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Overwrite it several times with zeros using overwriting applications

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Recently upgraded to 2 - 1TB SSDs from 2 - 240GB SSDs. I now sold one of the SSD's and I need to know how to wipe it. Thank you. 

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Turn on your computer. Plug the SSD in, go to Disk Management, delete all partitions.

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Overwrite it several times with zeros using overwriting applications

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Just now, exercutor5 said:

Turn on your computer. Plug the SSD in, go to Disk Management, delete all partitions.

That marks all the storage as free space

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2 minutes ago, Colt_0pz said:

That marks all the storage as free space

Really? I thought it just makes everything unallocated space after deleting all partitions?

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1 minute ago, exercutor5 said:

Really? I thought it just makes everything unallocated space after deleting all partitions?

Nope. windows marks all the storage as free space. The best way to erase all data is to destroy the drive but ofc then you cant use it. 

 

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4 minutes ago, exercutor5 said:

Really? I thought it just makes everything unallocated space after deleting all partitions?

It makes the computer THINK the SSD is blank, but software (which you can find for free) can say to the drive 'No, I think there's something there' and force it to read a given location. This allows you to recover accidentally deleted files, if they aren't overwritten by something else.

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2 minutes ago, Colt_0pz said:

Nope. windows marks all the storage as free space. The best way to erase all data is to destroy the drive but ofc then you cant use it. 

 

Its fine it was raid 0 so they cant access the data anyways. 

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Could be mistaken, away from my computer right now. Doesn't Ccleaner have an overwriting erase utility? 

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8 minutes ago, Colt_0pz said:

That marks all the storage as free space

Any software you would recommend? 

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14 minutes ago, Colt_0pz said:

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13 minutes ago, HPWebcamAble said:

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Ahh, I see.

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SSD's can actually be ruined by overwriting is a lot. One time in this case is okay, but I would not recommend doing it multiple times to a single SSD as it destroys its lifespan and speed. 

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26 minutes ago, Orangeator said:

SSD's can actually be ruined by overwriting is a lot. One time in this case is okay, but I would not recommend doing it multiple times to a single SSD as it destroys its lifespan and speed. 

It should be fine. Ofc dont overwrite for eternity

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