Articles in this category FAIL: Check the disk, it did not overwrite correctly. (nn%) How long does the eradication process take? It depends on the type and capacity of the disk drive, as well as other factors that include but are not limited to the following: 1. How many drives are simultaneously connected and processing. 2. ... What are remapped sectors? When a sector on a disk is found to be ‘bad’ or unstable by the firmware of a disk controller, the disk controller remaps the logical sector to a different physical sector. Typically, automatic remapp... What different block (sector) sizes does the software support? The Verity Eradication Software can eradicate any disk drive independent of its sector size. For example, disk drives connected to servers are sometimes formatted with unconventional sector sizes, e.g... What is a host protected area (HPA)? The Host Protected Area (HPA) as defined is a reserved area on a Hard Disk Drive (HDD). It was designed to store information in such a way that it cannot be easily modified, changed, or accessed by th... What is a dynamic configuration overlay (DCO)? An additional hidden area on many of today’s HDDs is the Device Configuration Overlay (DCO). The DCO allows system vendors to purchase HDDs from different manufacturers with potentially different size... Why is the Progress bar not moving? This may be due to several reasons. First, on the Menu bar click Commands > View Live Web Report. This will provide you with a graphical representation of all processes currently running. Now, loo... Once the first pass finished the bars all turned red and says, "unable to write, no sectors to write". What do I do now? First, on the Menu bar click Commands > View Live Web Report. This will provide you with a graphical representation of all processes currently running. Now, look at the Progress and Status columns.... The software seems to be unresponsive/hanging. What do I do now? First, on the Menu bar click Commands > View Live Web Report. This will provide you with a graphical representation of all processes currently running. Now, look at the Progress and Status columns....