How to erase an SSD drive

How do I erase and SSD drive from a Macbook Air so it can be sold?

Not 100% possible.  Take the SSD out and replace it with another with none of your personal information.
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  • How to erase a SSD drive.

    I have a new MAC Pro with no problems.  I have a Toshiba 512GB drive with OSX on it from my old system that I want to use as extra storage.
    I cannot erase the drive using disk utility.  I cannot unmount or erase the drive.  Can anyone tell me how to achieve this?  thanx, Patrick

    How is the drive connected to your new computer? Have you tried booting the computer to the Recovery HD and then trying to erase the SSD?
    Boot to the Recovery HD:
    Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the arrow button below the icon.

  • Anyone know how to securely erase an SSD drive?

    Does anyone know how to securely erase an SSD drive in a MacBook Pro?
    The usual 'security options' are greyed out in Disk Utility...

    Erasing it normally is enough. The nature of SSDs itself makes it secure.
    (114951)

  • How to erase USB flash drives?? Thanks, Michael

    How to erase USB flash drives on my MacBookAir ?? Thanks, Michael

    Welcome to Apple Support Communities
    To erase them, you can use Disk Utility, in /Applications/Utilities > http://pondini.org/OSX/DU1.html
    When you open Disk Utility, choose the external disk in the sidebar, go to Erase tab and erase the disk

  • How to Erase Old Hard Drive?

    I use a G4 QuickSilver 2002; run 10.5.8 Leopard.  How do I completely erase a hard drive and make it ready to install as a Master HD in another G4 QuickSilver 2002?

    Thank you very much for your assistance, Klaus1!!:)

  • How to erase a hard drive on a i MAC Power PC with OSX 10.5.8 pre-intel?

    I got this i Mac G5 Power PC with a 20" screen (no iSight) and last generation of i Mac repaired.  Capacitors and a power supply did revive my machine and it works fine.  I would like to donate my machine and want to erase the hard drive and make sure that all my personal data is gone.
    I have the Leopard disk and I am told that if I booth my machine with the disk while holding the C key then I can go to Disk Utility and erase my hard drive.
    Does anyone have a step-by-step approach to guide me through this?
    Any help will be most appreciated!
    Thank you,
    Guy

    Drive Preparation
    1. Boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button.  When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
    2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area.  If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing.  SMART info will not be reported  on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
    3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
    4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
    5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
    6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
    Steps 4-6 are optional but should be used on a drive that has never been formatted before, if the format type is not Mac OS Extended, if the partition scheme has been changed, or if a different operating system (not OS X) has been installed on the drive.

  • How much will a SSD drive speed up aperture

    i am a little frustrated with aperture's speed....in general...plenty of spinning beachballs....retouch tool pretty much unuseable....i am not worried about import/export, but mostly interface, tools.....i understand that working on a mbp is not the ideal situation, but it should at least be as fast as cs3 or LR....
    the latest SSD drives are still expensive as ****, but at least offer amazing speeds (read and writes) and are finally large enough....considering that the slowdown with aperture is probably the HD, a SSD should speed things up quite a bit? any input on this, experience? i am looking at the ocz vertex or apex 250gb drives....

    psssss wrote:
    i am a little frustrated with aperture's speed....in general...plenty of spinning beachballs....retouch tool pretty much unuseable....i am not worried about import/export, but mostly interface, tools.....i understand that working on a mbp is not the ideal situation, but it should at least be as fast as cs3 or LR....
    where is the aperture library located? on the mbp? or external drive? what's the headroom (empty space) on your drives?
    the latest SSD drives are still expensive as ****, but at least offer amazing speeds (read and writes) and are finally large enough....considering that the slowdown with aperture is probably the HD, a SSD should speed things up quite a bit?
    maybe, maybe not. it depends on a lot of factors, maintenance, headroom on all drives (empty space), ram, graphic card, cable accessing external drive. you can have a fancy drive and you would still have to maintain your system
    any input on this, experience? i am looking at the ocz vertex or apex 250gb drives....

