A hammer - I use my trusty 32oz 'fine adjustment' hammer.You can also connect the eraser to a computer to quickly access the drive that's attached to port-1 on the eraser. The hard drive eraser is easy-to-use, thanks to its convenient menu navigation system, with push-button operation and a built-in LCD that clearly identifies the erase modes and task status.

Out of the box, the four-bay unit is capable of dealing with 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SATA drives (both SSDs and HDDs) and the hard drive eraser also works with 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch IDE hard drives, mSATA drives, and SATA M.2 drives using a compatible adapter.

Also supports 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch IDE hard drives, mSATA drives, and SATA M.2 drives using a compatible adapter.

The built-in nine-pin serial port enables you to print erase logs using a receipt printer.

Easy operation with LCD and push-button navigation.

Support for Secure Erase and Enhanced Secure Erase for SSDs.

Nine erase modes including: Quick and Secure Erase, Single Pass Overwrite, and Multi-pass Overwrites - meets DoD (5220.22-M) standards.

Secure, standalone drive erasing for up to four 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SATA SSD/HDD drives.

The StarTech four-bay drive eraser is packed with the following features:

If you have a lot of drives to erase, then you might want to go for a tool that can erase multiple drives simultaneously, such as the StarTech four-bay drive eraser.

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