How to erase SSD

chiefcrust · 31 Jan 2010 at 15:14

I will be selling my

Intel X25-M Mainstream 80GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SSDSA2MH080G2C1)

and am just wanting to know how to erase everything before I sell it. Is it just a case of having it as a slave drive and right clicking on the drive in Windows then clicking format?

Many thanks.

jbloggs · 31 Jan 2010 at 15:37

I have used HDDErase 3.3 available from Here (link half way down page) on my Intel X25-M G2s...not sure about HDDErase 4.0 as I have not used it, so will let someone else comment on it.

chiefcrust · 31 Jan 2010 at 18:32

Thanks for the reply, so all I do Is run that program in windows and select the ssd to erase? Thanks again.

jbloggs · 31 Jan 2010 at 18:47

chiefcrust said:
Thanks for the reply, so all I do Is run that program in windows and select the ssd to erase? Thanks again.

For HDDErase 3.3, you need to copy it to either a bootable floppy or bootable USD drive, then boot into DOS and type "hdderase" (without quotes) etc...do read the text file contained in download...

Before booting into DOS, go into BIOS first and set to IDE mode and disable "Native Mode" (Gigabyte BIOS)...