Recent content by HowieGinDC

That's my understanding as well that full-disk encryption has to be enabled before any data is written to the disk. So basically it's the equivalent of an old-fashioned paper dossier: just don't lose it and shred or burn it when you're done with it.

Thanks for that video, but sheesh, I am not that desperate to give it away. Is it possible that the files cannot (absent brain surgery on the device) be securely deleted? If so, I will never be able to throw it away!

No, "Sanitize" is not a listed tool for this drive in Dashboard.

Yes, I want to securely erase the Sandisk Extreme Pro Portable SSD . I would like to give it away, but it has some personal financial info on it. Thanks.

I would like to securely erase my 1TB "Sandisk Extreme Pro Portable SSD." I understand that data-overwriting programs like Eraser and DBAN are inappropriate for SSD drives. The proprietary program to manage my device is Western Digital Dashboard, and it does have an erase utility, but for my...

Wow! Now I feel silly. That seems to be exactly right. Thank you so much. I wish I could give both of you credit for the solution.

My power supply: Seasonic FOCUS+ 650 Gold (SSR-650FX) My motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING I cannot find a cable that will allow me to connect the power supply to the motherboard's 8-pin EATX12V power connector. I have linked to a page from the motherboard manual that describes this I...

Should I post this in the Windows 7 forum instead?

Please bear with me for my short tale of difficulty and discovery: 1. I recently cloned my Windows 7 OS from an HDD to an SSD and disconnected the old HDD (though I left it in the computer case-just in case). I reordered my HDDs and startup devices in the BIOS and everything was working...