topic Why &quot;secure erase&quot; is still unavailable in Windows 8 ? in Solid State Drives (NAND) https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/why-quot-secure-erase-quot-is-still-unavailable-in-windows-8/m-p/9509#M1471 <P>Windows 8 has been released for nearly 2 years and windows 9 is upcoming in 2015, why Intel only keep this function in windows 7 ?</P> Thu, 24 Jul 2014 13:44:11 GMT AX2 2014-07-24T13:44:11Z Why "secure erase" is still unavailable in Windows 8 ? https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/why-quot-secure-erase-quot-is-still-unavailable-in-windows-8/m-p/9509#M1471 <P>Windows 8 has been released for nearly 2 years and windows 9 is upcoming in 2015, why Intel only keep this function in windows 7 ?</P> Thu, 24 Jul 2014 13:44:11 GMT https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/why-quot-secure-erase-quot-is-still-unavailable-in-windows-8/m-p/9509#M1471 AX2 2014-07-24T13:44:11Z Re: Why "secure erase" is still unavailable in Windows 8 ? https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/why-quot-secure-erase-quot-is-still-unavailable-in-windows-8/m-p/9510#M1472 <P>Hi After31, this is a known limitation when using such operating system; you may use the following steps as an alternate method:</P><UL><LI>You may use YUMI to create a bootable Linux* USB drive: <A href="http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/</A> <A href="http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/</A></LI><LI>Iinstructions for a secure erase in Linux*: <A href="http://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/SSD_Secure_Erase" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/SSD_Secure_Erase</A> <A href="http://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/SSD_Secure_Erase" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/SSD_Secure_Erase</A></LI></UL><P></P><P>Message edited 07/25/14</P> Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:55:48 GMT https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/why-quot-secure-erase-quot-is-still-unavailable-in-windows-8/m-p/9510#M1472 Jose_H_Intel1 2014-07-25T15:55:48Z