ATA Secure Erase - ata WikiOBSOLETE CONTENTThis wiki has been archived and the content is no longer updated. This procedure describes how to use the hdparm command to issue a Secure Erase ATA instruction to a target storage device. When a Secure Erase is issued against a SSD drive all its cells will be marked as empty, restoring it to factory default write performance. DISCLAIMER: This will erase all your data, and will not
