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60 lines
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Option 4 of the RescueBRU main menu (Disk Utilities) allows you to
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perform various drive maintenance actions. These actions are
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described below.
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Clone disk
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RescueBRU generates a list of hard drives. You are then prompted to
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select the source and destination drives from menus. You will then
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be asked to confirm your actions and an exact block by block copy of
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all data on the source drive will be created on the destination
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drive. The operation may take a long time for large drives. A
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progress indicator will be shown. When the clone is finished, you
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will be returned to the Disk Utilities menu.
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Blank disk
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RescueBRU generates a list of hard drives. You are then prompted to
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select the target drive for blanking from a menu. You will then be
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asked to confirm your actions and all data on the target drive will
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be overwritten with zeros. This will destroy the MBR, the partition
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table, and any RAID signatures that may exist on the drive. Any data
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that exists on the drive will not be recoverable. NOTE: This will
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not satisfy the US DoD 5220.22-M standard and will not serve to
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"declassify" a drive. If the drive contained classified data, it
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will still need to be stored and controlled in accordance with the
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highest classification it contained. When the blanking operation is
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finished, you will be returned to the Disk Utilities menu.
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Test disk for bad blocks
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RescueBRU generates a list of hard drives. You are then prompted to
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select the target drive for testing from a menu. You will also be
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prompted whether you want to do a read-only test or a write/read
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test. You will then be asked to confirm your actions and the test
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will begin. If you have selected a read-only test, no alteration
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will be made to any data on the drive.If you have selected a
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write/read test, all data on the target drive will be overwritten by
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various bit patterns, and finally with zeros. This will destroy the
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MBR, the partition table, and any RAID signatures that may exist on
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the drive. Any data that exists on the drive will not be
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recoverable. NOTE: This will not satisfy the US DoD 5220.22-M
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standard and will not serve to "declassify" a drive. If the drive
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contained classified data, it will still need to be stored and
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controlled in accordance with the highest classification it
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contained. When the blanking operation is finished, you will be
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returned to the Disk Utilities menu.
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Setup backup media
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If using the "Local" media type, media setup is not required. For
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the RescueBRU utility to work,the backup images must be stored on
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the backup media in a place where RescueBRU can find them. This
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option creates the directory on the backup media where the images
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will be stored. After selecting this option, RescueBRU mounts the
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media, and then checks to see if the backup location already exists.
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If it does, RescueBRU warns you that if you continue the setup, you
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may lose old backups. You have the option of continuing anyway or
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aborting media setup. When a backup is started, the media is checked
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to see if it is set up and this function is automatically invoked if
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it isn't. Consequently, you should never have to use this option.
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This option is really only useful if you want to purge all existing
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backups from the media.
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