Windows 10: want to wipe data but not sure that will it erasure the SSD or not?

So basically i am wiping my computer for donation but i am not sure that will it erasure my SSD or not . Can someone please guide me ?Here comes the first issue -> It is showing it will not clean the drive that means it will not erasure the drive?And when click change settingsNow i don't know what to do ... Will it erasure the drive?Please guide me

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Best way to wipe data partition on SSD?

The tool supplied by the SSD manufacturer is the best way because it's the only way to be sure, it uses the ATA Secure Erase command to wipe the entire SSD. This command can also be triggered without using the manufacturer's tool, e.g. under Linux if the SSD is so old and/or exotic that the manufacturer doesn't supply a tool. If the SSD is Samsung, in Samsung Magician there's a Secure Erase option (listed under Data Management). All the other methods that have been discussed in this thread are not guaranteed to be secure, as all SSDs use what's called factory overprovisioning so writing new data to the SSD does not in any way imply that data previously written will be erased (and neither does the TRIM command, for that matter...). In addition to factory overprovisioning, it also is possible that the SSD in question uses the combination of data compression and dynamic overprovisioning, in which case the entropy of the stored data is also among determining factors as for which pages in the NAND are truly getting erased prior to writing new data, during garbage collection or during TRIM. Whereas the ATA standard officially states that overwriting the data is a mandatory step during ATA Secure Erase so, technically, any SSD that doesn't do this is not an ATA compliant device and would therefore be illegal to be adverstised as ATA compliant. Your safest bet is to assume that all the manufacturers want their SSDs to be ATA compliant because nobody buys SSDs that aren't, and they know they'd catch serious hell if it later turned out they'd been faking ATA compliance so they're not going to risk it.

 

How to wipe an SSD Windows !0 Laptop of all Perosnal data?

Hi,

there seems to be various post on this subject but I am unable to find the answer I need.

I have a Surface Pro 4 which I intend to sell and need to wipe all the perosnal data. There are clear instruction how to do this - but there is NO clarrification as to if this applies only to HDD or also to a SSD.

If an SSD is there any further steps needed?

Would appreciate a straight and clear answer!

 

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