial ATA device support in Data Cleaner+ and Pro....................................28
Fibre Channel / FireWire / RAID / Serial ATA support in Pro ..............................................28
About Blancco Ltd. ..............................................................................................................29
License agreement ..............................................................................................................30

GLOSSARY
Item Explanation
BDC+ Blancco – Data Cleaner+
Fibre channel A serial data transfer architecture developed by a consortium of
computer and mass storage device manufacturers and now being
standardized by ANSI. The most prominent Fibre Channel standard is
Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL).
ATA Short for Advanced Technology Attachment, a disk drive implementation
that integrates the controller on the disk drive itself.
HDD Hard Disk Drive
SATA SATA is an evolution of the Parallel ATA physical storage interface.
Serial ATA is a serial link -- a single cable with a minimum of four wires
creates a point-to-point connection between devices.
SCSI Short for small computer system interface, a parallel interface standard used
by Apple Macintosh computers, PCs, and many UNIX systems for attaching
peripheral devices to computers.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS THOROUGHLY BEFORE YOU START
USING THE PROGRAM.

Before you start using the Lite, Data Cleaner+ or Pro program make sure that all files, folders,
software applications or any other information that you want to save for later use, are backed up on
an appropriate media device other than the original hard drive. Data that has been erased from
the hard disk by this program cannot be recovered by any existing method. Please note that
Device Configuration Overlay (DCO) settings will be reset to the default settings during the
Blancco software boot.

For future use of the erased computer an operating system must be installed.

If you are not sure whether to erase the information on the hard disk, please contact your system
operator, information management or a corresponding party, which maintains the computers in
your organization. Do not erase the data if you are not completely sure about the necessity of
the data.

Minimum System requirements

Before using the software please check that your computer meets the following system
requirements:

1. Intel based PC with 486DX processor or better

2. Hard disk drive
3. More than 32 MB RAM memory, recommended 64MB
Note! Memory need depends on the hardware environment and the client software
4. CD-drive (Floppy support can be found from version 4.7 and older)
5. SVGA display for graphical user interface
6. [Optional] Network card for Blancco – LAN Server, Blancco – WAN Server or
www.blanccoservice.com solutions.

Booting up and Computer settings

1. Check that all the hard drives are attached properly into the computer
Note! If there seems to be DCO or HPA areas on the disks, please check the details for
specific technologies from this manual.
2. If you have a laptop computer plug in the power adapter as well
3. Disable or type the BIOS passwords requested during the booting up (see section
Changing the “boot sequence” / Accessing BIOS)
4. Disable power saving qualities from BIOS.
5. Insert the Blancco program disk to the floppy disk/CD-ROM -drive
6. Switch-on the computer power or press the reset button. Note! Attach external devices
before booting Blancco
7. If you are not sure, check from the BIOS that the system’s booting up priority starts from the
CD-ROM first (see section Changing the “boot sequence” / Accessing BIOS)
8. Follow the user instructions in order to start erasing the data

Attention! When erasing in a server environment we recommend reading the following chapters
from this manual: Erasure of SCSI Remapped Sectors (Plus & Pro Clients only), RAID erasures
and the [F7] Bad disk option (Only SCSI & Plus/Pro). The full version of this manual is available to
download from: www.blancco.com -> download -> documents.
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A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO BLANCCO - LITE, DATA CLEANER+ AND PRO USER

INTERFACE
Steps in Blancco

Some of the user actions can be automated or modified for corporate users. Please contact your
sales representative if you think this is necessary.
Step 1 / 4
Please read through the license agreement page and if you accept it click “Accept”. Otherwise,
click “cancel” and the program will shutdown without erasing any data from your hard drives.
Step 2 / 4
The identified hard drives in the computer are shown. Please check that the hard drives have been
correctly identified. If the hard drives contain partitions, you are able to select the desired partitions
for overwriting. Select the partitions with the keyboard arrow buttons, enter/space or just simply
click with the mouse. Selected partitions are shown red and not selected white. You can deselect a
partition by clicking it again.

Start the erasure by clicking "erase" with the mouse or press tab-key until "erase" is selected and
press enter. You will be asked to confirm the erasure before it starts.
Attention! All hard drives and partitions are selected as default to be erased.
Function keys
[F2] Language / Keyboard layout
Option to select the language and
keyboard layout.
[F3] Select erasure method
Select an overwriting standard or create
your own overwriting standard. Save
report to the hard disk.
[F4] Hexviewer
Built in sector viewer for the visual
inspection of the hard drive.
[F5] Reports
Check the content of the erasure report
and save/modify it if needed.
[F6] SMART, use this option to run
additional SMART tests
[F7] Bad Disks, use this option in server
environment for Bad Disk detection. See more details.
Optional [F8] HASP Activate, tool for activating licenses in a HASP key

Step 3 / 4
The data erasure process is shown; cancel the erasure by pressing [ESC]. Cancelling the
overwriting process before it has properly finished will generate a situation that Blancco cannot
guarantee that all the data has been written over. In this case, the report will state that the erasure
was not properly completed.
Step 4 / 4
The data erasure report is shown. There are buttons at the end of the screen; “save” and “quit”.
After clicking “save” you are asked to select the detected device (floppy/USB port) on which you
want to save the report. If you press “quit” you have to confirm that you are completely sure that
you want to quit. After saving the report or after pressing “yes” to confirm, the “Please shutdown
the computer” screen will appear. Please save and store the original erasure report. The report
is a document that proves that the erasure has been carried out according to the selected
methods!
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FUNCTION KEYS

[F2] Change language / Keyboard layout

With the function key [F2] you will be directed to a
screen where you can choose the preferred
language and the keyboard layout by simply
clicking with the mouse or by using the arrow
buttons or the tabulator on the keyboard.

[F3] Select erasure method / options

The function key [F3] gives you the possibility to
change or edit the overwriting method. Overwriting
is processed in byte-patterns. The software
overwrites the data in binary level using 1 and 0, in
a way defined by the overwriting standard or a
user-selected pattern. The user is able to choose
the number of overwriting times and is also able to
select the pattern for each pass. The pattern can
be created directly with an approved standard or
the user can create his/her own pattern.

