Is the RVE secure erase the same as Samsung's?

[Zarathustraa]

Hey, I just want to secure erase my old drives. Just checking if anyone knows if Samsung's drives use the same implementation of secure erase (The new version of magician removed the ability to reboot for secure erase)?

[Praz]

Hello

Secure Erase is a function of the drive's controller. From the ASUS UEFI or any utility only an industry standard command is sent to the drive to initiate the Secure Erase.

[JustinThyme]

Secure erase is secure erase. All that is done is the command is sent to the controller which simultaneously resets to all logic zeros, no writes and rewrites like a magnetic drive. Just all zeros, the way it was when you first opened it up.

[Praz]

JustinThyme wrote:
Secure erase is secure erase. All that is done is the command is sent to the controller which simultaneously resets to all logic zeros, no writes and rewrites like a magnetic drive. Just all zeros, the way it was when you first opened it up.

hello

Actually a Secure Erase rests the NAND cells to a logic one not zero. Resetting to a zero state would require a block erase before a logic one could be written to an associated page within the block. That would obviously defeat the purpose of a Secure Erase. No need to side track someone looking for advice with misinformation.

[Zarathustraa]

I had a feeling it was the same. Thanks.

[Praz]

Hello

You're welcome. 🙂

[Vlada011]

I used 1-2 times, work good.
On Samsung and CORSAIR SSD.
Nice function.

[FireRx]

hey guys ,
where is this secure erase located, and is it only for the root dirve . ie C:\ Drive? Or can an select any drive on my system?

[Arne_Saknussemm]

In the tools tab...can erase any drive

[Hopper64]

But I don't think it recognizes NVMe drives though.