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ThinkPad Drive Erase Utility for Resetting the Cryptographic Key and Erasing the Solid State Drive - ThinkPad

ThinkPad Drive Erase Utility for Resetting the Cryptographic Key and Erasing the Solid State Drive - ThinkPad

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ThinkPad Drive Erase Utility for Resetting the Cryptographic Key and Erasing the Solid State Drive - ThinkPad

228.493 MB
2.00

DOS

EFI Shell

18 Sep 2019
Recommended

ThinkPad Drive Erase Utility for the Resetting the Cryptographic Key and the Erasing the Solid State Drive (Bootable CD)

83fd05ww.iso

228.4 MB
2.00

DOS

EFI Shell

19 Sep 2019
Recommended

README

83fd05ww.txt

17.4 KB
2.00

DOS

EFI Shell

19 Sep 2019
Recommended

ThinkPad Drive Erase Utility for the Resetting the Cryptographic Key and the Erasing the Solid State Drive (Floppy)

83fd05ww.zip

77.4 KB
2.00

DOS

EFI Shell

19 Sep 2019
Recommended

Description

Drive Erase Utility for the Resetting the Cryptographic Key and the Erasing the Solid State Drive for DOS

Compatible Devices

Supported ThinkPad Systems

  • ThinkPad Edge E120, E125
  • ThinkPad Edge E220s
  • ThinkPad Edge E320, E325
  • ThinkPad Edge E420, E420s, E425
  • ThinkPad Edge E520, E525
  • ThinkPad Edge S430
  • ThinkPad 11e
  • ThinkPad 13
  • ThinkPad E450, E460, E470, E480
  • ThinkPad E550, E560, E570, E570p, E580
  • ThinkPad Helix, ThinkPad X1 Helix, X1 Helix 3G
  • ThinkPad Helix(Machine types:20CG,20CH)
  • ThinkPad L380, L430, L440, L450, L460, L470, L480
  • ThinkPad L530, L540, L560, L570, L580
  • ThinkPad P1(Machine types:20MD,20ME)
  • ThinkPad P50, P50s, P51s, P52s, P70, P51, P71
  • ThinkPad P52(Machine types:20M9,20MA)
  • ThinkPad P72(Machine types:20MB,20MC)
  • ThinkPad R480
  • ThinkPad S1, S2, S3, S5
  • ThinkPad S1 Yoga
  • ThinkPad S5-S531, S5-S540
  • ThinkPad S430, S531, S540
  • ThinkPad S5 Yoga 15
  • ThinkPad T420, T420i, T420s, T420si, T430, T430i, T430s,T430si, T431s, T440, T440p, T440s, T450, T450s,T460, T460p, T460s, T470, T470p, T470s, T480,T480s
  • ThinkPad T520, T520i, T530, T530i, T540p, T550, T560, T570,T580
  • ThinkPad Twist S230u
  • ThinkPad W520, W530, W540, W550s
  • ThinkPad X1
  • ThinkPad X1 Carbon(Machine Type :34xx)
  • ThinkPad X1 Carbon(Machine Types:20A7,20A8)
  • ThinkPad X1 Carbon(Machine types:20BS,20BT)
  • ThinkPad X1 Carbon(Machine types:20FB,20FC)
  • ThinkPad X1 Carbon(Machine types:20HQ,20HR)
  • ThinkPad X1 Carbon(Machine types:20K3,20K4)
  • ThinkPad X1 Carbon(Machine types:20KH,20KG)
  • ThinkPad X1 Extreme(Machine types:20MF,20MG)
  • ThinkPad X1 Tablet(Machine types:20GG,20GH)
  • ThinkPad X1 Tablet Gen 2(Machine types:20JB,20JC)
  • ThinkPad X1 Tablet Gen 3(Machine types:20KJ,20KK)
  • ThinkPad X1 Yoga(Machine types:20FQ,20FR)
  • ThinkPad X1 Yoga(Machine types:20JD,20JE,20JF,20JG)
  • ThinkPad X1 Yoga(Machine types:20LD,20LE,20LF,20LG)
  • ThinkPad X120e, X121e, X130e, X131e, X140e
  • ThinkPad X220, X220i, X220 Tablet, X220i Tablet, X230, X230i,X230 Tablet, X230i Tablet, X230s, X240, X240s, X250,X260, X270, X280
  • ThinkPad Yoga, Yoga 11e, Yoga 14, Yoga 260, Yoga 370, X380 Yoga
  • ThinkPad Yoga 460

Compatible Operating Systems

  • DOS (EFI Shell)

What's More

This Drive Erase Utility for the Resetting the Cryptographic Key and the Erasing the Solid State Drive resets the Cryptographic Key of Full Disk Encryption(FDE) supported hard drives(HDD) and erases the Solid State Drive(SSD)

Note:

  • Any hard drive (HD) password will be deleted by this process.
  • Please use “ThinkShield Secure Wipe” feature for ThinkPad 2019 or later models by following below steps;
    1. Reboot the system
    2. Press F12 key to load BIOS boot menu
    3. Press tab to switch to App Menu
    4. Select "ThinkShield Secure Wipe" from the list
    5. Follow on-screen instructions to wipe the disk

Additional Information

Please refer to the README file for the following:

  • Installation Instructions
  • Determining Which Version is Installed
  • Complete list of summary of changes
  • Known limitations (if any)
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Alias Id: SYD0-02B6E22

Last Modified Date: 08 Mar 2021

Original Publish Date: 30 Dec 2015

Document ID: DS019026

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