question RE: secure erase

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do I have to take my SSDs out of RAID0 to do a secure erase?
 

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Hi.

By secure erase, do you mean a format/scrub? I dont think its strictly required, but I would break the RAID and do each disk seperately.

Regards,
Golden
 

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Golden Mk. I.4
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Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
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Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz O/C'ed to 4.0GHz
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Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13
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1*Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD;
1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
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Golden said:
Hi.

By secure erase, do you mean a format/scrub? I dont think its strictly required, but I would break the RAID and do each disk seperately.

Regards,
Golden
Click to expand...

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/91339-ssd-hdd-optimize-windows-reinstallation.html

This is what I was trying to do... well not the reinstall windows part, I was going to restore from an acronis image.

Thanks for the response, I actually hit enter before reading your reply and the drives are being scrubbed while still in RAID.
 

My Computer

OS
7600x64 ultimate, not SP1
CPU
i7 930
Motherboard
Gigabye X58A-ud5
Memory
12gb ddr3 1600 triple channel Corsair XMS3
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon 5850 1gb OC edition
Sound Card
Asus Xonar Essence STX
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer 24'', Dell 23'' display port
Screen Resolution
1920x1200, 1920x1080
Hard Drives
3x64GB Microcenter SSDs RAID0
1tb spinpoint f3 (system)
1tb spinpoint f3 (media)
1tb spinpoint f3 OSX
1x2TB WD green images
1tb 7200.12 (time machine)
2x 500gb western digital green drives for archiving,keeping install files.
PSU
700 modular
Case
Antec 1200
Cooling
Promlimatech Megahalems
Keyboard
logitech 2.4ghz wireless wave something
Mouse
logitech laser wireless mouse.
Internet Speed
50/10
Other Info
4 systems currently:
1. sig rig
2. 930 i7 x64 ultimate (backup, media center PC)
3. c314 2gb ram tablet 7600 ultimate
4. athlon 6000+ home server (still in progress)
5. ipad for on the go
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