secure erase or just repartition SSD

[jcampbell1070]

i have an owc 120gb mercury extreme pro 6g. i plan on reinstalling lion fresh. do i need to somehow use a security erase or can i just partition/format like a raw drive. i don't want to slow the ssd down.

 

[sunnyj]

partition/format is fine

 

[alphaod]

If you are able to use Secure Erase, that would be best before you partition it to reinstall the OS.

 

[Gav2k]

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Wouldn't do a secure erase on an ssd personally unless your dumping the drive.

 

[jcampbell1070]

i have heard of ATA secure erase. will that work? im going to read up on it.

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Wouldn't do a secure erase on an ssd personally unless your dumping the drive.

if i didnt do a secure erase will garbage collection reset the blocks once i reinstall lion and let it idol over night for a few nights.

 

[alphaod]

A secure erase take 3 seconds.

It's resets all the cells to zero. Essentially it'll be in factory like condition. Don't have to limit this to when you're dumping the drive

 

[jcampbell1070]

A secure erase take 3 seconds.

It's resets all the cells to zero. Essentially it'll be in factory like condition. Don't have to limit this to when you're dumping the drive

thanks for the reply. do you or anyone else reading this could tell me what secure erase program to use or any info or links for a OWC SSD. thanks