Multiple laptop HD wiping

Thanks again. Do you need the laptop lid open? Would using a connection lead to a monitor work? Or does the laptop goto sleep if closed? Maybe need to change settings in the bios?
Thanks again.

Usually the laptops need to be open to get power to the hard drive in the first place to wipe them. There are probably ways around that but that's beyond my knowledge. So you'd have them open then slide the base in like this with the same diagram as above except from the side view:

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|____ <laptop
------- <shelf
With the screens open you should be able to put one on each shelf just fine. I don't know anything about blancco's system to know if a multi computer feed to a single monitor would work the same with desktops as laptops. Don't know why it wouldn't but really don't know blancco's stuff at all.