another way to secure erase a G1 X25-M?

Luke212 · 14th January 2011, 1:26 PM

Hi,

I like to secure erase my G1 every 6 - 12 months. To secure erase a G1, you have to find HDDErase 3.0 and make a bootable cd. i also had to turn on IDE legacy, and plug the G1 in to the first sata port only.

Is there another way to do secure erase these days? or has it not improved???

DiGiTaL MoNkEY · 14th January 2011, 1:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Luke212

Hi,

I like to secure erase my G1 every 6 - 12 months. To secure erase a G1, you have to find HDDErase 3.0 and make a bootable cd. i also had to turn on IDE legacy, and plug the G1 in to the first sata port only.

Is there another way to do secure erase these days? or has it not improved???

While i don't have an alternative product, why do you secure erase it so often? If i'm not mistaken Intel did enable TRIM support on these drives so garbage collection should be taken care of.

Rezin · 14th January 2011, 1:38 PM

Trim is not on the G1's.

DiGiTaL MoNkEY · 14th January 2011, 1:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Rezin

Trim is not on the G1's.

Any manual utility provided by Intel as i recall reading somewhere?

Betzie · 14th January 2011, 2:15 PM

ccleaner has a Nuanced drive wiper now, might be what you are looking for.

Rezin · 14th January 2011, 3:00 PM

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Originally Posted by DiGiTaL MoNkEY

Any manual utility provided by Intel as i recall reading somewhere?

I don't think Intel released anything for G1s. Let me know if you find one though.

I think they just focussed on the G2 firmware.

terrastrife · 14th January 2011, 4:18 PM

if the ready to write flag is FF for intel, then you can just use as cleaner ff. takes 5-10 minutes, back to top health. no formatting, imaging or anything.

i run it once every 4-6 weeks here.

DiGiTaL MoNkEY · 14th January 2011, 4:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Rezin

I don't think Intel released anything for G1s. Let me know if you find one though.

I think they just focussed on the G2 firmware.

Hmmm, nothing in the Intel toolbox?

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terrastrife Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: ADL/SA The Monopoly State Posts: 15,948	if the ready to write flag is FF for intel, then you can just use as cleaner ff. takes 5-10 minutes, back to top health. no formatting, imaging or anything. i run it once every 4-6 weeks here. __________________ D90/35mm1.8/SB900 Main/X58-USB3 F5/4GHz i7 950/48GB RipjawsZ/GTX 670/SSD 520 Series unRAID5/X2 4000+/30TB/16 Disk MidiTower/NeoHE

14th January 2011, 1:38 PM	#3
Rezin Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 8,014	Trim is not on the G1's.

14th January 2011, 2:15 PM	#5
Betzie Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 589	ccleaner has a Nuanced drive wiper now, might be what you are looking for.