SSD and wiper program ?

karlos103 · 21 Jul 2009 at 21:31

Hi all

I have recently bought a G-Skill SSD and wondered when should you use a wiper program ? as you guess im new to SSD's
Im using Windows 7 which i heard has TRIM ...or is this not in the beta version .

When should you use wiper program and how is the best way to use it if you do need to use it ? do you have to have it in AHCI mode for it to work as mine is set to IDE and is one sata 0 port .

Any help most appreciated

leexgx · 21 Jul 2009 at 21:41

most seem to do it on an weekly base, up to you really

when windows 7 fully comes out SSD makers will bring an firmware update out that will support TRIM on the ATA spec so windows 7 can send the TRIM command directly to the SSD (as long as RAID is not used)

karlos103 · 21 Jul 2009 at 21:48

im not using raid so thats good ...

clocka · 21 Jul 2009 at 22:48

the final version of win7 may be on illegal places as of about 1 week ago, that would be your best bet of having TRIM support, not sure if the public beta has it or not. Oct 22nd is when windows7 hits the shops so expect a new firmware just before then.

karlos103 · 22 Jul 2009 at 16:39

well i have pre-ordered windows 7 ...as im pretty happy with the beta version .

So has anyone else got any tips on using wiper program ? plus is there any different ones out there ?

cheers

shadowake · 22 Jul 2009 at 16:55

karlos103 said:
well i have pre-ordered windows 7 ...as im pretty happy with the beta version .

So has anyone else got any tips on using wiper program ? plus is there any different ones out there ?

cheers

ccleaner has added it to their software, works in RAID and with non-TRIM supporting SSD's

You need to select 'wipe free space' at the bottom of the options list and select which drives in settings. You have to set it on simple 1 pass overwrite too.

miniyazz · 22 Jul 2009 at 17:35

shadowake said:
ccleaner has added it to their software, works in RAID and with non-TRIM supporting SSD's

You need to select 'wipe free space' at the bottom of the options list and select which drives in settings. You have to set it on simple 1 pass overwrite too.

That works on non-TRIM supporting drives, and within Windows, without erasing data? :cool:

Ninja Please! · 22 Jul 2009 at 18:33

I run my wiper program maybe once a month, maybe.

karlos103 · 22 Jul 2009 at 18:48

shadowake said:
ccleaner has added it to their software, works in RAID and with non-TRIM supporting SSD's

You need to select 'wipe free space' at the bottom of the options list and select which drives in settings. You have to set it on simple 1 pass overwrite too.

Does it work on TRIM enabled ssd's too ? as my G-Skill Falcon comes with TRIM enabled

Cheers

P.S just tried wiper.exe and i thought i would not work as it comes up with barefoot system error 4 times in a cmd black box ....but if leave it for a few more seconds it find the drive and works

...does it matter if your in IDE mode or AHCI as i have tried both ways and works everytime

shadowake · 22 Jul 2009 at 22:25

miniyazz said:
That works on non-TRIM supporting drives, and within Windows, without erasing data?

Yep, only found out about it today.

karlos103 said:
Does it work on TRIM enabled ssd's too ? as my G-Skill Falcon comes with TRIM enabled

Certainly does. Works on all drives

miniyazz · 22 Jul 2009 at 23:17

awesome

karlos103 · 23 Jul 2009 at 19:16

downloaded ccleaner ...works a treat ...many thanks !!

leexgx · 24 Jul 2009 at 08:11

not sure about CCleaner unless its doing and Low level format on free space or useing Trim command (unlikely and that would Only work on Indilinx based SSDs as thay are the only ones to implement it but not fully)

i see if custom pc have still got the corsair P128 or p256 see if ccleaner does any thing