How to use Startup Scripts?

This document walks you through configuring Active@ KillDisk so that it starts erasing drives automatically as soon as the bootable media loads.

            @ECHO OFF
            ::Filename: KD-SCRIPT.CMD
            ::----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            ::Sample netsh command to assign a static IP address.
            ::The following command configures the interface named "Ethernet"
            ::with the static IP address 192.168.0.100, the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0,
            ::and a default gateway of 192.168.0.1
            netsh int ip set address "Ethernet" static 192.168.0.100 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1 1
            
            ::----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            ::Mapping a network drive using the Windows "Net Use" command.
            ::Usage: net use [devicename | *] [\\computername\sharename[\volume]] [password | *]] [/user:[domainname\]username]
            ::
            ::SECURITY NOTE: This example stores the network password in plain text inside
            ::the script, which will be readable by anyone with access to the boot USB drive.
            ::Use a dedicated, limited-permission account for this share, and avoid using
            ::privileged credentials in startup scripts.
            net use o: \\LA\Storage password /USER:myAccount
            
            ::----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            ::Find the volume letter of the bootable media that KillDisk is running from.
            ::This searches for KILLDISK.INI on all volumes and copies it to a temporary
            ::location (X:\), so the settings file can be referenced and updated locally
            ::before the erase operation starts.
            FOR %%i IN (c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z) DO IF EXIST %%i:\User_Files\KILLDISK.INI (
            SET DrvLtr=%%i
            GOTO END )
            :END
            COPY %DrvLtr%:\User_Files\KILLDISK.INI X:\KILLDISK.INI
            
            ::----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            ::Get the Service Tag / Asset number of the system using PowerShell (CIM),
            ::since the legacy WMIC utility is being removed from current Windows releases.
            ::The values are then stored directly into the KILLDISK.INI settings file.
            ::Once erasure is complete, the PDF certificate will include this information.
            FOR /F "usebackq delims=" %%i IN (`powershell -NoProfile -Command "(Get-CimInstance Win32_BIOS).SerialNumber"`) DO SET servicetag=%%i
            FOR /F "usebackq delims=" %%i IN (`powershell -NoProfile -Command "(Get-CimInstance Win32_BaseBoard).SerialNumber"`) DO SET servicetag2=%%i
            ECHO logComments="Bios Serial Number: %servicetag%, Motherboard Serial Number: %servicetag2%">>X:\KILLDISK.INI
            
            ::----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            ::Append the Service Tag number to the KILLDISK.LOG file (with a date/time stamp).
            ::This can only be added to the LOG file after KillDisk has finished erasing the drive.
            ECHO %date% %time:~0,8% ServiceTag#: %servicetag% ServiceTag2#: %servicetag2%>>X:\KILLDISK.LOG
            
            ::----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            ::Launch KillDisk and erase the primary hard drive.
            ::  -ip="X:\"   input path for the settings/INI file
            ::  -cp="X:\"   output path for the certificate
            ::  -eh=80h     erase the hard drive with BIOS device ID 80h (primary drive)
            ::  -em=2       erase method #2 (see command-line reference for the full list)
            ::  -nc         no confirmation prompt before starting
            ::  -bm         batch mode (run unattended, no GUI interaction required)
            ::For the full list of KillDisk command-line options, see:
            ::https://www.killdisk.com/commandline_win.htm
            KILLDISK -ip="X:\\" -cp="X:\\" -eh=80h -em=2 -nc -bm
            
            ::----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            ::Copy the KillDisk certificate (PDF) and log file from the temporary location (X:\)
            ::to your mapped network drive, or to another location such as a USB flash drive.
            COPY X:\*.pdf O:\
            COPY X:\KILLDISK.LOG O:\
            
            ::----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            :EOF

Add your startup script (.cmd) file in the Startup Scripts section of Boot Disk Creator when creating the bootable device.