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  • Tonerkiller
    Senior Tech

    500+ Posts
    • Oct 2012
    • 665

    #1

    MP C2004ex format HD

    Ricoh guys please help. I have a MP C2004ex that I am sending back for a customer. I am not a Ricoh tech. How do I format the HD?
    Thank you in advance.
  • slimslob
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    • May 2013
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    #2
    Re: MP C2004ex format HD

    If Disk Overwrite Security System has been properly enabled, you do not have to. In fact any data will have been erased a lot more securely than formatting will do.

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    • Tonerkiller
      Senior Tech

      500+ Posts
      • Oct 2012
      • 665

      #3
      Re: MP C2004ex format HD

      Originally posted by slimslob
      If Disk Overwrite Security System has been properly enabled, you do not have to. In fact any data will have been erased a lot more securely than formatting will do.
      I work with Kyocera, they have a data salinization which gets rid if everything including the address book then prints a page that shows that was done. That is what I am looking for here.

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      • copier tech
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        • Jan 2014
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        #4
        Re: MP C2004ex format HD

        Originally posted by Tonerkiller
        Ricoh guys please help. I have a MP C2004ex that I am sending back for a customer. I am not a Ricoh tech. How do I format the HD?
        Thank you in advance.
        There is a special SP model that will allow you to wipe the HDD/address book & clear all passwords but since you are not a Ricoh tech you won't know about this.

        You could remove the HDD & format it using a USB caddy in Windows.

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        • Elmo
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          • Feb 2010
          • 541

          #5
          Re: MP C2004ex format HD

          If you have the admin password
          Login as Admin
          Goto User tools - Machine Features - System settings - Admin tools - Page 3 - Erase all memory - select number of passes then erase
          Forgot to mention this can take 2 hours plus depending on number of passes
          Last edited by Elmo; 10-06-2021, 09:06 PM.
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