This website uses cookies. By clicking Accept, you consent to the use of cookies. Click Here to learn more about how we use cookies.
Turn on suggestions
Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Showing results for
Options
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Mark Topic as New
- Mark Topic as Read
- Float this Topic for Current User
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Printer Friendly Page
The use for HDDErase or Sanity Erase
Options
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
11-27-2009 10:37 AM
I was wondering, once in a while I reinstall my laptop. Just to have a fresh copy of windows, how refreshing.
Anyway I've never done this before with my SSD. Will the secure erase function from HDDErase 3.3 just format my SSD and bring back the state as it was when I bought it?
I also read that HDDErase will write random data until it's full, isn't this just what we don't wanna do to the drive? And how about Sanity Erase, this should make the drive think it's empty, is this a good option? If performance will be back and if the Intel SSD's are even supporting this tool is unknown for me.
6 REPLIES 6
Options
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
11-27-2009 10:44 AM
HDDerase 3.3 erases all data and has been recommended by Anand and PCPerspective to wipe the drive clean--before TRIM firmware became available.
Options
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
11-27-2009 04:13 PM
The ATA spec includes a Secure Erase feature. Rather than using some piece of software to overwrite the data on the drive, this is a built-in command to erase any sensitive data off the drive. Running this on an SSD will erase all the pages, making them once again available for instant writing.
There are a number of "shredder" programs which ensure that any remaining data on a drive is overwritten with garbage data. http://cmrr.ucsd.edu HDDErase is an app which is specifically designed to run the Secure Erase feature built into drives, as opposed to simply writing random data over the entire disk. There are probably other apps with similar names which do specifically write random data on the disk, but this one doesn't.
Options
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
11-29-2009 07:20 PM
Yes, using HDDErase 3.3 (evidently 4.0 doesn't work for some people) will "reset" your SSD to as close to a factory state as it can be.
Options
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
11-30-2009 01:18 AM
1 Day ago I've used HDDErase 3.3, was a bit of a hassle at first. My laptop in ATA mode doesn't detect the SSD, my pc detects the SSD in ATA mode but can't pass through the secure command. So eventually I used another laptop (zepto), which worked flawlessy.
As long as you have a computer that supports the ATA Security pass through it's a walk in the park. The drive is very fast again, thanks for the replies people.
