Hey guys,

I want to shred/sanitize my SSDs. If it was a normal harddrive I would stick to ShredOS / nwipe, but since SSD’s seem to be a little more complicated, I need your advice.

When reading through some posts in the internet, many people recommend using the software from the manufacturer for sanitizing. Currently I am using the SSD SN850X from Western digital, but I also have a SSD 990 PRO from Samsung. Both manufacturers don’t seem to have a specialized linux-compatible software to perform this kind of action.

How would be your approach to shred your SSD (without physically destroying it)?

~sp3ctre

  • @catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    13•6 days ago

    This. And then when it’s done, use a hex editor and look at the raw disk to make sure it actually worked. Some manufacturers don’t implement it properly.

    • @sp3ctre@feddit.orgOP
      3•6 days ago

      Sorry, but can you explain a little, how this is done exactly? What should I see, when everything worked correctly?

      • @catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
        2•6 days ago

        Preferably all zeroes, possibly random data or a fixed string. Certainly not anything readable.

        • Phoenixz
          3•6 days ago

          No, you don’t want all zeroesz, you want random data.

          Within Linux you can quite easily do this yourself too

          • @Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
            1•5 days ago

            It’s fine for SSDs it does not have the magnetic residence where you could recreate data.