Question Secure Erase is disabled for this partitioned drive. Please remove the partition first using system tools

[VERX]

I'm trying to secure erase my Kingston SSD using the Kingston Manager but the secure erase button is unavailable because the manual tells me that first I must go to Disk Management and

"Right-click on each partition on your disk and select Delete Volume until all partitions have been removed"

But there are no partitions for the drive to delete?

 

[Ralston18]

The objective being to Secure Erase the D: drive - correct?

Run Disk Management and expand the Disk Management window so all can be seen.

Post that image.

 

[USAFRet]

The single partition on that drive, labeled 'Others', can't be deleted because there is a Page File on that drive.

Take that drive out of the pagefile settings, and then you can delete the single partition.

 

[VERX]

The objective being to Secure Erase the D: drive - correct?

Run Disk Management and expand the Disk Management window so all can be seen.

Post that image.

The single partition on that drive, labeled 'Others', can't be deleted because there is a Page File on that drive.

Take that drive out of the pagefile settings, and then you can delete the single partition.

How do I take it out of the pagefile?

 

[USAFRet]

How do I take it out of the pagefile?

How To Manage Virtual Memory (Pagefile) In Windows 10

Follow these simple steps to manually manage the Virtual Memory (Pagefile) size in Windows 10.

www.tomshardware.com

Deselect the D drive.

 

[SkyNetRising]

How do I take it out of the pagefile?

Set No paging file on D : and
enable page file on C: .
This will require a reboot.

 

[VERX]

Thanks.

Did the page file thing and now the SSD is frozen and the manual says that I either put the PC to sleep or unplugging then replugging the SATA cable while the PC is ON in order to get it out of the freeze lock, did one at a time and both methods did not help, the SSD is still frozen.

Enabled hot plug same problem.

 

[VERX]

Got it done using Parted Magic.