The user can also select a desired format method.

Blancco - Data Cleaner+ floppy version supports
FAT16 and FAT32 file systems. These and the
NTFS file system is supported in the CD and
network boot in Data Cleaner+ and Pro.

Available erasure standards in version 4.8 Overwriting

rounds
HMG Infosec Standard 5, The Baseline Standard 1
HMG Infosec Standard 5, The Enhanced Standard 3
Peter Gutmann's algorithm 35
U.S. Department of Defense Sanitizing (DOD 5220.22-M) 3
Bruce Schneier's Algorithm 7
Navy Staff Office Publication (NAVSO P-5239-26) for RLL 3
The National Computer Security Center (NCSC-TG-025) 4
Air Force System Security Instruction 5020 4
U.S. Army AR380-19 3
German Standard BSI/VSITR 7
OPNAVINST 5239.1A 3
NSA 130-1 3
DoD 5220.22-M ECE 7
RSD (Remapped Sectors Destruction) 1
Editing the erasure pattern
Select “custom” from the standard list. Enter the number of overwriting times and press “define”.
This gives access to modifying each overwriting method. The options are random or mask.
Random means randomly selected binary 1 or 0 and with mask you are able to select the binary
pattern, which is shown as Hex form.

Example:
3x overwrite in Hex form: 0x55, 0xaa, 0x00
3x overwrite in Binary form: 01010101 + 10101010 + 00000000
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[F4] HexViewer
The function key [F4] shows the HexViewer, which is a tool for checking the content of each sector
on the hard drive. After you have selected the hard drive from the dropdown menu you are able to
go to “first”, “prev”, “next”, “last” and also to the selected sector on the hard drive.

[F5] Reports, Load previous reports / Check report integrity

By opening the “F5 Reports” page, the user will see a preview of the erasure report before
executing the erasure and has the following options:
User is able to fill in undetected fields
F9 Load => Load’s previous reports for a closer look without the ability to modify them. In
addition, if the reports have been modified with another tool, they will no longer be shown in
Data Cleaner+ or Pro. This is a precautionary step by Blancco in order to verify that the report
is authentic and has been generated by Blancco software. However, if a third party has
modified it Blancco cannot take any responsibility for the report content.
F10 Save => User is able to save the report to a floppy/usb drive.
F12 Cancel =>User can close the screen.

[F6] Option to run additional SMART tests

There are two types of SMART testing methods available inside of Blancco erasure software. Both
of these are sending self-test commands to the hard disk drive. Self-test operations will check the
electrical and mechanical performance as well as the read performance of the disk. The details of
the tests are of course vendor-specific. Depending of the vendor the results is given back as
detailed as possible, but mostly only as a success/failure.

Short self-test means: Long self-test means:

Off-line short self-test for (S)ATA drives Off-line extended self-test for (S)ATA drives
Background short self-test for SCSI drives Background long self-test for SCSI drives
Rough time estimation: 2 – 5 min Rough time estimation: 10 – 45 min

Possible reporting options when the SMART-self test has been performed:
Output: Value Description (From ATA specification):
completed without The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever
error been run
Aborted The self-test routine was aborted by the host
fatal or unknown The self-test routine was interrupted by the host with a hardware or software
error reset
electrical failure A fatal error or unknown test error occurred while the device was executing its
self-test routine and the device was unable to complete the self-test routine.
servo/seek failure The previous self-test completed having a test element that failed and the test
element that failed is not known.
read failure The previous self-test completed with the electrical element of the test having
failed.
handling damage? The previous self-test completed with the servo (and/or seek) test element of
the test having failed.
segment failed The previous self-test completed with the read element of the test having
failed.
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[F7] Bad disk option (Only SCSI & Plus/Pro)

In case broken disks are present in the system, Plus/Pro is not showing them in the hard disks
selection page. With this tool you will be able to see the dodgy disks and highlight them in the rack.

When the software boots, after the hardware detection phase (before phase 2/4), the tool will
search for broken disks, and in case at least one is found, a popup is shown. The popup consists
of a list of dodgy disks, displayed using their serial number and a list of buttons, one button,
labeled “HIGHLIGHT”, for every disk. When the user clicks the button, Plus/Pro will light the led of
that device for a second. If the user keeps the button pressed, the led will be lit as long as the
button is pressed. The popup also contains a “CANCEL” button, which will dismiss the popup and
continue the normal flow of the software. After the popup is dismissed, a re-detection of disks is
done.

NOTE! Disks that have not been

selected for repairing will not be taken
into the erasure process. Unrepaired
disks might cause a failure in the
erasure process.

WARNING! Do not turn off the

computer or cancel the repair process
or the SCSI disk can be damaged. If
power shortage will appear try to re-
run the tool again in order to get the
disks back in to a functional state.

Generated reports after the erasure

Blancco’s erasure products will produce

reports in four different forms. Html
format can be viewed in a browser. All
xml and csv formats are provided in
order to facilitate data importing to
external database systems. These files
contain all the reports, which are
generated by the erasure software. The
folder structure contains the xml, xsl and
css information for individual reports.
Xml information always contains the
actual hardware information while the xsl
and the css files are just for generating
the report style and structure.

Maximum amount of reports to be saved in a USB stick is 70 reports in a 4.8 version. In later
versions this limitation is removed.

Note! The all.xml -file can be easily uploaded to the Blancco – LAN / WAN Server database as one
single file.
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[F8] HASP Activate, tool for activating licenses in a HASP key

If no valid licenses are found or the number of
remaining licenses found are not sufficient to allow
further operations, a dialog is displayed that
suggests acquiring an activation key with licenses
in order to continue. By clicking CANCEL on this
dialog the client shuts down. In order to continue
running the software, an activation key has to be
acquired from your Blancco sales representative.

The activation key request should contain the ID of

the HASP key and the types of the client software
and the number of licenses for each type. The
activation key file will be sent by email or other
agreed upon means and your account will be
charged with the licenses offered in the activation
key.

