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  • Should I Secure Erase my SSD before sending it back for warranty?

    From Yousuf Khan@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 2 10:13:33 2019
    The reason I ask is that the utility that came with the SSD says that
    there is a possibility that if you use the secure erase feature that it
    will lockup the whole drive. So should I secure erase or just delete the partition and that should be sufficient? I don't want the manufacturer
    blaming me for secure erasing it, when the problem is elsewhere.

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  • From Grant Taylor@21:1/5 to Yousuf Khan on Mon Dec 2 15:15:45 2019
    On 12/2/19 8:13 AM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
    The reason I ask is that the utility that came with the SSD says that
    there is a possibility that if you use the secure erase feature that it
    will lockup the whole drive. So should I secure erase or just delete the partition and that should be sufficient? I don't want the manufacturer blaming me for secure erasing it, when the problem is elsewhere.

    Deleting the partition can easily be undone.

    Which is more important to you; the privacy of the data on the drive, or
    the price of replacing the drive?



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