On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Richard Stovall rich...@gmail.com wrote:
I recently had to return a personal laptop for replacement and could not
find a method for securely erasing its SSD.
Define secure.
Personally, for most data, I'd be content with executing a TRIM
command over the
It was a 128GB mSATA SSD. My home PC does not have an mSATA slot, so I had
to purchase an external device with a USB connection. (
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LRZPNHM).
It took something like 45 minutes to complete the encryption. I honestly
don't know if the USB slot I connected it
This describes the SSD dilemma precisely. Some manufacturers do this, some
do that. Finding the tools (if they exist) and properly implementing them
also seems to be much more difficult than it 'ought to be.' I think your
comment about encrypting the drive before production use is a good one,
Am 29.01.2015 um 14:54 schrieb Richard Stovall:
Another thread mentioned the difficulty of guaranteeing the secure
erasure of data from SSDs.
I recently had to return a personal laptop for replacement and could
not find a method for securely erasing its SSD. Googling around for
answers, I
Not had to clear a SSD yet!
Vicious – and hopefully effective.
I like it!
But can the drive be reset by the manufacturers, for shipment as a ‘Refurb’?
Also could you say what size drive, and how long did it take to do the
encryption with what interface/connection?
And –
be USB3 capable
for USB3 rather than USB2 transfer rates to be used.
JimB
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It was a 128GB mSATA SSD. My home PC does not have an mSATA slot, so I
had to purchase an external device with a USB
A 5-LB sledge should do the job admirably.
On Jan 29, 2015, at 6:28, Klaus Hartnegg hartn...@uni-freiburg.de wrote:
Am 29.01.2015 um 14:54 schrieb Richard Stovall:
Another thread mentioned the difficulty of guaranteeing the secure erasure
of data from SSDs.
I recently had to return a
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