Wiping SSD before selling. How?

warren_1979 · 10 Dec 2018 at 22:19

Hi.

What's the best way?

PiKe · 10 Dec 2018 at 22:31

Bitlocker it then format it.

Or use the manufacturers tool to securely erase it.

TangoEchoAlpha · 11 Dec 2018 at 08:08

Either something like File Shredder to securely overwrite the files, or just use Veracrypt to create an encrypted volume on the drive, then format it after that.

warren_1979 · 11 Dec 2018 at 08:57

PiKe said:
Bitlocker it then format it.

Or use the manufacturers tool to securely erase it.

What's the best program for that?

mattyfez · 11 Dec 2018 at 19:42

Or Ccleaner has a built in drive wiper.

PiKe · 11 Dec 2018 at 20:13

mattyfez said:
Or Ccleaner has a built in drive wiper.

It has to be SSD aware otherwise it won't wipe it fully.

tnx · 11 Dec 2018 at 20:20

Don't sell it. Keep it. it may come in handy.

Chaos · 12 Dec 2018 at 19:05

Some options -

Use the manufactures erase tool.

Use a linux boot cd and hdparm to issue a secure erase ata instruction -
https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase

Pay for parted magic -
https://partedmagic.com/

IceUK · 19 Dec 2018 at 07:43

Right click on folders and click delete.

Pottsey · 19 Dec 2018 at 08:07

IceUK said:
Right click on folders and click delete.

I really hope that's a joke. Sometimes its hard to tell on the forums. Right click delete is almost as bad as not deleting anything.

weird_dave · 19 Dec 2018 at 10:19

If TRIM is enabled, simply deleting files (not to recycle bin!) can make it quite difficult to recover them.