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How to Secure Erase older Intel SSD for selling on
Hi Guys,
I have an older Intel 320 series SSD that I no longer use, so I thought I'd sell it, OK, I know I won't get a lot for it but it will be some money. I tried to Secure Erase it whilst it was in the PC as a Master drive, of course you can't, so I thought I'd 'Google' it, went to the Intel page
Three Ways To Run Low-Level Format Using Intel(R) Software Tools
and it tells you
'I'm running Windows 10 home on the PC and Premium on my laptop, so since they are both win 10 I ca't do that, the next 2 options that they give you mean using
Note Windows® 10 and Windows 8*/8.1* blocks Secure Erase functionality.
Intel® Data Migration Software (IDMS)- Acronis* DriveCleanser
That is no longer available, so what can I do? I really want to make sure that no one can get to the data on the drive.Many ThanksSteve