Automating Erasure with Active@ KillDisk

Active@ KillDisk can be configured to run erasure automatically, without requiring anyone to interact with the graphical interface once the machine boots. This is especially useful for mass erasure — asset disposition, decommissioning many machines, or PXE-based deployments — where manually starting each erase job isn't practical.

Automation can be set up at two levels, depending on how much control you need:

• Built-in Boot Disk Creator options — for common scenarios, you can configure erase settings, an optional digital signature and logo, command-line parameters, and where certificates/reports are saved, all directly in Boot Disk Creator's tabs (App Config, Application Startup), without writing any code.
• Custom Startup Scripts — for more advanced or conditional logic (for example, capturing a machine's serial number, mapping a network drive with specific credentials, or running multiple commands in sequence), you can supply your own .cmd script in the Startup Scripts section, which runs automatically when the bootable device starts.

The articles in this section cover both approaches — from simple command-line parameters and Batch Mode, to writing a full custom startup script.