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Upgrading not going well
I am on build 1511 and I was ready to wipe my drive this morning and install 1703. I got the ISO from the Microsoft website and had it loaded to my thumb. But my first step did not go well so I wanted to ask what is the preferred method.
Old days I use Parted Magic to secure erase an SSD, but today it does not see my Nvme Sammy 950 Pro. Maybe the version I have only sees SATA drives? Unhooked my spinny D and still no joy. So then I tried using the secure erase in the BIOS (Asus Maximus Hero VIII) and it too does not see the sammy.
So went to read up and it seems like there is a split. Some say to update to 1703 via the Windows update and some say to update via the wipe and install. So now I am second guessing the secure erase method; if it is even needed or is there any benefit. Is using the older method still stand today meaning use some sort of secure erase? I did turn off secure boot and fast startup, but did I miss something else in the UEFI? Or just use the Windows update to 1703?
Or should I wait for the 1709 since it IS around the corner?