Wiping a SSD?

Bradmax57 · 3 Feb 2011 at 14:12

Can i use acronis drive cleanser on my ssd? Thinking of selling it and want it wiped first.

Admiral Huddy · 3 Feb 2011 at 14:22

Give this a read through..

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18231951

from fourstar - The trouble with SSDs is once a block has been writted to it must be erased before it can be written to again and the erase process is sloooooow.

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/f...-A-simple-guide-for-speeding-up-EOL-OCZ-SSD-s.

Bradmax57 · 3 Feb 2011 at 14:26

Admiral Huddy said:
Give this a read through..

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18231951

Cheers

DragonQ · 3 Feb 2011 at 14:32

Just use a secure erase or sanitary erase. Not sure what a sanitary erase does but a secure erase (for SandForce drives) basically pumps high voltage through the NAND which wipes them and resets them to their "fresh" state. Doing it many times will damage the NAND but you only need to do it once.

Supernaut91 · 3 Feb 2011 at 14:55

Mate i will be posting a secure erase guide at the end of the weekend just to let you know

Bradmax57 · 3 Feb 2011 at 15:18

Bunyan said:
Mate i will be posting a secure erase guide at the end of the weekend just to let you know

cheers will look out for it, acronis does a grand job on hdd's just not sure about ssd's

Danny091 · 3 Feb 2011 at 15:28

I wouldnt recommend it you would prob ruin it by using up usless writes.
You would be a lot better going down the parted magic route and using secure erase.

If you are onabout your 120gb OCZ Vertex 2e this is the way to go

Info about secure erase

The ATA Secure Erase command is designed to remove all user data from a drive. With an SSD, this command will put the drive back to it original out-of-box state. This will initially restore its performance to the highest possible level and the best (lowest number) possible write amplification, but as soon as the drive starts garbage collecting again the performance and write amplification will start returning to the former levels.[24][25] Many tools use the ATA Secure Erase command to reset the drive and provide a user interface as well.

Also on an ssd it takes seconds to secure erase as its just a voltage put accross the whole drive in 1 go deleting everything. (well thats what i read anyways)