1. Save the activation key from sales representative to USB

2. Plug the HASP dongle and the USB drive with the activation key file into the
computer where Blancco is running
3. Click on ACTIVATE on the dialog that notifies about license insufficiency. If you want
to ADD licenses just press F8 in order to get “Load activation key” pop up.
4. On the “Load activation key” choose the drive where the activation file is located
5. Select the displayed *.hsp file
6. Click on the LOAD button and licenses are activated
7. Start using Blancco licenses. License of the used product is taken immediately after
you have started the erasure.
Note! Make sure the HASP key is connected and if the activation is successfully done, the license
information displayed at the top center of the screen will be updated and if enough licenses were
acquired, further operations will be allowed. Code can be used only one time.
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SECURITY FEATURES IN BLANCCO ERASURE CLIENT

Detecting hard disk

Magnetic storage medias like hard disks utilize physical addressing when storing information on a
media. With this addressing the hard disk is divided into smaller parts that can be appointed
according to certain parameters. In magnetic media the mentioned physical parameters are
sectors, cylinders and heads. During the computer usage these parameters enable the operating
systems to locate the information on a hard disk but they also define the size and storage base of a
hard disk. A reliable and protected detection of these hardware level parameters is essential and
the erasure software must be capable of detecting the correct hard disk sizes regardless of the
techniques used in altering the hard disk information. Failure in accurately detecting the hard disk
may result in an incomplete erasure of the hard disk.

All Blancco data erasure tools utilize hardware level detection for hard disks enabling the software
to detect correct hard disk sizes regardless of faulty or incorrect BIOS set hard disk values. As a
result, the overwriting process will reach the whole hard disk surface leaving no areas untouched.

Bad sector handling

Even though the incorrectly configured, faulty or damaged configurations cause a potentially
remarkable data security risk there are also other gaps that need to be addressed in order to
guarantee a secure data erasure process. Hard disks might contain damaged areas that cannot be
accessed with read nor write command anymore, which makes those areas unusable. In data
erasure terms these areas are called physical bad sectors and data erasure tools must be able to
detect and especially report them.

Blancco erasure client keeps track of the data erasure procedure and informs if the data erasure
(overwrite) cannot be performed due to some error on the hard disk. E.g. in case there are any bad
sector(s) found on the hard disk, the software will try to write a data block to the defected area. If
the area remains “silent” Blancco will try to write a smaller block (half of the original block size) to
the defective area in order to overwrite the maximum amount of data. The same procedure will
continue until the software tries to write the smallest possible block to the hard drive and if unable
to do so the sector will be marked as physical bad sector. This procedure offers extremely accurate
erasure even in case of bad sectors so that all the possible areas will be erased and only the real
bad sectors/areas will be reported. The bad sectors will be reported in the user interface and also
in the erasure certificate that is produced after each erasure.

In all scenarios the user will be notified about the erasure status leaving no option for
misinterpretation.
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Information destruction of remapped/reallocated sectors in ATA and SATA interface

Modern hard drives have a lot of functions for self-testing, self-recovering and keeping track of their
state. One of the possibilities is sector remapping. This allows the hard drives to detect and hide
the sectors, which will either be or have become impossible to access. The hard drives have a so-
called spare area intended precisely for this. When a failed sector is detected, the hard drive
controller assigns the address of the sector to a new one in the spare area. So the address
remains the same but the owner is changed. The remapped sector may contain some of the user's
data that must also be erased during a secure disk cleaning.

With BDC+/Pro the remapped sectors can be erased and data recovery becomes impossible. If the
hard drives support the erasure of remapped sectors BDC+/Pro will inform the user about the
found remapped sectors and the user has the option to erase these sectors. In order to guarantee
these options please disable the BIOS hard disk drive detection for proper detection and
functionality by Blancco

Information destruction of remapped/reallocated sectors in SCSI interface (starting from

v4.8)

SCSI remapped erasure can be enabled by selecting the erasure standard and filling “SCSI
remapped sector erasure” checkbox and pressing [OK]. SCSI remapped sectors erasure is
enabled as default with the following erasure standards:

U.S. Department of Defense Sanitizing (DOD 5220.22-M)

Blancco Remapped Sector Destruction (SCSI remapped sectors erasure can not be
disabled)
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If the remapped sectors are detected during the erasure processes the following text appears to
the progress bar: “RSD in progress”. Note that if “Blancco RSD” erasure method is selected the
Remapped Sector Destruction is performed to every hard disk. Erasing remapped sectors can be a
time consuming process depending of the hard disk size and disk speed.

WARNING! Do not turn off the computer or cancel the erasure during the Remapped Sector
Destruction in process or the SCSI disk can be damaged.

Host Protected Area (HPA)

Blancco software can detect the Host Protected Area and erase it. The HPA is commonly used to
store the recovery part of the operating system and can contain sensitive data. When a Host
Protected Area is found the area is erased as a default. Pop-ups are shown only if problems are
occurring or the erasure software has been modified to allow the user to select if he wants to
erase the HPA area or not.

In order to guarantee the functionality of this option, please disable the BIOS hard disk
drive detection for proper detection and execution of Blancco. In some cases the computer
must be rebooted in order to remove the HPA.

Device Configuration Overlay handling (DCO)

Device Configuration Overlays (DCO) is another but less known optional feature set. It first
appeared in the ATA-6 standard and because of this it does not have as many features as HPA.
DCO enables the possibility to create special partition to hard disk where user or operating system
cannot access. This specified part of the hard disk creates a risk that some data might be left on
the hard disk after the erasure unless the erasure product is capable of detecting and also
extending and erasing DCO areas.

Blancco erasure client products are able to detect, extend and erase DCO areas. In addition
Blancco software reports the procedure to the user in the user interface and also in the erasure
certificate. Pop-ups are shown only if problems are occurring.
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Q: Why doesn't Blancco over write this area?

A: There is a BIOS low-level protection mechanism that locks DCO functionality and prevents disk
configuration changes by some malicious software. If the protection mechanism cannot be
disabled the message "Unable to reset DCO" is shown. The protocol is there, but the software
cannot access it because the BIOS is blocking the access.

