How to tell if your hd supports Secure Erase or Enhanced Secure Erase command

I was wondering if there was any way to know if your hard drive supports either one of them.

 

check the hd spec online?

 

I do not think they list that in the specs.

 

Reported by Hard Disk Sentinel:

 

Hoping that the bios supports the erase command. Some bios brands tend to lock up.

 

Thank you. I downloaded it and tried it. Do you know of any free programs that can do the same?

 

hdparm

Use this command:

Code:

hdparm -I /dev/[B]X[/B]

Replace X with the device e.g. sda