ERASING A DISK POOL

1Erase all shares from the disk pool you want to delete. For instructions, see “Deleting a Share” on page 37.

Deleting shares and disk pools erases all data within them so make complete backups prior to deleting shares or disk pools.

Before you can delete a disk pool, you must first delete all shares allocated within the pool.

2In the Disk Management menu, click Basic.3Click Erase Disk.

4In Disks Available on the Wipe Pool page, select the disk drive you want to wipe (erase).

5In Confirmation String, enter Yes, destroy everything on this disk.

6Click Quick Erase or Full Erase, depending on the type of erase process you want to perform.

Quick Erase performs a brief erasure of the primary file system structures but does not erase all locations on the disk that contained user data. Full Erase performs multiple erasure passes on the entire disk.

7In the confirmation dialog, click OK .

An erased or wiped disk appears in SimpleShare Administrator as a Blank Disk.

Managing SimpleShare

Basic Disk

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