Q: Is there a way around the DCO.

A: If there is a DCO configured extra partition on the disk and BIOS freezes DCO functions then
normally the freezing lock can be switched off from the BIOS settings e.g. turning off the hard disk
detection. It is also possible to connect the disk to other machine with the required functionality to
remove DCO.

If there is no way to disable the DCO freezing lock it may be

that there is a BIOS protecting mechanism against setting or
removing the DCO partition. This usually means that there is
no extra partition and the message “Unable to reset DCO.
See report for details.” will appear. The final way to
confirm that there are no extra partitions is to check
from the manual or disk case the number of sectors and
make sure that it corresponds to the one detected by
Blancco erasure software.

The following chart describes the behavior of the detected hard drive depending on the DCO status
assigned for it. The last column specifies the needed actions for accessing the complete hard drive
area.

Mode Detected HDD size Needed actions

DCO not activated 40 GBs No actions needed
DCO activated but not used 40 GBs No actions needed
DCO activated for 1 GB area 39 GB’s Extend the DCO
DCO and BIOS lock 39 GB’s Option 1. Remove automatic detection of
activated for 1 GB area hard drives from BIOS and try the
erasure again.

Option 2. Remove the hard drive and

place it into another computer where
BIOS DCO ‘freeze lock’ is not activated.

Table: Failed, locked or protected area support in Blancco – Clients 4.8.

The following table contains a summary of different locking/protection methods supported by
Blancco erasure client software.

HDD interfaces ATA SATA SCSI Fibre Channel

Bad sector detection YES YES YES YES
Remapped sectors (detection) YES YES YES YES
Remapped sectors (erasure) YES YES YES YES
Host Protected Area (HPA) YES YES (1) Not existing (1) Not existing
Device Configuration Overlay
(DCO) (2) YES (2) YES (1) Not existing (1) Not existing

(1) Not existing – this mark means that the technology is not available in the hard disk standard. For instance HPA is not supported in
SCSI standard.
(2) YES ; unless the DCO is in “freeze lock” mode.
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OPTIONAL FEATURES IN BLANCCO ERASURE SOFTWARE

There are optional features in Blancco Client products, which are not included by default. Please
check from sales representative what features are included if you are not sure.

Hardware tests
Blancco – Data Cleaner+ and Blancco – Pro erasure clients can contain an inbuilt hardware test
application. The application can perform up to 9 different test features for the hardware. The
purpose of these hardware tests is to ensure the functionality of different computer components.
By performing the tests the user is able to check and report the current condition of a computer.
Guaranteeing the functionality of a computer helps the user to sell/donate high quality second hand
computers and enables the buyer to verify the condition of the purchased computer.

Hardware tests include both fully automated and manually operated tests. Manually operated tests
are based on visual and audio output that the system provides. Manually operated tests will have a
pop-up with test related questions and buttons (Yes/No/Other button). Navigation in the software is
handled with the mouse or keyboard shortcuts (Y -key/ N -key/ Other -key).

Note! This option requires a modified software image from Blancco.

Automatically operated tests

The following hardware tests are executed automatically before the Blancco software has been
completely loaded to the computer. The user will see a progress bar on the screen for each test
component. The testing process can take a while. If there is no time for performing the tests they
can be skipped by pressing <Esc>.

Memory test
The memory test checks the low and the extended memory of a computer automatically. The test
time depends on the size of the memory and the speed of the processor. The results of the test
can be either operational or failed. The tests are operated with certain data patterns. Each data
pattern is first written to the memory and then read and verified.

CPU (Central Processing Unit)

The CPU test checks the functionality of the processor. The CPU test is performed automatically
and the test results are either operational or failed.

CPU test checks the following features:

ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit) that performs arithmetic and logical operations
MMX (Multimedia Extensions) that handles multimedia operations

If the test fails the user is given an option to repeat the test or continue to the next phase.

Motherboard
The motherboard test checks the functionality of CMOS (complementary metal oxide
semiconductor) and other parts of the motherboard. The test gives operational/failed status for
different parts of the motherboard. It tests the following motherboard features:
CMOS battery: provides power to memory that contains date, time and system setup
parameters
CMOS checksum: warns if CMOS is corrupted
CMOS read/write
Keyboard controller circuit
Keyboard interface
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Manually operated tests

Manually operated tests require user interaction. After accepting the license agreement there are
several options:
[CONTINUE] skips the tests that require user interaction and goes directly to the hard drive
erasure.
[START ALL] performs pointer, display, keyboard, optical device, floppy and sound tests.
[START] performs one test e.g. the keyboard test.

Pointing devices (mouse, touchpad and track stick)

The pointing device test checks the functionality of
the mouse, touchpad or trackball. Different
components of the pointing device are then shown
on the screen (See picture 3). When a component
passes the test the colour of the corresponding
rectangle changes colour on the screen. The pointer
position is shown in x- and y-coordinates.

The following manual actions are required from the

user:
Left click on the pointing device => changes
middle-left rectangle color to red.
Right click on the pointing device => changes
middle-right rectangle color to red.
The user must move the pointer to the other rectangles on the screen and make a left or right
click on each rectangle.

After clicking on each rectangle the colour of the target rectangle changes to red. Actions listed
above can be performed in any order. Clicking a rectangle or button, which is already red will not
change the colour back to grey. When all the rectangles are red the test is over. End the pointing
device test by pressing the [F3] key or by clicking the “F3 End test” text in the bottom left corner of
the screen. The pop-up screen will appear and the user must confirm the test result. The following
options are available:
[Yes] – This will set the test result to “successful”
[No] – This will set the test result to “failed”
[Cancel] – This will set the test result to “not performed”

Display
The display test is used to check the functionality of a display. The software displays several test
screens for the user. First the user should see 5 different screens with different colours. After that
the software displays a test pattern. Some of the test pattern lines are two coloured. If a two
coloured line is shown as one continuous line the display is functioning correctly.

