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    How to clean a used SSD drive?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by NOS, Oct 1, 2009.

  1. NOS

    NOS Notebook Geek

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    I have a samsung ssd drive that I pulled out of my laptop. It still has the partitions and old OS and data on it. I want to stick it in another computer and load windows 7 on it. Before I would usually just perform a low level format on a used drive but that was with spindle drives.

    Is there a proper way to remove the partitions and format an SSD drive? I have heard conflicting reports on this so I'm asking for help.

    thank you
     
    NOS, Oct 1, 2009
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  2. davidkneiber

    davidkneiber Notebook Consultant

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    no.
    when you install windows 7
    choose to make a clean install and wipe the disk.
    treat an SSD like an HDD when formatting
    it has a built in controler for it
     
    davidkneiber, Oct 1, 2009
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