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is it ok to use secure erase using the ocz secure erase method on the intel 320 ssds to reinstall windows 7?
I wouldn't. Just go to Intel and download their "SSD toolbox" For free and use that. If you have an Intel SSD and don't use toolbox, you should be, if nothing else, using it to maintain the performance of the drive.is it ok to use secure erase using the ocz secure erase method on the intel 320 ssds to reinstall windows 7?
Heads up! The above link now is a 404! It wasn't yesterday!
http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...ecure_Erase&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&ie=UTF-8
Is there a reason a simple format wont work?
Ive never owned a SSD
I'd like an answer to this as well!
Why does every forum I go to say to treat an SSD just like any common HDD and then list about a gogol of things not to do while using an SSD?
It's been quite a while since the OP was created so is there any new and simple technique to wipe an SSD so it can be sold without leaving any info on it?
Ok, since someone else recently bumped this I have a question.
I wanted to wipe my SSD and reinstall windows 7.
I reset my SSD with the win7 DOS set of commands.
Steps I used:
Insert Win7 disk and start installation.
01. Using Shift + F10 to get to DOS (at any screen after initial files load)
02. Type: Disk part
03. Type: list disk
04. type: select disk 0 (where 0 was my SSD)
05: type: list disk (to make sure you selected the correct disk)
06: type: clean or clean all
All that was done, and after I closed out of DOS and continued with win7 installation. Everything went swimmingly. Then the problem.
After it reboots my PC gets stuck in the bios load. It just hangs.
I narrowed it to some settings in my bios, but the errors don't make sense.
Loading optimized defauts or whatever lets me into windows, but selecting the 'ICH SATA Control Mode' to AHCI and 'Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode' to AHCI both or either make the bios stop responding and not post fully.
Ideas? Suggestions? I'm sort of at a loss as those options are to be selected in order to run the SSD optimally.
It still won't post past the initial phase where it looks for HDDs, SSDs and CD drives. It just hangs. It won't even go as far as 'boot from CD...'
Very frustrating. I don't think a reinstall of the OS is going to help either. It almost is like the BIOS is corrupt. I guess I can try to re-up the BIOS. It's my best chance.
I did take out the battery too, hoping to clear the error. No dice.
Ideas?