The picture on the left is one of the colour test screens. The middle picture is the confirmation
screen where you have to confirm if you where you able to see the blue color. The picture on the
right side is the test pattern picture.
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Please answer “Yes” or “No” to the questions. If the test screen is not shown correctly there is an
option to re-run the test screen, abort the hardware test altogether or proceed to next screen.

The display test includes the following steps:

Screen is filled with white colour and text at the bottom of the screen “Press <SPACE> to
continue”
Screen is filled with blue colour and text at the bottom of the screen “Press <SPACE> to
continue”
Screen is filled with green colour with text at the bottom of the screen “Press <SPACE> to
continue”
Screen is filled with red colour with text at the bottom of the screen “Press <SPACE> to
continue”
Screen is filled with black colour with text at the bottom of the screen “Press <SPACE> to
continue”
Screen is filled with a test pattern as shown in a test pattern picture with text at the bottom
of the screen “Press <SPACE> to continue”

When each step is performed, the user is asked to validate the colour or test pattern. Please
answer simply with a “Yes” or “No” to the validation questions. The display test can be aborted by
choosing “Cancel”. Cancelling the display test sets the test result to “not performed”.

Keyboard
The keyboard test is used to test the functionality of the keyboard. The keyboard test is performed
manually. Before the actual test the user is able to choose the desired keyboard layout (see the
picture below).

The keyboard layout is shown in small rectangles on the screen. When pressing a key, a
corresponding rectangle turns to red on the screen. Releasing the key will not turn the colour back
to grey. The response time for key press detection is short. Short response time allows the user to
press the keys very fast e.g. dragging the finger over the keyboard or pressing several keys
simultaneously. Please note that most of the keyboards can send only 3 key signals at once. You
can also test the keyboard’s indicators (the LED lights) by pressing [CTRL] + [F4] keys. The
indicators should be blinking for a while.
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End the keyboard test by pressing [CTRL] + [F3] keys or by clicking the “CTRL + F3 End test” text
in the bottom left corner of the screen. The pop-up screen will appear and the user must confirm
the test result. The following options are available:
[Yes] – This will set the test result to “successful”
[No] – This will set the test result to “failed”
[Cancel] – This will set the test result to “not performed”

Optical devices (at the moment only CD option is available)

The optical device test is used to test the functionality of the optical devices (CD). The system
detects automatically all optical devices connected to the computer. After the detection all found
devices are shown in a list. Then the system prompts the user to put a test CD into the device (See
picture 6). The system tries to read data from the test disc. If the data can be read the test result
will be successful. The system repeats the test for all found optical devices. If the test fails an
option is given to the user to repeat the test or continue to the next optical device or to next test
phase. If all optical devices passed the test then system proceed to the next test phase.

Note! The optical test requires a special file saved on CD in order to work properly.
You can download the test CD image from the following location:
http://download.blancco.com/Test_CD/Test_CD_for_HW_Test.zip(Compressed size 782Kb,
Uncompressed *.iso image 666Mb)

Floppy drive
The floppy drive test is used to test the functionality of the floppy drive. The floppy test tries to read
the floppy from random locations. The floppy test does not need any special test floppy. If the
floppy test is a success the system proceeds automatically to the next phase. If the test fails the
user has the option to repeat the test or continue to the next phase.

Sound
The sound test is used to test the functionality of the PC speaker. The system produces a beep
sound and asks the user if the sound was heard or not. The following options are available:

[Yes] – This will set the test result to “successful”

[No] – This will set the test result to “failed”
[Cancel] – This will set the test result to “not performed”
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Customized erasure reports

Blancco Data Cleaner+ and Pro generates detailed reports after each erasure process. The basic
sheet contains fields for extra information, which can be filled in before saving the report. These
fields are located at the end of the report and the fields are named as info1, info2, info3 etc.
Blancco offers the possibility to create more customer specified erasure reports by adding named
extra fields to any part of the erasure report (see picture below).

Note! This feature is optional. Please contact your sales representative if this is necessary.
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Windows OS version, Serial or installed software detection possibility

In the 4.8 version of Blancco - Data Cleaner+ and Pro the operation system version and serial
number can be displayed. Also the list of installed software is shown. In the software list the name
of software is always shown. Version and serial are shown if the software’s manufacturer provides
them (see the picture below).

Note! When hardware/software encryption is used or RAID Array has been dismantled in the hard
disk drive Blancco is not capable of performing registry information gathering.
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TROUBLESHOOTING, STEPS TO DO BEFORE CONTACTING SUPPORT

Changing the “boot sequence” / Accessing BIOS

In order to boot Blancco software set the used drive (Floppy/CD) as a first booting device.

To change the boot sequence, you must enter the "Setup" or "CMOS Setup" on your computer and
change the booting sequence using the Floppy/CD drive first. There are several ways to enter the
setup depending on your computer manufacturer and the model. During the booting stage a
message will appear stating "Press DEL to enter Setup". As the message flashes only once on the
screen, you must be quick to press the key before the boot sequence continues. Please note that
the boot sequence may continue without any user intervention.

The [Delete] Key and [F2] are the two most common keys

We have collected some of the key combinations in order to get into the BIOS. On most systems
you need to press these keys repeatedly during the POST (Power On Self Test) as soon as the
computer has been turned on. If the Windows Logo appears, you are too late, restart the computer
and try again.
Computer Model BIOS Keys
Acer® F1, F2, CTRL+ALT+ESC
AST® CTRL+ALT+ESC, CTRL+ALT+DEL
Compaq® 8700 F10
CompUSA® DEL
Cybermax® ESC
Dell® 400 F3, F1
Dell Dimension® F2 or DEL
Dell Inspiron® F2
Dell Latitude Fn+F1 (while booted)
Dell Latitude F2 (on boot)
Dell Optiplex DEL
Dell Optiplex F2
Dell Precision™ F2
eMachine™ DEL
Gateway® 2000 1440 F1
Gateway 2000 Solo™ F2
HP®(Hewlett-Packard) F1, F2
IBM® F1
IBM E-pro Laptop F2
IBM PS/2® CTRL+ALT+INS after CTRL+ALT+DEL
IBM Thinkpad® (newer) Windows: Start | Programs | Thinkpad CFG.
Intel® Tangent DEL
Micron™ F1, F2, or DEL
Packard Bell® F1, F2, DEL
Sony® VIAO F2, F2
Tiger DEL
Toshiba® 335 CDS ESC
Toshiba Protege ESC
Toshiba Satellite 205 CDS F1
Toshiba Tecra F1 or ESC
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Burning the *.iso image / Creating the CD image

'Dragging and dropping' the file onto the CD-R or CD-RW is NOT possible. An ISO file is a image
file which contain many smaller files that must be extracted to the CD at the time of burn. By
performing the burn process properly the ISO image will create an possibility to boot your computer
from the CD.

