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Well... I need to wipe out the SSD (OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS) contents and every attempt fails because Win7 (Pro and Ultimate) locks a lot of files every time I wire the SSD via USB (O.S:does not cares if I am logged as Admin or guest). Win7 safe mode is useless and the DOS cannot be used... Any suggestions?

 

Last edited: May 11, 2016

No more software support . The SSD is quite old.

 

try with the Samsung Magician or Paragon Hard Disk Manager ...

also found on web, look here:

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/...de-to-wiping-an-SSD-Reset-to-factory-defaults

http://techreport.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=77119

 

You can delete partitions or re-partition the drive in Window's Disk Management, regardless if you are usb or not. No need to wipe, as a repartition will basically render any undelete attempt useless.

 

what about using a live linux distro to achieve this? i have a old parted magic distro to do all the magical stuff. basically you need only the dd command to achieve this, no need for partitioning tools or stuff.

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX iflag=nocache oflag=direct bs=4096

You need to replace the sdX with the actual string of the device, mostlikely an attached external drive becomes the last entry in a chain of sda,sdb,sdc,sdd, ....

 

Only if you do a full format not the quick one, but i wouldnt trust in ms soft to do this

 

@virusg
My bad. You was right, mate. The OCZ SSD Utility see the SSD even via USB and the Secure Erase is enabled. Thanks.

 

Last edited: May 11, 2016

I use GErase in Parted Magic. Older versions are still free.
It's the best way, as it's not causing excessive wear to the SSD.