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<blockquote data-quote="Digerati" data-source="post: 665705" data-attributes="member: 59833">You do not &quot;wipe&quot; a SSD. Wear-leveling, a SSD feature to extend the lifespan of SSDs, prevents wipe programs like DBAN from effectively deleting (overwriting) every storage location. So you can wipe a hard drive and be sure every storage location is touched and overwritten, but not a SSD. Drilling holes works for a hard drive too, but not a SSD - though admittedly, a bad guy (or government spy or law enforcement agency) would have to be REALLY REALLY interested in learning what&#039;s on that drive to spend the time and money to see what&#039;s left. Sure you can - you just can&#039;t with methods used for hard drives. <a href="https://partedmagic.com/secure-erase/" target="_blank">Parted Magic Secure Erase</a> works on SSDs - even if not encrypted. There is also a version specifically for NVMe devices. The fact is, ATA Secure Erase&nbsp; is part of the ANSI ATA specification and is built into most modern SSDs. Check your SSD maker&#039;s website. For more info on Secure Erase, see <a href="https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase" target="_blank">ATA Secure Erase</a>, <a href="http://forums.crucial.com/t5/Crucial-SSDs/Methods-for-Erasing-an-SSD/ta-p/176886" target="_blank">this Crucial article</a>, and <a href="http://www.kingston.com/us/community/articledetail?ArticleId=10" target="_blank">this Kingston white paper</a>.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Digerati, post: 665705, member: 59833"] You do not "wipe" a SSD. Wear-leveling, a SSD feature to extend the lifespan of SSDs, prevents wipe programs like DBAN from effectively deleting (overwriting) every storage location. So you can wipe a hard drive and be sure every storage location is touched and overwritten, but not a SSD. Drilling holes works for a hard drive too, but not a SSD - though admittedly, a bad guy (or government spy or law enforcement agency) would have to be REALLY REALLY interested in learning what's on that drive to spend the time and money to see what's left. Sure you can - you just can't with methods used for hard drives. [URL='https://partedmagic.com/secure-erase/']Parted Magic Secure Erase[/URL] works on SSDs - even if not encrypted. There is also a version specifically for NVMe devices. The fact is, ATA Secure Erase is part of the ANSI ATA specification and is built into most modern SSDs. Check your SSD maker's website. For more info on Secure Erase, see [URL='https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase']ATA Secure Erase[/URL], [URL='http://forums.crucial.com/t5/Crucial-SSDs/Methods-for-Erasing-an-SSD/ta-p/176886']this Crucial article[/URL], and [URL='http://www.kingston.com/us/community/articledetail?ArticleId=10']this Kingston white paper[/URL]. [/QUOTE]

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