topic reuse of 520 series SSD in Solid State Drives (NAND) https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/reuse-of-520-series-ssd/m-p/21552#M9665 <P>I replaced the original Intel 520 series SSD from my Lenovo X230 by another SSD which was straight forward. Then I decided to reuse the Intel SSD in another PC. This turned out to be a nightmare. The only result I ever got, was an I/O error. My first attempt was to use the Intel SSD toolbox to erase the whole disk. The answer I got: Secure Erase can not be done, because ATA security is enabled. Disable ATA security before erasing the current drive. Unfortunately the toolbox didn't tell me how ton disable ATA security. </P><P>So what can I do now ?</P><P></P><P></P><P></P> Sat, 23 Feb 2013 20:37:13 GMT AMeie 2013-02-23T20:37:13Z reuse of 520 series SSD https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/reuse-of-520-series-ssd/m-p/21552#M9665 <P>I replaced the original Intel 520 series SSD from my Lenovo X230 by another SSD which was straight forward. Then I decided to reuse the Intel SSD in another PC. This turned out to be a nightmare. The only result I ever got, was an I/O error. My first attempt was to use the Intel SSD toolbox to erase the whole disk. The answer I got: Secure Erase can not be done, because ATA security is enabled. Disable ATA security before erasing the current drive. Unfortunately the toolbox didn't tell me how ton disable ATA security. </P><P>So what can I do now ?</P><P></P><P></P><P></P> Sat, 23 Feb 2013 20:37:13 GMT https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/reuse-of-520-series-ssd/m-p/21552#M9665 AMeie 2013-02-23T20:37:13Z Re: reuse of 520 series SSD https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/reuse-of-520-series-ssd/m-p/21553#M9666 <P>Hi.</P><P></P><P>It sounds like you have a hard drive password set on the SSD. You must remove that before running the Secure Erase. </P><P></P><P>Please let us know if this solves your problem.</P><P></P><P>Thanks.</P> Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:58:49 GMT https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/reuse-of-520-series-ssd/m-p/21553#M9666 KenF_Intel 2013-03-01T16:58:49Z