Secure Erase your SSD

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  1. lotuseclat79

    lotuseclat79 Registered Member

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    Secure Erase your SSD.

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    -- Tom
     
    lotuseclat79, Jul 18, 2012
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  2. Mrkvonic

    Mrkvonic Linux Systems Expert

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    Not quite.

    There will be little performance degradation, what will happen is performance variation, depending if you write on cells that have been written to before. And lifespan is hardly a consideration for most people. The disks will last approx. 5-10 years regardless of the write activity.

    Formatting does nothing.

    Secure erase between install - unnecessary.

    Unplugging a device while it's running - how about not and instead using firmware updates to achieve the desired results.

    Mrk
     
    Mrkvonic, Jul 18, 2012
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