  • IMac G5 10.3 Upgrade to 10.5 How to erase the hard drive with no 10.3 disc

    Working on my brother's computer. iMac G5 (no iSight) was running 10.3.11. He tried to do an upgrade to 10.4 along with a RAM upgrade. When he totally hosed it up, he turned it over to me and now wants to upgrade to 10.5. I obtained a retail version of 10.5 and was able to install it but I can't configure it because the old 10.3 Sys Admin is still in there somewhere. Brother has lost password and lost 10.3 start up disc. Can I just wipe the entire hard drive (most info is corrupted anyway) and start over clean with 10.5? If so, how do I accomplish that without the old install disc? Thanks for any help! I'm fairly desperate and pretty sick of tangling with this problem.

    Richard, thank you so much for your advice. I will try that first thing tomorrow morning when I'm "fresh". I think the hard drive is fine. I already ran the verify and repair routine. My brother thought he could do all of this himself. I told him to install his upgrade first, then his hardware (RAM stick). Well, he installed the RAM first. Then assumed that something was wrong with the Software when it wouldn't load. Very long story short, one of the 1GB RAM chips was bad. As soon as I took it out, everything was fine. But he did something Very Bad while trying to do the upgrade and I just can't recreate what he did, not to mention how many other people were involved before he called me (and I'm far from an expert!). The Genius Bar at my local Apple store recommended erasing and starting over with the 10.5, but then everything I read on line said I had to have the 10.3 install disc. I bought a MAC when I retired from corporate America so I wouldn't have to do this type of thing any more. My MAC never gives me one bit of trouble. But I speak to it kindly every day and coo in its ears! I'll let you know how it works out! Thanks again. --Pam.

  • How to erase  internal hard drive

    I want to erase completly my internal hard drive max os 10.5.8 please show me the steps. thank you

    1. Reset the PRAM > Resetting your Mac's PRAM
    2. Try cleaning the DVD drive with a Lens Cleaning Disc.
    3. Check the Snow Leopard DVD, is it cleal and scratch free?
    4. Make sure that you have a clean and stratch free install DVD.
    5. Only a white Retail Snow Leopard Install DVD will work with your iMac.
    (a gray system DVD will only work for the iMac that it came with) 

  • How to erase all hard drive

    I want to format a new  hard drive only. Can give some steps? Thanks.

    Google has many many how to's on this. Here is just one:
    http://www.ehow.com/how_2063795_format-hard-drive-mac-os.html

  • How do erase a Flash drive that erroneously has the administrator's rights as read only?

    I have a 64GB Flash drive that needs to be repaired, but I cannot repair it because it shows that I have read-only permissions.   I am the administrator and no one else has ever touched this drive.  What gives?   I am running Mountain Lion.  Thanks.

    Did you try it in another computer?.  Maybe what you mean is that the Flash Drive is write protected. if it is write protected and it doesn't have any switch for turning it on and off, then return it to the seller.

  • Should I get an SSD drive?

    Hello.
    I'm thinking of buying a new MacBook for school. I've come to the conclusion that I should get either the MacBook Air 13" or Retina MacBook Pro 13".
    In either case I definitely want the specs to be: 8GB Ram and 256 GB SSD Drive.
    However:
    During my research I've come across a lot of articles saying that you should be aware of 'how to use' a SSD drive in order to 'make it last as long as possible', and that you should write as little data as possible to it.
    How big of a deal is this really?
    Since I'll be using my MacBook for school I obviously need to do a lot(!) of text editing, which means a lot of writting to the disk (since I'll be opening the same document several times and edit it). I'll be using it for light video (iMovie) and audio (GarageBand) editing as well.
    After reading all these articles on the SSD Drive I'm thinking if it's better to just stick with a HDD Drive (the non-Retina MBP)?
    Please help me out here guys.
    Thanks.