Tutorials for Purchase versions Free versions

Nero BurnCDCC
Roxio CD Burner XP PRO
MagicISO ISORecorder
Burn My Files Final Burner
Burn (For MAC OSX 10.4 or higher)
Mac Disk Utility (For MAC OSX )

Using a non-graphical user interface

Lite, Data Cleaner+ and Pro will use a non-
graphical user interface if the display controller
does not support VESA VBE 2:0 (Video
Electronics Standards Association driver) or 256
colors and 800x600 resolution. Most of the display
controllers, however, support these features.

Using a non-graphical user interface is easy. It has

been built in to include all the same functionalities
as the graphical interface. You do not need to use
any special text commands etc. If the mouse is
attached, it will also be supported. The non-
graphical user interface supports only the
English and French language and symbols.

If you want to access the non-graphical user interface manually you have to press both shift
buttons down before the software tries to start from the boot media. Non-graphical user interface
can be turned on as a default but this option requires a modified software image from Blancco.
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Gathering debug information for [email protected]

All the Blancco client solutions contain ability to gather and save debug information from the unit
where the tool is used. Gathering this information before contacting support will greatly speed up
the trouble shooting process. Please see steps for gathering debug information below:

1. Save a report before the erasure by selecting F5

2. Briefly describe how the software should behave or detect hardware (e.g. the real
processor speed against the detected one)
3. Run the software in debug mode. Please read the instructions below:
4. Attach a USB stick to the device
5. Press the left "CTRL" key just before the software is loaded from the CD or Floppy
6. If the start up has been successful, a small text "DEBUG" should appear on the bottom
right corner of the screen.
7. Continue to the hard drive detection screen normally or to a step where the problem is
occurring. E.g. If you are experiencing problems to send the report to the server perform
the erasure and then try to send report. After the failed result try to save the debug report.
8. Press "F1”. There should be a debug pop-up screen
9. Save the debug report to the USB stick
10. Send the content of report.xml from the step 1, the description from step 2 and the debug
file from step 3 to [email protected] as compressed file e.g. *.zip or *.rar

Boot loader error descriptions

When loading Lite, Data Cleaner+ or Pro to the computer memory some problems may occur. The
most common ones are listed below.

If the error shown on the screen is not listed below, please read: Gathering debug information
for [email protected]

Output: Cannot load Blancco. Floppy disk seems to be damaged

Description: Floppy disk is broken.
FIX: New floppy
Output: Cannot find a valid application image
Description: Installation problem, some of the data in the media has been corrupted
FIX: New copy of Blancco (e.g. download the CD image again and check the size)
Output: Blancco application image damaged, md5sums does not match
Description: Broken Blancco application image. In other words data has been corrupted.
FIX: New copy of Blancco (e.g. download the CD image again and check the size)
Output: Not enough low memory
Not enough memory under the 1M area. This usually means that extended bios
Description:
data area (XBDA, EBDA) is too large.
Check the bios options and if you cannot make more space in the extended
FIX:
memory area, please contact us at [email protected].
Not enough memory. Lite, Data Cleaner+ and Pro require more than 32MB of
Output:
memory in order to work properly.
Description: Not enough memory (32MB)
Increase memory or contact us at [email protected] and we will provide an
FIX:
older version of the Blancco software.
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Deficient BIOS clock

Sometimes the BIOS clock can be deficient or the battery may have run out. A broken BIOS clock
can lower the resale value of a computer. Blancco software uses the following method to
determine if the BIOS clock is broken or not: the software informs the user that the BIOS clock has
a defect if the date detected is before 1.1.2003. Erasure can be cancelled or can be continued
ignoring the deficient BIOS clock.

Unable to save report notification

In Blancco – Data Cleaner v3.7 there was a separate partition in the floppy for saving the reports.
This feature is no longer supported in the v4.x product family. Please insert a separate floppy,
which is formatted and is not write protected into the floppy drive. If needed the report can be
saved also to a USB stick.

Erasure failed due to the verification

Verification failed is a problem message indicating that the samples taken before the erasure
hasn't matched to the samples taken after the erasure.

The reason for this behaviour can be a software

malfunction with the IO level communications.

Blancco recommends to double check the report for

these messages and try to perform the overwriting
again.

Unable to reset DCO. See report for details.

There might be that there is no way to disable the DCO freezing lock because there is a BIOS
protecting mechanism against setting or removing the DCO partition. This usually means that there
is no extra partition and the message “Unable to reset DCO. See report for details.” will appear.

Please go through following options:

1. Remove automatic detection of hard drives from

BIOS and try the erasure again.
2. (If this is too time consuming check the next
option) Remove the hard drive and place it into
another computer where BIOS DCO ‘freeze lock’
is not activated.
3. To confirm that there is no extra partitions
please check from the manufacturer manual or
disk case the number of sectors and make sure
that it corresponds to the one detected by
Blancco erasure software.
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RAID erasures

Erasing RAID configurations with Blancco – Pro

Blancco - Pro is capable of overwriting hard disks that are attached to a supported RAID controller.
In addition, Blancco – Pro dismantles the RAID arrays and ensures the secure erasure of the entire
data surface in all functional hard drives. In practice, Blancco – Pro communicates directly with the
RAID controller and removes the RAID configuration, which enables the individual detection of all
hard drives (including HDD serial numbers). In addition, Blancco will also detect hot spare hard
drives and erase them as well.

