
East-Tec FormatSecure (TM)
Version 1.0 (July 20, 1999)
Copyright (C) 1999 EAST Technologies
All Rights Reserved


CONTENTS:
  1. Overview
  2. Purchasing the software
  3. Contacting EAST Technologies


OVERVIEW
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The Problem

Formatting a drive is NOT enough to erase the disk
data beyond recovery. Unformat & unerase tools and
disk editors are still able to extract, view, print,
or copy old e-mail messages, valuable corporate trade
secrets, business plans, personal files or
confidential letters, bank or credit card information
from the disk surface previously occupied by files
and folders. And, what is worse, many capable
unformat utilities and disk editors are available at
a low cost and are extremely easy to use. As a
result, even an average user is able to recover your
secrets from a formatted disk.

You already know that computers are given away,
traded with other computers, even swapped around.
What you may don't know is that when you give away an
older computer, you actually give away the entire
history of that computer, and a lot of your personal
and sensitive data. You may argue: "Well, I formatted
the disk first". But after reading the paragraph
above, you realize that formatting is not enough.
Reformatting a drive only changes the format of the
disk and makes it look empty, but the majority of
data is left intact. Even a low level, unconditional
format cannot stop the more advanced hardware
recovery tools, electronic devices that can recover
data by analyzing magnetic fields.

The Solution

What you need is a utility like East-Tec
FormatSecure, that, in addition to formatting the
drive, will securely wipe the entire contents of the
drive in order to stop software and hardware tools
from recovering any data.

East-Tec FormatSecure can securely format all kinds
of floppy and hard drives, with all kinds of file
systems: FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS.

East-Tec FormatSecure is powered by the advanced
wiping capabilities developed by EAST Technologies
for its advanced data destruction utility, East-Tec
Eraser (http://www.east-tec.com/eraser/)

East-Tec FormatSecure features:

- secure wipe methods that can stop even hardware
recovery tools
- CRC checks that verify if a wipe pass has been
completed correctly and if the contents of the disk
has been wiped beyond recovery
- advanced error handling that allows East-Tec
FormatSecure to intercept and handle any failures


PURCHASING THE SOFTWARE
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Please read the PURCHASE.DOC file to find out how
you can purchase the registered version of East-Tec
FormatSecure.


HOW TO CONTACT EAST TECHNOLOGIES
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At EAST Technologies we are constantly improving our
products so to find out the latest news and
information on our products visit our World Wide Web
site regularly. Full evaluation copies of our latest
versions of software are always available for
downloading for your convenience.

EAST Technologies
Miron Pompiliu 9
3700 Oradea
Romania

Telephone: +40-59-126586
Fax: +40-59-464911
World Wide Web: http://www.east-tec.com

General E-mail address: info@east-tec.com
Sales Information: sales@east-tec.com
East-Tec FormatSecure support: formatsc@east-tec.com