How do I wipe a modern SSD to prevent data recovery?

User_already_exist@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 111 points –

I understand traditional methods don’t work with modern SSD, anyone knows any good way to do it?

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This article covers several methods. Personally, I'd look for a BIOS based tool first, as that would be free and easiest. After that, the Diskpart Clean All command is probably fine for anything other than Top Secret data which a government based threat actor would be willing to put a lot of resources into recovering. If it's just your tax documents and porn archive, no one is going to care enough to dig out anything which that command might have left behind.

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