How to Completely Wipe a Hard Drive or SSD

How to Completely Wipe a Hard Drive or SSD

When you throw away your credit card, you don’t usually just want to just toss it in the trash. You probably burn it, cut it, or shred it first. Whatever your method, the fact is that you want that card to be unrecoverable and gone forever so that your information is kept safe.

Similarly, you shouldn’t just quick format your hard drive to get rid of the information, as isn’t actually how you clean an SSD. And when it comes to formatting an SSD, it can be harmful to do a full format.

So, how do you erase an SSD so that no one else can recover it?

In order to securely erase data from an SSD, you’ll need to go through a process called “Secure Erase” using either your BIOS or some form of SSD management software.

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This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7 operating systems. Works for all major computer manufactures (Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Samsung, and Huawei).