Richard,
Thanks very much for the detail Re USB – USB2 have either a flat connector with 4 pins on 1 side and a plastic block in the other side of the connector, USB 3 connectors have 10 or even more connectors BUT It requires the PC interface, the cable and the device to all be USB3 capable for USB3 rather than USB2 transfer rates to be used. JimB From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Stovall Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 3:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] SSD scrub/sanitize/wipe 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 to was 2.0 or 3.0. On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:16 AM, James Button <[email protected]> wrote: 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 – Thanks for the link about Truecrypt JimB From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Stovall Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 1:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NTSysADM] SSD scrub/sanitize/wipe 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 came upon the idea of encrypting the entire drive as one way of virtually guaranteeing that data could not be recovered. That made sense to me, and some before and after analysis with Winhex seemed to support it as a viable solution for my purposes. What are others doing in this regard? Thanks, RS PS Steve Gibson is good for something after all! https://www.grc.com/misc/truecrypt/truecrypt.htm
