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How do I securely wipe data on a laptop with a SSD ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Digerati" data-source="post: 665743" data-attributes="member: 59833"><p>Do not confuse "secure <strong>wipe</strong>" with Secure <strong>Erase</strong>. As I noted above, you do not "wipe" SSDs. While unnecessary writes is not really a problem with modern SSDs, they are still unnecessary but will <u>NOT</u> damage the disk! The real reason you don't "wipe" a SSD is wear-leveling prevents the wipe program from touching every single storage location. Therefore you cannot be certain any previously saved data is destroyed. That's why you use a "Secure Erase" program on SSDs. </p><p>Sorry, but that is totally false - especially with SSDs due to that same wear-leveling feature which will prevent unnecessary writes. Formatting simply marks spaces as available in the file tables.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Digerati, post: 665743, member: 59833"] Do not confuse "secure [B]wipe[/B]" with Secure [B]Erase[/B]. As I noted above, you do not "wipe" SSDs. While unnecessary writes is not really a problem with modern SSDs, they are still unnecessary but will [U]NOT[/U] damage the disk! The real reason you don't "wipe" a SSD is wear-leveling prevents the wipe program from touching every single storage location. Therefore you cannot be certain any previously saved data is destroyed. That's why you use a "Secure Erase" program on SSDs. Sorry, but that is totally false - especially with SSDs due to that same wear-leveling feature which will prevent unnecessary writes. Formatting simply marks spaces as available in the file tables. [/QUOTE]
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