LarryQ Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 I am having a real problem clearing my 2 P256 SSD drives... I have tried Both 3.3 and 4.0 versions of HDDerase and cannot get past the point it tells me the drives are in Frozen state. I have tried all the "Tricks" suggested in the FAQ section of the HDDerase read me..but still no joy. I am running these in RAID0. I had the first drive running all by itself (Windows 7 RTM) then added the second drive and made it Raid 0 and re-installed. When I run HDtune..I'm seeing HUGE swings in transfer speed...Up and down... I thought it might be because one drive was Clean and fresh, and the other had already had a OS on it and never cleaned. I was going to clean both and start fresh...but HDDerase isn't going to let me! Please help!!!! Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted September 4, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted September 4, 2009 Do you have an image of the O.S. Install like using Accronics Home? If so I would just try and go to the Raid configuration menu and delete the array and then restart and re-create the raid array it should delete the drive partitions and then just use Disk manager in Windows to create and quick format the drive then check the performance before you image the drive. Please note I would suggest you use the same system you will use to boot the drives as a raid array just use another drive to boot the O.S. when you recreate the array. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryQ Posted September 5, 2009 Author Share Posted September 5, 2009 No image...fresh install. But Like I said, I wand to bring both drives back to "Like New" all data wiped..then try it again as a fresh install. Main problem is that HDDerase says Drive is frozen and can not perform a secure erase. Once I'm able to wipe both drives clean..I'm free and clear... How about another APP other than HDDerase.... Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekahan Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 I use HDDERASE 3.3 with no problem to clean my P128 SSD. WEI score went up to 7.4 after using this utility. It won't work on RAID MODE, you must set on your bios to COMPATIBLE mode. Lemme know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryQ Posted September 6, 2009 Author Share Posted September 6, 2009 Yes...I know comapability mode is ON...HDDerase 3.3 and 4.0 both SEE the drive, No problem...it just can't DO anything with them. I broke the raid, removed the drives, and even placed them in another computer (DG945 Intel motherboard). HDDerase still sees the drives but can't do anything with them because of the "Frozen Status". This is really wearing me out.... last option will be to try another board.....and see if I can erase them... Or just give up! I'm thinking about getting a dedicated SATA raid card anyway...ARECA and Adeptec have some Nice options.... No onboard RAID is going to keep up with a true dedicated card anyway. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekahan Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Hi Larry, i have 2 motherboards and one of them (asus P5b Plus) need this method to bypass security freeze lock : Shut down the computer system. Unplug the power cable of the SSD while leaving the signal cable plugged in (bios won't recognize this SSD when booting). Always ground yourself when removing the power cord to be safe. Power on the system and boot into DOS with a DOS boot disk. Once DOS has booted up and you are at a command line interface, plug the power cord of the SSD back in. Run HDDerase.exe. The logic in this method is to prevent the drives detection in BIOS, which is when the freeze lock command is issued. This method will always work but i think only use this method if others fail. Hope this help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryQ Posted September 8, 2009 Author Share Posted September 8, 2009 You know...I tried that! When the power was plugged in, I ran HDDerase and it didn't see any drives! Hmmmmmmmmmmm Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted September 8, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted September 8, 2009 Did you run this application before on another system? Or what was the first system you ran that application on and that happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryQ Posted September 12, 2009 Author Share Posted September 12, 2009 If I try to run HDDerase on the system that I had them in when I loaded Win7RTM, (EVGA 680I SLI Motherboard P33 Bios) HDDerase never sees any drives no matter what I set in the BIOS. I then placed them in an Intel DG945 board, and HDDerase sees them, but shows them as Frozen. Unless I'm missing a bios setting on the EVGA board, I have no way to run HDDERASE on that motherboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted September 14, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted September 14, 2009 When you down load HDD Erase there is a readme file did you read that document? HDDerase.exe menu 1: Secure Erase This uses the ATA internal drive secure erase command. It offers a higher level of secure erase than block overwriting software utilities. It can take 30 to 180 minutes depending on the drive’s capacity and speed. Drive will be left unlocked and ready for use once the process has successfully completed. 2: Enhanced Secure Erase (if supported by the drive) An optional ATA internal drive secure erase command. Drive will be left unlocked and ready for use once the process has successfully completed. Not all ATA drives support this erase method and if it does not, then you will not be given this option. C: Change Active HDD An option to allow the user to switch between multiples drives. L: Unlock a locked drive (if drive is locked) This option automatically tries to unlock the drive with all known HDDErase passwords. If this fails, the user is prompted for the correct user or master password on the drive. HDDErase will try to unlock the drive with the given password as both a user password and a master password. If your drive is not locked then you will not be given this option. Notes HDDerase.exe tests whether a drive is new enough to support the ATA Security Feature Set. If so (drives larger than about 15 to 20 GB), the secure erase option will be available. ATA drives more than several years old (generally smaller than 15GB) will not support the ATA Security Feature Set. If secure erase command execution is interrupted by restart or a power cycle before completion, the drive will be left in locked state. Run the program again after reboot and successfully execute any of the secure erase options or the unlock option to unlock the drive. Computer BIOS should be set to boot from the floppy drive A:, USB drive, or CD-ROM drive, depending on which media type is used to boot the system into DOS. The Windows Disk Management system program can be used to partition and format a secure erased disk, for reuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.