Mosabon Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Hi, what is the technical aspect to run a secure erase before updating the SSD firmware? It erases also my own data (and I have to backup & install everything again...) but this data should not make an SSD unstable at all. The firmware flash process itself should erase secure the needed memory but not my data. If I need to update e.g. my harddrive firmware of a Seagate hdd I also do not need to secure erase my hdd before. So I ask me, why I should run this task? Is Win7 more unstable after the update process if I do not a secure erase? What is the root cause? I really do not want to reinstall all the time my programs again after a better stable firmware version came out. Also interesting for me: Have you already update the firmware without doing a secure erase? What are you final experiences? Thank you, regards, Mosabon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 what is the technical aspect to run a secure erase before updating the SSD firmware?FYI, it's recommended to do a secure erase AFTER, not before updating firmware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad_Motha Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 You shouldn't need to wipe your OS and everything. Clone the SSD before a firmware update. Use Norton Ghost or other good cloning program. Clone the whole SSD image to an image file on an available HDD. If you're using a laptop, suggest using an external USB 2.0/3.0 HDD for this, or remove the drive and plug into a working desktop to save the drive as a image file to that HDD. Then preform the firmware update, securely wipe the SSD completely clean. Then clone the drive image back to the SSD from HDD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbubi Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 What software should be used to perform a secure erase? Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synbios Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 There are two widely accepted secure erase tools. Parted Magic Hdderase.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbubi Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Thanks for your answer Synbios :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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