Important! When erasing RAID Array hardware that Blancco is not able to dismantle/break
automatically Blancco highly recommends that the Array is dismantled manually from the BIOS of
the RAID card or with a manufacturer software.

Blancco – Pro has the following drivers with dismantling support

AACRAID Controllers
Compaq's SMART Array Controllers
Compaq's SMART2 Intelligent Disk Array Controllers
Mylex DAC960/AcceleRAID/eXtremeRAID PCI RAID Controllers
LSI Logic MegaRAID controllers
Adaptec / IBM ServeRAID controllers

What to do when dismantling is not supported?

The dismantling feature is not supported in some RAID adapters and the hard disks are handled
and overwritten as logical arrays. The following points ought to be taken into consideration during
the erasure process:

The logical arrays that are overwritten must be complete and intact.
If the server contains RAID 5 or 6 configurations the overwriting pattern will vary due to the
parity calculations in which the data contents of two or more hard disks are merged into one
"parity hard disk". This parity hard disk acts also as back-up data storage. The most important
thing is that the data area is overwritten also from the parity hard disk.
Hot spares (replacement hard disks, in case an online hard disk gets damaged) will not be
overwritten with Pro as they are not part of the logical array. If the replacement hard disk has
not been initialized as part of the array it will normally not contain any data unless it has been
used earlier in another hardware configuration for saving data.
A system partition for RAID information within the first hard disk of a logical array will not be
erased since the RAID controller does not enable it. For instance, some RAID adapters contain
a meta partition in the beginning of each logical array that contains only RAID configuration
data. Erasure of the Meta partition can be carried out by attaching the hard disk -pack directly
to the motherboard SCSI port. After that the RAID controller has been bypassed.
As the RAID arrays (e.g. AMI MegaRAID) use new I2O I/O architecture, the detection of the
arrays is done twice (using normal protocol and I2O protocol) and the I2O arrays should not be
erased. In such situation the user needs to select only the normal arrays for the erasure and
reject I2O arrays.
For eXtremeRAID 2000/3000 and AcceleRAID 352/170/160 firmware version 6.00-01 or higher
is required. For the eXtremeRAID 1100, firmware version 5.06-0-52 or higher is required. For
the AcceleRAID 250, 200, and 150, firmware version 4.06-0-57 or higher is required. For the
DAC960PJ and DAC960PG, firmware version 4.06-0-00 or higher is required. For the
DAC960PU, DAC960PD, DAC960PL, and DAC960P, either firmware version 3.51-0-04 or
higher is required (for dual Flash ROM controllers), or firmware version 2.73-0-00 or higher is
required (for single Flash ROM controllers)
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Blancco – Pro has the following drivers without dismantling support

Adaptec I2O RAID and DPT SmartRAID V I2O boards
GDT Disk Array/Storage RAID controllers
Linux Host Driver for EIDE RAID Adapters
IntelliCache SCSI Adapters
Software RAID
Broadcom (formerly ServerWorks)

Please make sure that the firmware in your RAID adapter has been updated recently in order to
avoid any unnecessary problems with the RAID controller.

Please find the detailed supported hardware list from our website www.blancco.com under the
download section (bottom of the page). If there is any uncertainty regarding RAID erasures or
supported RAID adapters, please contact us at: [email protected]

Erasing configurations if the hardware is not supported

How to erase hard drives if they cannot be detected via the RAID adapter

Depending on the RAID adapter, server configuration or hard drive connector type, the hard drives
might not be detected by Blancco – Pro. If you run into such configuration, report it to Blancco and
try one of the following suggestions:

1. Attaching hard drives to an integrated SCSI port on a motherboard

Normally, the RAID adapter is the reason why hard drives are not detected. In these cases
the fastest solution for erasing the hard drives is to bypass the RAID adapter. Most server
computers contain either an integrated SCSI port on a motherboard or an additional
standard SCSI card. By attaching the hard drive cable to the SCSI port instead of the RAID
adapter the hard drives can be detected without any limitations. This operation also allows
an individual detection for each hard drive. When the hard drives are detected the erasure
can be carried out normally.

2. Removing hard drives and erasing them in another server

If the server machine does not have an additional SCSI port or adapter, the hard drives can
also be erased in another server that has a supported RAID/SCSI adapter. Normally, server
hard drives use an easy removal mechanism and hot-plug support. This allows the user to
easily remove the hard drives without opening the server covers. When using Blancco –
Pro the hard drives with the hot plug functionality can be added to the server even while the
software is running in the hard drive detection screen (Step 2/4). All the detected hard
drives can be erased without limitations.
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Erasing the hardware that is not supported by Blancco

Since Blancco clients support x86(Intel, AMD, Cyrix etc) based machines there are some servers
that might need special arrangements before the erasure can be carried out. Such machines are,
for instance, RISC(Sparc, PowerPC etc) - based servers that are using different processor
architecture. Most of these servers are reserving a lot of space and moving them around can be
challenging. In addition, there could be many hard drives thus making it inefficient to physically
remove the hard drives and erase them in another hardware configuration.

Fortunately, HDDs are always the same regardless of the other hardware (i.e. x86/RISC
architecture) and Blancco can be used to erase the HDDs by connecting them to another x86-
based computer. As a solution, the hard drives can be connected to a supported x86-based
machine (erasure station) and erased without the need to remove them physically from the original
configuration. The picture below describes how the hard drives from the RISC-based server have
been connected to the x86 based server.

More information:
http://www.blancco.com/presentations/ --> Solution presentations --> Erasure station presentation

Important! Starting from version 4.8 Blancco started to support alternative sector sizes including
520, 524 and 528. Only the standard sector size 512 bytes/sector is supported in the 4.7 versions
and earlier. In the case of the hard disk using different sector size and you are using an older
version than 4.8 the hard disk must be re-formatted to use sector size 512 bytes/sector. Please
contact the manufacturer of your hard disk for a proper formatting tool or contact your sales
repsentative and upgrade to 4.8.
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HARDWARE SUPPORT IN BLANCCO – DATA CLEANER+ AND PRO

Instructions for IDE hard drives

IDE hard drives are sensitive to the bus to which they are attached. There are several simple rules
for any system where the storage subsystem is IDE-based.

