The "Startup Environment Creation Tool" is a tool for creating an environment for starting and executing the "Boot up Erase Program" and creating a configuration file when running the "Windows Erase Program" on WindowsPE.
Use this program to distribute the erasure program to general users in your company.

Also, if you want to use the network log function, you need to create a boot environment/configuration file using this program.

The boot environment/configuration file that can be created by this program is as follows.

Hard disk (HDD) settings
Execute the "Startup Environment Creation Tool" on the PC you want to erase, and install the "Startup Erase Program" on the system hard disk of that PC.
When you restart your PC, the "Boot up Erase Program" will start and you can erase the hard disk of that PC.

Create bootable CD image file
Create a CD-ROM image file (ISO9660 format) that can start the "Boot up Erase Program".
By writing this file to a CD-R, it becomes a bootable CD.

Setting bootable USB flash drive
This is a process to incorporate a "Boot up erase program" into a commonly available USB flash drive.
You can start the PC from the set USB flash drive and use the "Boot up Erase Program".

Creating WindowsPE configuration file
Create a configuration file to enable automatic execution, specify processing methods, and use network logs when running the "Windows Erase Program" on Windows PE.
It becomes effective by installing the created configuration file in the same folder as "gppro4.exe" in the WindowsPE execution environment. 




Distribution of erasing environment within the company

When distributing the erasing environment within the company using each function, the following methods are possible.
When distributing, you can use the "Customizing/Setting data file" and "Customizing/setting by command line" functions to unify the erasing method, etc. within the company, and reduce the learning burden of general users' operations.

* A corporate license, etc. are required to distribute in your company.

Using "Operation of 'HDD boot'"

Allow general users to run the "Startup Environment Creation Tool" (gpset4.exe) using the network drive of the company server.
The user can launch the program, embed it on the disk of the PC, and then erase it.

Using "Creating bootable 'CD image' file

Create a CD-ROM image (ISO9660 format) with appropriate options set in the management department in advance.
Create a CD-R and distribute the CD-R itself, or distribute the CD image file on a network drive, intranet, etc.
If distributed as an image file, users can create a CD-R and erase HDD drives with it.
"Startup environment creation tool" is not required for users.

Using Setting "bootable 'USB flash drive'"

Setting USB flash drive with appropriate options set in the management department in advance and distribute the USB flash drive itself.

In order to allow users to set the USB flash drive by themselves,
allow general users to run the "Startup Environment Creation Tool" (gpset4.exe) using the network drive of the company server. In this case, we recommend using the "Customizing/Setting data file" function to fix the available tab pages and setting items.
The user can launch the program, setting USB flash drive, and erase HDD drives with it.

You can also distribute the USB boot environment using the following method.
However, only UEFI booting is supported (BIOS/Legacy booting is not possible) by this method.
* Compress a set of internal files of the configured USB flash drive into a zip file. Save it to a file server.
* The user must format the USB memory in FAT/FAT32 (NTFS, exFat is not possible). Extract the contents of the zip file and copy to the USB memory.

Distributing WindowsPE boot images

CD image files can be distributed in the same way as "bootable CD image" above.
The USB memory itself will be distributed as the configured USB memory.