Boot from Hard disk drive

Boot

In order to start the "Boot up Erase program" from the hard disk drive, it is necessary to execute the "Startup environment creation tool" on the PC to be erased and install the boot environment to the hard disk drive.
For details, see "Abstract of Startup environment creation tool".

When booting is not completed / When booting is completed but the hard disk is not recognized.

Erase by booting from the CD or USB flash drive.

When the system starts, the following screen will be displayed, and the erase program will start automatically after 5 seconds without any operation. (Common to BIOS / UEFI)



If it does not boot, or if the OS installed on the hard disk boots
・ Please remove the CD, USB memory, etc. and try again.
・ The hard disk boot environment may not be set correctly or may not be supported.
In that case, boot from the CD / USB flash drive and erase it.

When Windows starts in a UEFI environment

For security reasons, some PCs disable programs to change the boot order and force Windows to always start up first. In that case, display the PC's boot device selection menu (displayed by pressing F9, F12, etc. at startup, depending on the model) and select "GreenPepper PRO, Disk ERASE" from there. If you cannot select it, e+rase by booting from the CD or USB flash drive.

Operation on the boot screen

[ESC]key for menu .....
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If you want to start with other options, press the [ESC] key before the 5-second countdown ends.
The following option menu screen is displayed.



Enlarged view of the screen

To boot Windows on your hard disk
If you want to restore the boot environment without erasing, use the up and down arrow keys to select [Windows] and press [enter]. After starting Windows, you can restore the boot environment by executing the "Startup Environment Creation Tool".
See "Operation of HDD boot"

When starting erasing process after displaying the menu
Select "[GreenPepper PRO] English Ver4.x.x", press [enter].

Operation on the option menu screen

Use the "Down" and "Up" keys to select a function, and the [enter] key to execute the option menu.
Under "---- Other boot options", a submenu will be displayed that allows you to select more detailed options.

1. Under the  "[GreenPepper PRO] ver4.xx" menu,  when "--- Other boot options" is selected.

From this screen, press the [ESC] key to return to the first option menu screen.

Menu Structure
In the standard state, the menu structure is as follows.

The options that can be selected depend on the option specifications when configuring HDD boot environment.
See "Common options"

Option menu structure

selection menu	contents
[Windows]	Boot Windows installed on Hard disk drive. To restore the boot environment without erasing, select [Windows] and execute the "Startup Environment Creation Tool".
[GreenPepper PRO] English Ver 4.x.x	Display normal erase screen
--- Other boot options	Boot option submenu
Diagnose	Diagnose: Problem investigation screen to check the status when startup is not completed  or disk is not recognized.

Boot option submenu

selection menu	contents
*--- (ESC)return to main, [GreenPepper PRO] English	* press the [ESC] key to return to the first option menu screen.
a.Normal boot	Display normal erase screen
b.Enable SecureErase	Display erase screen with Secure Erase menu
c.Ignore HPA, access full size	Disable HPA(HostProtectedArea) and erase entire disk. * Depending on the disk interface, for example, when connecting to a USB interface, HPA cancellation may not be effective. see "Points to consider about erasing method"
d.disable ACPI	Start with ACPI disabled * On a general PC, the disk may not be recognized and the power may not be turned off automatically.
<UEFI boot only> e.UEFI old mapping	Set UEFI old memory mapping mode * Use it when UEFI startup stops in the middle.
<UEFI boot only> f.Disable UEFI (runtime)	Disable runtime UEFI function * Use it when UEFI startup stops in the middle.
g.Enable KMS (nodeset)	Enable Kernel Mode Setting (KMS). If there is a problem with the display, please try it.

*When boot from HDD, "Enable SecureErase+Unfreeze" is not supported, use CD/USB flash drive boot.

Boot option submenu (diagnose)

selection menu	contents
*--- (ESC)return to main, diagnose ---	* press the [ESC] key to return to the first option menu screen.
a.Normal boot	Diagnose: Problem investigation screen to check the status when startup is not completed  or disk is not recognized.
b.Ignore HPA, access full size	Diagnose: Disable HPA(HostProtectedArea) and show problem investigation screen. * Depending on the disk interface, for example, when connecting to a USB interface, HPA cancellation may not be effective.
c.disable ACPI	Diagnose: Start problem investigation screen with ACPI disabled * On a general PC, the disk may not be recognized and the power may not be turned off automatically.
<UEFI boot only> e.UEFI old mapping	Diagnose: Start problem investigation screen with UEFI old memory mapping mode * Use it when UEFI startup stops in the middle.
<UEFI boot only> f.Disable UEFI (runtime)	Diagnose: Start problem investigation screen with disabling runtime UEFI function * Use it when UEFI startup stops in the middle.
g:Enable KMS (nodeset)	Diagnose: Enable Kernel Mode Setting (KMS). If there is a problem with the display, please try it.

If the startup is not completed

If the startup is not completed and the erase screen is not displayed, the following causes are possible.

・ The hardware is not compatible with this product.
  * Not compatible CPU, motherboard, and peripheral devices.
  * Please remove peripheral devices and try again.
  * If there is a device that can be separated by the BIOS, try disconnecting it.
・ HDD drive failures
・ Other hardware failures

・ Unsupported Secure Boot specification
  * Try disabling Secure Boot in the BIOS (UEFI) settings.
  * If you see the "disable SecureBoot if stops here" message on the screen and it stops, try disabling Secure Boot.

Please try starting with "disable ACPI","UEFI old mappong", etc. from the above selection menu at startup.

Also, start with "diagnose" menu and let us know the contents of the screen at the time of stop.

If the startup stops halfway and the menu is not displayed, there is no function to get the screen.
Please take a picture of the screen with a digital camera and send it to us.

For the operation of the screen displayed by the "diag" option, see "Using diagnose screen"