Clean install - wipe ssd


  1. Taliseian
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    Win 7 SP1
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    Clean install - wipe ssd


    Greetings,

    I need to reinstall W7 on to my SSD (128g Torqx) and from reading various sources it may be best to completely wipe the ssd.

    I'm curious what would be the best way to do that. Would just removing the partitions during setup work or is there software that will do a complete wipe of all the flash memory in the drive?

    Thanks in advance....

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  3. Jonathan_King
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    Windows 7 Professional x64
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    That would do a quick format. To completely wipe the drive, open a command prompt and enter the following:

    diskpart
    list disk
    select disk [    whatever the number of the SSD is]
    clean all

    That should do it.
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