
The user can select to cancel the drive wipe procedure at either of these prompts and the data wipe trigger will be reset. Once the option is successfully selected and the prompts have been confirmed, the user will exit BIOS Setup to force a reboot of the system and begin the data wipe process.Īfter the reboot the BIOS will once again prompt for several confirmations before sending the data wipe instructions to the customer storage devices. The BIOS will ask for user confirmation twice before allowing the user to exit setup with the " Wipe on Next Boot" option selected to ensure that the user intends to erase all storage devices.Īs an added safety measure the BIOS will adjust the default selection for the final prompt to further enforce direct user acceptance of this operation. Once in the BIOS Setup application the user can select "Wipe on Next Boot" from the Maintenance->Data Wipe option to invoke data wipe for all internal drives after the reboot. At the Dell splash screen press F2 to enter BIOS Setup. The Data Wipe feature is invoked from within BIOS Setup.
See NIST Special Publication 800-88 Guidelines for Media Sanitization for more details.

