- Download the HDDErase software and burn the iso file into a CD. and boot the computer from that CD. then run HDDErase.
- You can also download and burn UBCD, which includes HDDErase.
- Here is the guide to use HDDErase
- HDDErase does not support all the motherboards/disks. You may need to look at method 2: use hdparm
- this method can be used to restore write performance of a SSD disk.
- If you are running Linux and the disk to be erased is not the system disk. you can just run the following commands:
sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass xxxxxxxx /dev/sdx sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase xxxxxxxx /dev/sdx
where xxxxxxxx can be anything you wish to use for a password, /dev/sdx is the disk device to be erased.
- or, you can burn a gparted live cd or any linux live cd, e.g. Ubuntu live cd. and boot from it. In the terminal window, run the above commands...
- If you want to run hdparm in windows, you can either install cygwin(hdparm is included in the cygwin distribution), or try hdparm binary for windows.
- Here is a detailed guide to secure erase disk using hdparm
- Here is a detailed guide to secure erase disk using gparted live cd(hdparm).
- Here is a detailed guide to secure erase disk using parted magic(hdparm).
- this method can be used to restore write performance of a SSD disk.
- Linux command cat can do the work too. It may take longer time than method 1 & 2 since is an software based method not using ATA firmware functions.
sudo cat /dev/zero /dev/sdx
where /dev/sdx is the disk to be erased.
- This method can be used to restore write performance of a SSD disk though it will be slower than HDDErase or hdparm. Here is the post discuss this.
- If the above methods do not work for you. You can also try Darik's Boot And Nuke(DBAN)
- The UBCD includes DBAN too.
Note: HDDErase and hdparm uses ATA's firmware functions to secure erase the disk. They are recommended to be used to restore the write performance of a SSD disk.
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