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| [title] (Parted Magic) Erasing hard drives | |
| + | [* icon_caution] ***''When possible, avoid sector wiping SSDs. This will reduce the drive liftetime and can be drastic on older 75TBW lifetime drives.''*** |
| [* icon_caution] ***''Your erase options are limited to the Security Set options supported by your drive.''*** | |
| [* icon_note] Drives without ATA Secure Erase will need to be erased externally. Select ***''External''*** and choose Nwipe. ***''Run the DoD Short command (3 wipes+drive blanking).''*** | |
| [* red] ***''If your drive has a buggy ATA Secure Erase implementation, choose External and erase the drive with Nwipe.''*** ***''SSDs should only be erased with the Secure Erase command.''*** | |
| [* orange] ***''For NVMe SSDs, the best option is to use NVMe Secure Erase.''*** |