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    How to burn HDDErase onto a CD?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by lemonspeaker, Sep 3, 2009.

  1. lemonspeaker

    lemonspeaker Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi guys, I don't know if I am doing this correctly, but I want to perform a secure erase on my Intel SSD X25-M.
    How do I begin to create a bootable CD that will contain HDDErase to detect my SSD?

    According to this website (pcper):
    http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=669&type=expert&pid=6
    if I download their LINK and extract the contents, I get an .exe application called "HDDERASE"

    Now my question is: How do I get this application onto a bootable CD so that I can erase my SSD?

    Sorry for the noobish question. I've done searches and burnts too many CD to go on not knowing.
     
    lemonspeaker, Sep 3, 2009
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  2. ecurules7811fx

    ecurules7811fx Notebook Enthusiast

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    i'm not too sure but did you try to burn it as an ISO file? im not familiar with that application but any time you need to create a bootable disk you usually need to burn it as an iso.
     
    ecurules7811fx, Sep 7, 2009
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