Known problems
Sometimes when booting with Total WipeOut bootable media, SSD drives may not be visible in the list of drives. This may happen for the following reasons. ...
Tue, 26 Dec, 2023 at 12:14 PM
It happens because modern BIOSes disable the ATA Secure Erase hardware command to prevent data loss. BCWipe Total Wipeout automatically removes freeze l...
Wed, 27 Dec, 2023 at 8:07 AM
The problem may be related to the Linux boot loader used in BCWipe TWO (Grub). If Secure Boot does not accept its signature - the boot process won't pr...
Wed, 27 Dec, 2023 at 8:05 AM
Some NVMe disks must be unlocked before running User Data Erase command. To unlock the disk the computer should be sent to Sleep mode and then resumed agai...
Wed, 27 Dec, 2023 at 8:33 AM
In case if password prompt appeared after TotalWipeout wiping process was interrupted (battery died, the power went down) try this: The password is '...
Wed, 27 Dec, 2023 at 11:03 AM
There are several possible reasons for the "Not enough wipes" error message: 1) One license allows creating one USB and performing 10 wipe ope...
Fri, 29 Dec, 2023 at 6:11 AM
This effect might be observed with some manufacturers, when the firmware of a graphic card is not universally compatible with the latest Linux kernel builds...
Fri, 29 Dec, 2023 at 6:14 AM
If HDD/SSD SATA drive is connected through USB adapter, BCWipe TWO will detect the drive, provide the proper information about the drive and be able to wipe...
Thu, 28 Dec, 2023 at 10:47 AM