SSD will not secure erase

[kyle.kuhlman97]

I have downloaded and booted the secure erase software and something goes wrong. the secure erase program wont pick up on the drives i have in my computer. please any help would be great

this is what it does when i boot up the secure erase usb

 

[CountMike]

Which program are you using, there's no picture. Try with: http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/dariks_boot_and_nuke.html but why are you doing it ? It make sense only if it's to sell or give it away.

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

If you don't care to do a full blown nuke of the drive you can always do a standard clean and format.
Run command prompt as administrator.
Enter the following pressing the enter/return key after every entry.

diskpart

listdisk

select disk # (# being the SSD)

clean

create partition primary

select partition 1

active

format quick fs=ntfs

exit

exit

This will clean and erase the drive and all partitions along with formatting it.

However, if you are for some reason trying to erase this disk while you are using it (i.e. it is the drive that has the OS on it and you are booted into that OS) then that would be the cause of your problem.

Alternatively, you can go the "I won't let the government get their hands on my data" route and nuke it with DBaN (Deriks Boot and Nuke)
Take note: DBaN can take a long time to erase a drive depending on how large it's capacity is. the larger it is, the longer it will take. set this up to do the nuke overnight since it will most likely take anywhere from 12 to 48 hours depending on the size of the drive.

 

[USAFRet]

Alternatively, you can go the "I won't let the government get their hands on my data" route and nuke it with DBaN (Deriks Boot and Nuke)
Take note: DBaN can take a long time to erase a drive depending on how large it's capacity is. the larger it is, the longer it will take. set this up to do the nuke overnight since it will most likely take anywhere from 12 to 48 hours depending on the size of the drive.

bzzzzztttt
Nope. DBAN even states you do not use it on an SSD.

They have a different tool for SSD's, but you do not use the standard DBAN application.

 

[USAFRet]

Which program are you using, there's no picture. Try with: http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/dariks_boot_and_nuke.html but why are you doing it ? It make sense only if it's to sell or give it away.

No, not DBAN for an SSD.

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

Alternatively, you can go the "I won't let the government get their hands on my data" route and nuke it with DBaN (Deriks Boot and Nuke)
Take note: DBaN can take a long time to erase a drive depending on how large it's capacity is. the larger it is, the longer it will take. set this up to do the nuke overnight since it will most likely take anywhere from 12 to 48 hours depending on the size of the drive.

bzzzzztttt
Nope. DBAN even states you do not use it on an SSD.

They have a different tool for SSD's, but you do not use the standard DBAN application.

Lol. You're right. I should have paid more attention to that. Honestly I haven't used a program like dban in a long time so I forgot.