(I'd like it to do at least a DoD 5220.22-M Wipe)Īlso, what method/software would you recommend for reformatting and repartitioning once the wipe above has been completed? What (free) software can you recommend for wiping/erasing and overwriting an SSD? what else could I use to fill up the SDD quickly and overwrite? Where could I find this? Otherwise, would you recommend the HDDErase tool or Parted Magic tool? I couldn't find the manufacturer's own secure erase tool/software. Then delete partition, quick format, done. Https /If you have lots of movies on a hard drive that would fill up an SSD, fill it up w/ movies, which will overwrite all data on it. Here's an article on Parted Magic there are free older versions, but, it costs $9-$10 to download if you really need it. Many manufacturers have a secure erase utility unique for their SSDs.ĭOD spec'd wipes really apply only to physical spinning platters, where they essentially waste time writing data to platters 3-8 times to prevent recovery based on residual cell 'memory', depending on spec. How to do a CLEAN installation of Windows 10 You'll be presented with a list of ALL existing partitions If this is your C drive, and you are committed to fully wiping it.just do that in the process of a full clean install.īoot from your OS install media (DVD or USB). OK.you can't run diskpart and clean that drive from within the running Windows instance. what would happen next? I guess my computer would shut down and I would have to re-install Windows or? This is all new to me, so I'd like to get an idea of the steps involved. So if I diskpart and clean my main/OS hard drive (where I have everything). I'm not sure this happens with just the 'clean' command? what is the difference with this? As far as I could see, this would clean as well as overwrite with 1s and 0s (similar to the DoD 5220.22-M Wipe). The diskpart command is a new one to me I saw there was also the command 'clean all'.

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