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Erasing Data From An SSD?

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Hey y'all - 

 

I no longer need my Crucial 512GB SSD, so I was looking into wiping it. I've already reformatted it, but would it be adviseable to write over the data as is done on a normal hard drive for data assassination? 

 

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I would say wipe it, write random data on it and wipe it again... But I'm not sure if it is advised to do this with SSD's too

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Hey y'all - 

 

I no longer need my Crucial 512GB SSD, so I was looking into wiping it. I've already reformatted it, but would it be adviseable to write over the data as is done on a normal hard drive for data assassination? 

 

Thanks.

0 out the drive a few times and you should be good

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I would say wipe it, write random data on it and wipe it again... But I'm not sure if it is advised to do this with SSD's too

 

0 out the drive a few times and you should be good

That's my issue. I know this is fine for HDD's, but is it okay to do with SSD's?

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That's my issue. I know this is fine for HDD's, but is it okay to do with SSD's?

should be fine... I do it on flash drives all the time

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I would strongly suggest against writing random data to your SSD, and instead follow this: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/securely-erase-ssd-without-destroying/

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