Stop worrying about wearing out your SSD


  1. Ztruker
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    Stop worrying about wearing out your SSD


    See here: Endurance Test Shows Your SSD Might Have Legs to Last 1,000 Years
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  3. OvenMaster
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    I don't care about a SSD dying a premature death.
    I care much more about the inability to securely erase individual files or folders. That's my dealbreaker.
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  4. logicearth
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    OvenMaster said:
    I don't care about a SSD dying a premature death.
    I care much more about the inability to securely erase individual files or folders. That's my dealbreaker.
    How To Securely Erase Your SSD Without Destroying It
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  6. OvenMaster
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    That article shows how to erase the entire drive. I am only interested in erasing, shredding, or overwriting with multiple passes individual files or folders, or empty/unused space, which can be done easily on spinner drives with CCleaner, Eraser, Recuva, or other similar programs.
    How To Securely Delete Files From Your HDD Or SSD In Windows

    Short of encrypting the entire SSD, there seems to be no practical way to do what I want. I'd like to know how commercial, industrial, or government entities deal with this security flaw.
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  7. logicearth
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    The SSDs automatically secure erase when the TRIM command is issued. Which happens shortly after a file is deleted.
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