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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 2

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 DOS-bootable USB

Drive containing the Samsung SSD Secure Erase Utility. Skip to section

4.3 for information on this process.

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 DOS-based Samsung Secure Erase Utility supports the

Samsung SSD 470 Series and the SSD 830 Series only. If you use

another model of Samsung SSD, please check

www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor. If you have a

computer with a Samsung SSD pre-installed, please contact the

manufacturer of your computer.

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