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secure erase SSD

sioux

sioux

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I use pretty often Acronis - recovery.
Do i have to secure erase the SSD from time to time ? Would that help ?
I don't want to do a Windows fresh install, only to recover the backuped image - with Acronis.

Thank you
 
Windows 7 supports the TRIM command, which results in free space being usable by the SSD. Unless you have an old buggy Sandforce-based drive, or an even older Indilnix-based drive, that truly do need actual erasing for performance reasons every now and again, you shouldn't need to worry about it.

So, if you're on Windows 7, using either Intel RST (iastor) or MS (MS standard AHCI or ATA controller) drivers, no worries. If using Vista, check and see if there is a toolbox program for your SSD (I'm not sure if IRST supports TRIM on older chipsets or not). If it includes a manual TRIM option, use that every now and again. If running XP, please get to 7 or 8.1 before April, and stop worrying about silly things like secure erasing SSDs 🙂.
 
I tend to do a secure erase when I put something new on the SSD.
TRIM doesn't always get back full performance, but then again, it does depend on which SSD you have.
 
Ditto. That would qualify as one of the "old buggy Sandforce-based drives" (though if yours hasn't given you problems, yet, it probably never will, so don't sweat the buggy part 🙂).
 
When I swapped my OCZ Agility3 (SandForce 2281) from my desktop to my HTPC, I secure erased it and installed a fresh copy of W7... it runs better now than it did when it was in my desktop.
 
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