tanjali Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I have Crucial M500, they dont have software for erasing SSD. They have something but it doesn't work! I've been using parted magic and it takes 15 minutes for 240 GB ssd to get erased. I am not sure Magic is doing proper job maybe I am wrong. My Samsung SSD have Samsung magician to do the job under 2 minutes and it cant be used for other manufacturers SSD's! Any software beside PartedMagic ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straycat19 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Active Killdisk is what I use to destroy HDD and SSD because it has been proven to make data totally unrecoverable. It also provides a certificate of destruction which is important in my line of work. One caveat in erasing an SSD is that programs like this have been known to actually destroy the SSD and make it unusable. I have never had that happen but I have a friend who has destroyed two. This doesn't bother us since the drives aren't ours anyway and our employers can afford to replace them. I mention this just as a warning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vissha Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Here is the complete guide from MakeUseOf . Read here for discussion thread from howtogeek for more info on erasing SSD. Here is the cruical forum article for secure wipe SSD. @tanjali In reality, there is nothing which can 100% wipe/erase SSD completely. HDD is slower than SSD which we all knew. But why many still use HDD? This secure erase/wipe is one of the reasons and other reason being HDD lives longer compared to SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanjali Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 Guys thank you for trying but nothing of this is helping my case! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecarion Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Hello, with one SSD, it's might be enough to just erase the partition ? Or the table partition ? You can proceed with one software like Gparted and then try to restore the data. That's just an idea because once the data are overwritten (altered, corrupted), it could be hard (or lost). It might be enough for you because I believe, it's not clear how much you want a secure process ? Maybe you need to clarify (a little) this point. One tool like Ccleaner (etc) has several options. PS : With one hard drive, I would advice a tool like : HDD Low Level Format. This program also supports flash cards (SD etc) and perhaps SSD ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 There is no real way to erase a hdd or ssd. You can only make it take longer to recover the data. Only a good hammer and lots of frustration truly wipes any drive. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefa Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 This is not News...Topic moved to Software Chat.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc71520 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Erasing a SSD is closer to a “reset” than a wipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanjali Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 I am not paranoid about someone is after me, even though I have some crackers in my diet, only would like to get SSD in factory clean state from time to time just for a health of a drive. I would prefer more something like "ATA Secure erase" to zeroing it because of wear and tear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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