robbob4 Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I personally was unable to use this method. Linux always hanged after ejecting the cd. I also tried multiple boot options and got the same result. I was successfull using GPartedLive: http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=81492 after reading the wiki at http://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PierreBr Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Today I tried Secure Erasing my f60 drive, but after I clicked on the internal erase I got a message saying: "Unfortunately this drive is reported as being in a Frozen state (a safe-guard option implemented by the bios during boot time...)" ...and it offered to secure erase it like an external drive. There does not seem to be a relative option in the bios, I have already secure erased the drive when using 1.1 firmware and just after installing firmware 2.0 Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PierreBr Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Today I tried Secure Erasing my f60 drive, but after I clicked on the internal erase I got a message saying: "Unfortunately this drive is reported as being in a Frozen state (a safe-guard option implemented by the bios during boot time...)" ...and it offered to secure erase it like an external drive. There does not seem to be a relative option in the bios, I have already secure erased the drive when using 1.1 firmware and just after installing firmware 2.0 Any ideas? Found this thread...will look into the solutions proposed and report back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karndog Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Excellent tutorial! I've been using this for months, was a little tricky at first but now i can complete the process in about 10 minutes. I do so every month or so. Check out these before and after benchys on my x32's in RAID 0. http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/3992/benchysbeforeafter.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synbios Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 I would not recommend so frequently, you are going to kill that drive. Why does the performance get so bad after just one month, are you using these drives extensively? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbhawks22 Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Hi, I tried using PMagic to secure erase my P3-128, and every time it reboots, it is to a black screen. It never goes further. I want to reload WIN7 X64, and I would like to do it on a clean drive. I have ran into problems when the computer tries to go to sleep. Any help would be appreciated. Also HDDErase does not work on this drive, at least with my setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewarwoowar Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 I would like to state that I do not visit this forum that much! So that any questions aimed at me may not ever be answered. I hope that other members and the Admins can help with any questions as much as possible. I will try and come here as much as possible. Reason i'm on here now is to check for new F/W update for my F160 :) So happy with my Force series purchase! By reading through it seems that many people are receiving problems with the whole guide and to tell the truth this guide is pretty obsolete becuase of the introduction to TRIM now. This is more aimed towards RAID users and older drive users like Firmware 1.0 Xtremes. Please check and see if you have TRIM enabled or not and if you do there is no need to worry about doing this guide :) Has been nice to come on and see this guide with 39K views though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peptopro Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I was told (from another SSD manufacturer) that writing zeros to an SSD will damage the drive. IE, zeros are only for an everyday magnetic drive used in everyday computers like at the office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synbios Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 By reading through it seems that many people are receiving problems with the whole guide and to tell the truth this guide is pretty obsolete becuase of the introduction to TRIM now. This is more aimed towards RAID users and older drive users like Firmware 1.0 Xtremes. This guide is not obsolete at all. The point of it is to show people how to secure erase, which is useful for SSDs and HDDs of all types. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlanza1054 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Sorry new to this SSD stuff. I've pretty much read all the messages posted in this thread. Someone asked why does the SSD's get bad after time (slow down)? I never saw anyone answer that question, so can someone please explain why the SSD drives get slower as time goes on? And why would you need to do a secure erase if you are going to format your drive from scratch. Unless you work for a government or some high secure position, I don't see the need to do the write zero's option? Thanks! Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RejZoR Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Hm, but will cloning a drive without copy by sector work just the same? I'm asking because i have to clone my netbook system to brand new Corsair Force 3, but i have some weird ACER restore partition and all its boot stuff. Will it work properly if i copy it without sector copy option? I usually perform all the cloning tasks with PING tool. But i think this one uses sector copy by default. I have never worked with SSD's before, just HDD's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RejZoR Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Anyone? Will a cloned drive where you haven't used copy by sector work just the same as if you do use that function? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Anyone? Will a cloned drive where you haven't used copy by sector work just the same as if you do use that function? You should probably ask the software manufacturer if no one here knows the answer. I do not know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compline-ufa Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Hi! im using this ssd drive after 300 days, he has stop the system. Read your all recomendation, now try to ressurect him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logun Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Allo quick question: I currently have 1 SSD, tomorrow I will be adding a second in RAID0, so right now I'm about to secure erase the current one (which the OS is currently running off of). once erased I see this step: D. - Format and unit allocation (Optional) Okay this section is all optional for people who are running their SSDs in a RAID0 setup. ....etc When I create the RAID through the controller, that will set stripe size and all that. So I don't have to do step D - is that correct? I'm good to go in creating the RAID and letting that process set stripe and all that goodness? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conztapeln Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Has anyone experience of using the Windows 7 "System Image"? It should work as well as True Image, or? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antandshell Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 I have done it with win 7 system image and same results. Sorry but to me this is overkill, Let you pc sit on overnight and let garbage collection do its thing or if you dont want to do that just use freespacecleaner version 1.0 as it works great on raid arrays. I haven't used it in over a month and i am still getting close to 1 gb a sec read/write speeds... http://www.alex-is.de/PHP/fusion/downloads.php?cat_id=2&file_id=10 Has anyone experience of using the Windows 7 "System Image"? It should work as well as True Image, or? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew999 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 hi all, I thought it would be a good idea to try and improve performance on an old ssd before i built a new pc with it. So i disconnected all important drives including my new ssd with my operating system on. And plugged in the old ssd. i then proceed to boot from cd onto parted magic and right all blocks to zero on my old ssd following the tutorial in this thread... all went fine. However when i reconnect all my drives, the boot ssd and storage drive i can see both in the bios and choose to boot from my ssd. However windows pops up with the message please insert boot media no operating system found. it fails to find the operating system on the ssd drive. If i plug this ssd drive into another pc i can see all the files and operating system are still there. Has anyone experienced this and got any pointers. i have booted from windows7 cd and try to repair but even that doesn't find the existing copy. cheers in advance matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errut Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 i have the same problem with an x128. it is ok with a linux and i cannot find it under win7. i have no solution. in the meantime i bought a new one(samsung series 830). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmichaos Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Result in AS SSD is good for read-time-access and write-rates. http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/5729/asssdbeforeafter.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awatz Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I'm thinking of installing Win7 32bit on a HDD, updating the firmware from there then install Win7 64bit on my GT Do I need to secure erase my GT even if it is still empty? Do I need to do a 4K alignment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sduibek Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 .......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandon02852 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 These steps seemed to brick my two SSD's....read the thread here to see if you can help me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysteryes Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I have one off topic question, will AS SSD Benchmark corrupt data after benchmark? Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I have one off topic question, will AS SSD Benchmark corrupt data after benchmark? Thank you You need to ask the makers of the software what their program will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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