Format new drive before cloning old drive to it?

[Pghpooh]

Dumb question of the day.
I want to clone a old drive installed on my laptop to a ssd then install the ssd in the laptop.
Should I format the new ssd before cloning the old drive to it???
Going to use Acronis software to do the cloning.

 

[lightningbaron]

I used to full format. I recently cloned a hdd to ssd with ATI 2016 without formatting the ssd and without issue.


Edit#1: Damn autocorrect.

 

[ElFenix]

the cloning software is going to rewrite the partition table anyway so no need.

 

[Pghpooh]

HI
Thanks for the info!

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

At most, I'd update the SSD's firmware (if there's one available), then secure erase prior to using.

Use any live Linux distro (I use gparted) and :
sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass foo /dev/sdX
sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase foo /dev/sdX

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Yeah, it's not necessary, but as with any new drive for any purpose, I'd run whatever diagnostics are available first and make sure the firmware is up to date before I started using it.