Erase an SSD before returning it?

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I have an X25-M SSD that I need return for RMA due to some bad sectors. Before I send it off I'd like to erase all the data on it. Does Intel provide any tools for me to do that?

[idata]

No one with anything to offer on this?

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The ATA specifies a command called "Secure Erase" than can be used to erase all sectors of a hard drive.

More information here:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ytumYIWynbMJ:https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.... http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ytumYIWynbMJ:https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index....

I did a search and found a link to some freeware programs that should be able to help:

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-secure-erase-utility.htm http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-secure-erase-utility.htm

[idata]

Might try this site. I just spent the day playing with it with a spare computer and drive. Download a copy of ubuntu 10.04. Use the Try tab after you burn the ISO to a CD and boot from the CD. Then use the following info.

https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase

[idata]

Hello Everyone,

I am having an issue with HDPARM. I get an I/O error when trying to erase it from Windows 7 safe mode command prompt as a enclosure on my Dell XPS M1210 Laptop. Any suggestions on getting pass this?

- Tara