Trying to wipe 850 evo ssd, can't use samsung magician secure erase, please help

[broidk]

When I try to use the secure erase disk I made it says no supported drive found. I want to wipe it clean so I can install windows 10 onto it.

 

[USAFRet]

When I try to use the secure erase disk I made it says no supported drive found. I want to wipe it clean so I can install windows 10 onto it.

You don't need to Secure Erase just to install the OS.

Boot from your install media, when it asks 'where', select Custom.
You'll be presented with a list of all existing partitions on it.
Delete each, leaving one large blank space.
Let Windows install to that, creating what it needs.

 

[broidk]

When I try to use the secure erase disk I made it says no supported drive found. I want to wipe it clean so I can install windows 10 onto it.

You don't need to Secure Erase just to install the OS.

Boot from your install media, when it asks 'where', select Custom.
You'll be presented with a list of all existing partitions on it.
Delete each, leaving one large blank space.
Let Windows install to that, creating what it needs.

So it will be just like a clean install?

 

[USAFRet]

When I try to use the secure erase disk I made it says no supported drive found. I want to wipe it clean so I can install windows 10 onto it.

You don't need to Secure Erase just to install the OS.

Boot from your install media, when it asks 'where', select Custom.
You'll be presented with a list of all existing partitions on it.
Delete each, leaving one large blank space.
Let Windows install to that, creating what it needs.

So it will be just like a clean install?

Yes, exactly.

I'd only do a Secure Erase if I was selling the drive.
For my continued use, the above procedure is just fine.