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Let’s say I have an SSD on a Windows machine that supports TRIM. After I delete a file / some files on it, assume the TRIM command is sent, and those pages are marked as invalid. At some point, the garbage collection process will collect t… Continue reading How long does SSD garbage collection take?
Diskpart is a utility that can be used to manage your disks, however, as of late, we have noticed that it is not able to recognize newly added SSDs or HDDs. We can see the model number and everything in the BIOS but when invoking Diskpart, the device i… Continue reading Diskpart not recognizing SSD in Windows 11
If you encounter a situation where Windows only detects one of two NTFS drives connected simultaneously, despite both being physically connected, this might be due to identical disk signatures. This issue is common when one drive is cloned from another… Continue reading Windows only detects one NTFS drive when two are connected
There is a lot of information online and on this forum indicating that it is difficult to securely erase SSD or flash drives. Normally, the expectation would be that data is erased by overwriting it, for example using linux commands like:
… Continue reading Erasing a file or partition on an SSD or flash drive "reasonably" securely
I was really courious about what NAND dies my new SSD is equipped.
The only tool that could read it from the Phison controler, seemed to be this third party tool called "Phison Flash ID": https://www.usbdev.ru/files/phison/phison… Continue reading Could I infect SSD’s firmware with third party test tool?
We want to dispose of an old notebook whose display frame is damaged. It’s a Windows device with a BitLocker (TPM+PIN) encrypted SSD.
I am trying to devise a strategy for protecting the data on the drive from recovery that is both simple (… Continue reading Prepare Bitlocker protected PC for disposal
I have accidently run format on windows machine on my Western digital ssd drive. I have interrupted just after some seconds, but after that the drive shows me error.
Volume does not have a supported file system
and always ask prompt for fo… Continue reading How to recover data from WD SSD drive accidently formated
Keeping your SSD firmware up to date can be beneficial, as it offers bug fixes, performance improvements, enhanced reliability, and so on. In this post, we will show you how to update SSD firmware on Windows 11/10. How to update SSD firmware on Windows… Continue reading How to update SSD firmware on Windows 11
I have two external WD hard drives "My Passport". I am unsure if they are SSDs, so let this question be general if possible.
on "Disc 1" I deleted (right-click and delete – not any kind of secure delete) some "old… Continue reading Does copying files from one drive to another also copy previously deleted data from the drive one?
Let’s say I have a laptop with two different SSDs in it, each of them encrypted by Bitlocker, and each of them having their own unique Windows 11 installation.
If the primary SSD is encrypted with Bitlocker, and I boot up the secondary SSD… Continue reading Is a Bitlocker encrypted SSD at risk when booting from another SSD in the same machine?