• Try to avoid keeping two hard drives on the same IDE bus. Connecting two hard drives to
the same bus causes significant performance loss especially if there is high activity
addressed for both devices simultaneously (e.g. as Blancco does during the erasure). If
required, you can connect the CD ROM driver cable to the second IDE drive in order to get
a secondary bus.

• If you have to attach two IDE hard drives to the same bus make sure that the hard drive
jumpers are set correctly. It is essential for the disks to have jumpers set to the right places
in order to work properly. Try to avoid Cable Select setting (CS) that is usually set as a
default. Modern hard drives are more fault tolerant but if any problems occur, changing the
hard drives to MASTER (MA) and SLAVE (SL) often resolves it.

• The order in which the hard drives have been installed is relevant. Please see the figure on
the next page that guides the user on how to connect devices correctly to the IDE cable.
Even if you have only one device it is highly recommended to attach it to the correct
connector!
IDE cable connection:

IDE connector,
SLAVE MASTER
board end
• Some old IDE hard drives do not contain pins to set the jumpers. In such cases, the hard
drive should be mounted on the Master hard drive place. If both of the hard drives are old
IDE hard drives and there is only one IDE channel available please check the following
things:

o Test which hard drive works as a MASTER (check from BIOS)

o Connect the hard drives according to the picture shown above.

Note! If the second hard drive has a master/slave jumper setting possibility, set the hard drive to
the slave connector.
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SCSI / USB / Serial ATA device support in Data Cleaner+ and Pro
Please find the supported hardware list from our website www.blancco.com under the download ->
documents section (bottom of the page).

Note! Blancco – Data Cleaner+ supports Serial ATA adapters without RAID capability. Blancco –
Pro is required if you want to erase Serial ATA with RAID Array.

Please note that the hardware support list does not describe specific SCSI, SATA or RAID
adapters. The list contains only the chipset of the supported device. While using a CD, network or
Preinstall version of BDC+ or Pro, all the other drivers are loaded automatically to the memory.

Note! In the floppy version the SCSI, SATA & RAID drivers must be loaded separately from a
floppy disk. You can download the driver disk from our website under the download section:
http://www.blancco.com/

If you encounter any problems when using the software, please read: Gathering debug
information for [email protected].

Fibre Channel / FireWire / RAID / Serial ATA support in Pro

Please find the hardware support list for Fibre Channel, FireWire and RAID from our website
www.blancco.com under the download section (bottom of the page).
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ABOUT BLANCCO LTD.

Blancco is the global leader in professional data cleansing and end-of-lifecycle solutions. The
company has sold millions of licenses and serves users across a wide range of industries,
including banking, finance, government, and defence. Blancco’s advanced data erasure products
provide 100% secure hard drive cleansing and support more than 10 international data erasure
standards.

The company’s tools also provide the detailed reporting required to meet today’s government,
industry and vendor privacy and security mandates. Blancco’ s certified data erasure products are
available through the company’s website and through resale partners, and are trusted by over 250
recycling, refurbishing and remarketing centres. Founded in 1997, Blancco has nine international
offices and supports more than 20 countries.

If you have any questions regarding our products and services, please feel free to contact us.

E-mailing Information:
General information: [email protected]
Sales: [email protected]
Technical support: [email protected]

Before contacting support, please check following:

Gathering debug information for [email protected]

Phone and Fax:

Sales: +358-207-433-850
Support: +358-207-433-860
Fax: +358-207-433-859

Address:
Blancco Ltd.
Länsikatu 15
FIN-80110 Joensuu
Finland

Please visit our homepage (http://www.blancco.com) for more information on our products and our
local offices around the world.

We are always looking to improve our products. Please let us know if you have any suggestions!
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LICENSE AGREEMENT
Blancco – Lite, Blancco – Data Cleaner+, Blancco – Pro, Blancco – Asset Management (“Product”)
Version: 4.8
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Blancco Oy Ltd ("Blancco") and its licensors retain all ownership rights to the Product offered by Blancco and related documentation.
Use of the Product and related documentation is governed by this License Agreement for the Product and applicable copyright law.

Blancco hereby grants you (“You”) a non-exclusive, restricted license to install and use one copy of the Product only on your computer
or on your network server for Your sole use only. The Product may be shared by multiple computers provided that one authorized copy
of the Product has been licensed from Blancco for each computer using the Product. You may not sell, rent, license, sub-license, lend or
otherwise transfer the Product to any other person or entity. You may not modify, translate, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble
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Blancco is registered trademark of Blancco Oy Ltd. Other Blancco logos, product names, and service names are also trademarks of
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The Product and documentation are copyright © 2007 Blancco Oy Ltd. All rights reserved.
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The Product contains nt-registry library copyright © by Peter Nordahl-Hagen.
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In portions of the Product freely available and distributable software has been used. That software has been licensed under the
separate GNU General public License (GPL or GNU lesser General Public License (LGPL).
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The Product contains freely available fonts from Baekmuk Font 21 Inc. You are hereby granted permission under all Baekmuk Font 21
propriety rights to use, copy, modify, sublicense, sell, and redistribute the 4 Baekmuk truetype outline fonts for any purpose and without
restriction; provided, that this notice is left intact on all copies, of such fonts and that Baekmuk Font 21 trademark is acknowledged as
shown below on all copies of the 4 Baekmuk truetype fonts.

BAEKMUK BATANG is a registered trademark of Baekmuk Font 21 Inc.

BAEKMUK GULIM is a registered trademark of Baekmuk Font 21 Inc.
BAEKMUK DOTUM is a registered trademark of Baekmuk Font 21 Inc.
BAEKMUK HEADLINE is a registered trademark of Baekmuk Font 21 Inc.
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This product contains freely available fonts of Microsoft that has the following separate license: Microsoft TrueType Fonts
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