4.1 Secure Erase Basics
Introduction
There are two kinds of Secure Erase procedure. The first is a quick Secure Erase of a secondary drive, such as when the SSD is the 2nd drive and is connected using either SATA or eSATA. This can take place while Windows is running because it will not affect the OS files. This procedure is described in Section 4.2.
The other procedure is a Secure Erase of the boot drive, which contains the Windows OS. This must be completed with a
The Samsung SSD Secure Erase utility enables users to erase specific Samsung SSDs connected to a PC or Laptop.
The Samsung Secure Erase Utility supports the Samsung SSD 470 Series and SSD 830 Series only and should be used with the Samsung SSD Magician software to minimize user interaction during erasure.
Secure Erase is an unrecoverable operation that permanently deletes all data on a Samsung SSD.
Cautions
1.The
2.Because a Secure Erase is irreversible, it is highly recommended that users back up (save a copy of) all important data stored on the Samsung SSD to another storage device before executing the
Samsung Secure Erase Utility. Please see the separate “Norton Ghost – Data Backup & Recovery” User Manual for detailed instructions on how to do this with Norton Ghost.
3.The SSD must be connected to the system and supplied with power at all times during the Secure Erase process. If the SSD device cable is disconnected or power is shut down during the Secure Erase
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