Recent content by vjbelle

As has been mentioned the best HD choice is one of the fast Hitachi drives. I replaced mine - not difficult at all but TAKE YOUR TIME! This does not void your warranty - but anything that gets busted along the way will come out of your pocket. Go to ifixit.com - they have a complete...

I have two X25-M disks and one of them would not flash. The only solution is to have the drive replaced by Intel. They were very interested in the failed drive and overnighted me a replacement which had the old firmware but flashed properly.

Thanks for your expert analysis!! Victor

Now see..... you really can be a little more specific!! I really do appreciate it even though it does not address my specific question which is whether WipeDrive is the same as HDD Secure. BUT, that does not matter. You did point me to another site which just happened to post an article about...

I am in total agreement..... this technology will march on very quickly and these drives will be tossed to the wayside. I was simply curious whether or not WipeDrive was similar/mimicked HDD Erase. If it was then, just in case I wanted to, I could use it to restore my SSD's to their original...

no it will not, it will bring them to the worst state possible. You MUST use a tool that is meant specifically for SSDs. This cannot be entirely accurate. If it were then HDD Erase could never be used for restoring a SSD to its original state. HDD Erase overwrites the drive just as...

I posted a question regarding SSD restoration and the use of WipeDrive. I was given a very quick/thoughtful reply but am a little confused. The article from this site regarding this referred to a restoration method using HDD Secure. This program, as I understand it, overwrites the hard...

Thank you for your very quick reply..... I did read that article and thought that maybe this software would mimic HDD Secure. However, if I understand your reply even HDD Secure would not be a viable tool for restoration. As that very well written article stated, my SSD's in their worst state...

I recently purchased a pair of Intel 80GB drives to use in a raid 0 system drive environment. Eventually I will want to restore the drives to peak performance but do not have the choice of using HDD Secure (I am in a Mac environment). I came across a utility called WipeDrive which claims to...