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Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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I have a Kingston hyperx drive circa 2012. I kicked off a secure erase on it. I then remounted the drive and was horrified (well, not really more like bemused) to see my whole parts of my old file system still intact. This correlates with the well known findings of a UCSD lab that SE is not implemented well in most SSDs. Does anyone

How can I know of a maker who HAS implemented SE correctly to specwhether my SSD's secure erase functionality works securely? Also, sorry to press(I can make a simple test, but how do youI know that it'll work in all circumstances?)

More usefully, how can I find out before buying an SSD whether its SE is implemented correctly? Is there a publicly available list of known good vendors?

I have a Kingston hyperx drive circa 2012. I kicked off a secure erase on it. I then remounted the drive and was horrified (well, not really more like bemused) to see my whole parts of my old file system still intact. This correlates with the well known findings of a UCSD lab that SE is not implemented well in most SSDs. Does anyone know of a maker who HAS implemented SE correctly to spec? Also, sorry to press, but how do you know?

I have a Kingston hyperx drive circa 2012. I kicked off a secure erase on it. I then remounted the drive and was horrified (well, not really more like bemused) to see my whole parts of my old file system still intact. This correlates with the well known findings of a UCSD lab that SE is not implemented well in most SSDs.

How can I know whether my SSD's secure erase functionality works securely? (I can make a simple test, but how do I know that it'll work in all circumstances?)

More usefully, how can I find out before buying an SSD whether its SE is implemented correctly? Is there a publicly available list of known good vendors?

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What SSD maker has implemented Secure Erase to spec?

I have a Kingston hyperx drive circa 2012. I kicked off a secure erase on it. I then remounted the drive and was horrified (well, not really more like bemused) to see my whole parts of my old file system still intact. This correlates with the well known findings of a UCSD lab that SE is not implemented well in most SSDs. Does anyone know of a maker who HAS implemented SE correctly to spec? Also, sorry to press, but how do you know?