WipeOut Manual Contents
1.0
Getting
Started
1.1
Wiping Free Space
1.2 Deleting Now
And Tagging Files To Be Deleted Later
2.0
Setting
Options
2.1
Level
2.2 Display
Free Space
2.3 App Priority
2.4 Starting
Wipeout With Windows
2.5 Add To Explorer
Menu
2.6 Temp File
Size
2.7 Buffer Size
2.8 Number Of
Threads
2.9 Defaults
2.10 Schedule
2.11 Updates
1.0
Getting Started
1.1
Wiping Free Space
Wiping
free space will is not dangerous and will not cause
any harm to your computer. WipeOut will simply overwrite
all of your free space with random code. This process
will make it impossible for anyone to view or recover
any of your deleted files. To get started wiping your
free space, simply start WipeOut and click on the Wipe
Drives tab.
Next
select the drive that you would like to wipe and click
on start.
Complete free space wipes should be done at a time that
you will not be needing your computer.
Depending on how much free space that you have and the
level of security that you select, WipeOut can take
an extremely long time and resources to complete the
task. Raising the number of threads and changing other
options can help WipeOut complete it's task much faster,
but even after optimizing your wipe settings you will
need to give WipeOut time to complete its task.
When
you are ready to start your wipe, click on the Start
button. WipeOut will now start wiping your free space.
The Progress window will display data with the color
blue and free space in pink by default. As Wipeout is
writing data the colors of a block will change.
When the block is completely done WipeOut will display
the color yellow and then move on to the next block.
1.2 Deleting Now And Tagging
Files To Be Deleted Later
When
the "Add to Windows Explorer bar" option is
selected, WipeOut will add an option to your Explorer
tool bar. The tool bar can be accessed by a right click
on a file or folder, while viewing files or folders
with Windows Explorer.
You can choose to wipe the item now, or tag it to be
deleted from Tagged menu later. Be sure about the files
that you choose to delete or tag! These files will NEVER
be able to be recovered at any time in the future!
To
delete tagged files, click on the Tagged Menu tab and
click on the "Wipe Items" button. You can
also add other files by clicking on the Add File button.
To add file folders, click on the "Add Folder"
button. Warning: ALL FILES in any selected folder will
be permanently deleted.
You can keep the selected items in the Tagged list.
If the file(s) or folder content ever come back you
can choose to delete them again.
If the file exists, or if there are files in the selected
folders, you will see "Yes' in the exists area.
If the files do not exist, the display will read "No"
in this area.
2.0
Setting Options
2.1 Level:
You can choose from many different levels of overwrite.
Most safe delete programs use two or three writes, while
the Military has always used eight wipes as a standard.
There have been those that say that new methods of magnetic
recovery exist that can recover data that has been overwritten
eight times. For those that are ultra paranoid, we have
added overwrite options of up to fifty overwrites. Be
warned that when using this level that a free space
overwrite will take an extremely long time to complete.
If you have 50 gigs of free space, WipeOut will need
to write 50 gigs x 50 times.
2.2 Display Free Space:
This option is for display only and does not effect
how Wipeout works. It simply allows you to display your
drive size in KB, MB or GB.
2.3 App Priority:
This option will allow you to choose how WipeOut works
with other programs. If you are running other programs
at the same time or have critical resources running
you can allow WipeOut to be passive or time critical.
On the other hand, you can tell WipeOut to use all available
memory to get the job done faster.
2.4 Starting Wipeout With Windows:
You can choose to start WipeOut automatically when Windows
starts. This will keep WipeOut in the system tray and
ready to delete or tag files quickly and easily. If
you choose the schedule option, WipeOut will automatically
select this box so that it can perform the scheduled
task when needed.
2.5 Add To Explorer Menu:
When this box is checked, WipeOut
will add an option to your Explorer tool bar. The tool
bar can be accessed by a right click on a file or folder,
while viewing files or folders with Windows Explorer.
(see capture above under tagged files)
2.6 Temp File Size:
This setting will allow you to select the size of the
blocks that WipeOut writes at one time.
The default is 50 megs. You can lower this number to
make more resources available or raise it to complete
tasks faster.
2.7 Buffer Size:
This setting will allow you to control how much buffer
space WipeOut uses or reads into memory before writing
the data to the hard disk.
2.8 Number Of Threads:
This setting will allow you to have WipeOut open more
threads for writing or completing tasks. An example
of this would be if you needed to write 100 gigs of
data and chose 10 threads, WipeOut would open and write
10 threads at once which would complete the job 10 times
faster than a single thread. Raising threads assumes
that you have enough memory and CPU power to use the
number of threads selected. In our tests, a 900 MHZ
processor running 256 megs of ram was able to use up
to 15 threads without ANY problems whatsoever. You may
choose to bring this setting up to a high number and
compare it to other levels to find the optimal setting
for your computer.
2.9 Defaults:
This setting will allow you to easily reset back to
default settings. This option will come in handy for
those who try different settings and get lost. The default
button will allow you to start over again without the
need of reinstalling.
2.10 Schedule:
This option will allow you to schedule your tagged files
and folders to be deleted at a set time or when you
know that the computer will not be in use.
2.11 Updates:
To check for program updates, simply click on the "Update"
tab and click on the "Check For Updates" button.
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