Disk Secure Erase

Most of SSDs support Secure Erase and use it for the physical deletion of all blocks on the media. KillDisk Industrial is able use SSD SATA Secure Erase features and perform fast unrecoverable erasure. By doing this, you can increase the performance of frequently used SSDs for future use. All of the data will be lost. Before using this feature make sure user fully understands the concepts of the feature.

Warning:

100% FATAL DAMAGE GUARANTEED TO MEDIA IF THE PROCESS INTERRUPTED (POWER OUTAGE, UNAUTHORIZED SSD EXTRACTION ETC.)

Make sure your hardware setup is safe from sudden lost of power.

Do not interrupt the process of Secure Erase in any manner.

Note: If there is a need to erase ALL data (existing and deleted) from the hard drive device permanently with sanitation standards (US DoD 5220.22-M, Canadian OPS-II, NSA 130-2 etc.), use Disk Erase feature.

In order to Secure Erase disk(s):

Select a disk marked as in Disk Explorer > Local Devices View. You may select multiple disks to be erased simultaneously:

Figure 1: Initiating the Secure Erase operation
Execute Secure Erase command from Actions menu (use the context menu, right mouse click)
Confirm Secure Erase Options:
Use tabbed views to adjust Secure Erase preferences if necessary. Available options are:
- Disk Secure Erase
- Erase Certificate
- Processing Report
- Error Handling
- Selected Disks (Disk selection for Secure Erase). Only NOT frozen SSDs are selected for erasing.
Note: In case of a frozen SSD drive has been selected for erasing the following message appears in Disk Secure Erase tab:
Figure 2: Frozen disks
Click Start to reach the final step before erasing disk data. Confirm Secure Erase action by typing a predefined keyphrase and the process starts.

Figure 3: Secure Erase confirmation

Note: There is no progress indicator available for Secure Erase. The feature is implemented inside SSD controller. There is only "elapsed" time available:

After the process is completed the Processing Report dialog appears.

Now you may print, browse or open Secure Erase Certificate and Disk Processing Reports. If there are any errors they will be reported on the interactive screen and in Erase History Disk Processing Results.