I haven't tried using those features (even though I have Magician 4.4 installed in Win 8 now after upgrading to the most recent version not long ago). It sounds like Samsung solved the issues and gives you a way to create bootable media with the Magician Software on it now. So, yes, issuing a Secure Erase command to a drive that is not mounted (not the one you're running the Operating System and software from) is a better way to approach it and if the SSD happens to be your boot drive, then booting into a different Operating System from a DVD or USB stick is a better way to approach it. It might still work (using something like the Secure Erase command from Samsung Magician software, even though you're running Windows and the Magician software you're erasing.īut, you'd probably have no way to tell when the Secure Erase procedure was completed (since the Operating System would likely be frozen or perhaps crash at that point after the command was issued to the drive) even IF the software allowed you to do it that way (issue a Secure Erase command from an OS and software running on the drive you want to erase). That sounds about right, since you'd be zero filling the drive you're trying to run the Operating System from. Previously I was hesitating on doing the secure erase since with all of my Googling, I could only find info saying that to secure erase a SSD that the OS resides on, one must create a bootable USB stick. I'll be using Samsung's Magician to secure erase my Samsung 840 EVO SSD. Guess it wouldn't hurt to get the SSD back to factory condition before installing Win7.
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