Perhaps someone can reference better information on the subject.Ī number of thoughts to attempt to answer your question. Using bitlocker or other disk encryption method should also work and these are intended and approved to prevent data being stolen.Īs far as I know, there is no authoritative paper on wiping SSDs and with the pace of development I guess that any such paper will soon be dated as was the guidance to overwrite hard drives 5 times and then zero. You can also boot up a Linux Distro from a USB stick which means that the PC is working independently of the SSD and you can use hdparm commands to set passwords or restore to manufactures defaults which makes recovering data impossible by any method either practical or theoretical. If you can, it is best to use the manufactures own programmes or even the laptop manufacture can include BIOS features to wipe SSDs such as Dell.
The problem on destroying data on SSDs is that different manufactures can have different inbuilt commands to wipe the data. And that is if you want to recycle the hard drive because a hammer and chisel is a very quick and sure way of destroying it. With the high density of modern hard drives and the uniqueness of the hard drive firmware for each platter to cater for all their slight manufacturing differences you realistically only need one overwrite of each memory location to make data unrecoverable. Wright's paper is at least 20 years old and the references that are in it are even older. Also, they are additional software, providing many additional features that exceed the scope of business functions. They don't guarantee support for third parties. My perceived issue with vendor specific wiping tools, is that they might be programmed to only work with their drives. Format is also known for it's lack of secure erase for SSD's. It is known to provide the same results regardless of vendor. As such, I'm looking for a standard way to wipe the drives.įor example, the old command "Format" works industry wide. You are correct.Īlthough "ATA Secure Erase" is a standard, industry wide protocol, that has been used in all SSD drives for many years.Ĭonsidering ATA Secure Erase is an industry wide protocol, I thought that it would be implemented the same across all vendors. Like Samsung Magician, WD Dashboard, Kingston SSD Manager, AData Toolbox, Crucial StorageExecutive, SK Hynix EasyKit, etc. You download the management/dashboard program for that model/brand of SSD.
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