    With all of the estimated "mean time before failure" tests I've seen regarding SSDs, I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out - after SSDs have been installed in consumer computers for a longer period - if SSDs didn't come out on top versus the short lifespan of hard disk drives.
    So if I were you, realizing that you're going to upgrade your computer within the next 7-10 years, I wouldn't worry about the read/write figures that you see with SSDs. My oldest SSD is 3 years old and it's still going strong. The current SSDs that I have are less than 4 months old, tops. I've yet to have a problem with an SSD (although all four of mine have been manufactured by Crucial).
    I don't think you've anything to worry about - the SSD will long outlast the computer, I'm certain.
    Clinton
    MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2011), OS Mavericks 10.9.4, 16GB Crucial RAM, Crucial M500 960GB SSD, 27” Apple Thunderbolt Display

  • 2010 i7 Won't boot from cd with new ssd drive.

    I have an ssd that was in my windows pc that I want to use with my MBP. My PC motherboard actually supports uefi so to my surprise when I put it in the mac it booted right to windows. I wanted to boot from dvd and install osx on the drive but the boot stalls out whenever I try to boot from cd.
    I took the drive out and hooked it up to a drive dock I have connected to my Mac Mini. I used disk utility and repartitioned the drive to one partition. Now when I option boot I no longer see the ssd, only the cd.
    I tried booting from and external cd drive I have. It would start. I can hear the cd spinning up but after 2 mins or so it stops and nothing happens. Same as the internal dvd.
    I put the old hdd back in and thought I'd try the boards to see if anyone else has any ideas.
    Am I missing something obvious?

    Try this first:
    Reset SMC - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
    Reset Pram - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
    If not try using an external sata to usb connector and erase the SSD completely. The SSD honestly should not have an effect on the super drive. There may be more underlying hardware issues. Try resetting those two up top then erase the SSD drive. Try a retail disc for Snow Leopard. Bring it to an ARS and see if they can boot into an optical media...

  • Question about installing a SSD drive and how to clone

    Greetings,
    I have a 2007 white macbook w/ 80GB HD. I have been thinking about installing a 60 GB SSD drive from OWC as the price has come down tremendously and honestly just to see how it improves boot time, launch, applications etc. I don't keep much stuff on this macbook as it is purely a "browsing" computer but I was wondering how to best clone the hard drive to the new one?
    From what I understand, I use an application like Carbon copy cloner and backup "all data". Then, I turn the macbook over and follow the instructions for installing the new drive. Then, I guess I boot up and format the new drive with Snow Leopard.
    When do I actually tell the recently formatted computer to transfer the data from the backup clone? Do I do this during the opening migration screen? I know how to import data from another computer using Firewire and a cable, however, does the new SSD formatted computer understand how to boot from the carbon copy cloner backup without installing this software on the new drive?
    Cheers.

    Julie:
    I am no expert on SSDs. Here is how I would do it with a regular HDD. Note: You will need an external 2.5" enclosure.
    Clone Old HDD to new HDD using SuperDuper
    • Install new HDD in enclosure
    • Connect to the computer and boot from internal HDD.
    • Launch Disk Utility and format new HDD in enclosure (post for step by step directions, if needed)
    • Download and launch SuperDuper
    • In the Copy field select your internal HDD
    • To is your newly formatted HDD in enclosure
    • Using *backup all files*
    • Click Options button
    • Check *Repair Disk Permissions on Source*
    • During copy Erase Destination HDD then copy from Source
    • On successful completion Quit SuperDuper
    • Shut down computer and with external still connected
    • Option boot from external HDD to check clone.
    • If everything checks out, remove new HDD from enclosure and install in computer.
    • Install old HDD in enclosure (if desired)
    cornelius

  • How long will an SSD last if I fill it up and erase it over and over?

    Hello, I have a 120gb SSD that I am using to capture HDMI uncompressed footage with my blackmagic intensity card. Each recording is about 15 minutes, which takes up about 110 gbs. I record about 10 times a week, so about 10 times a week, I am filling up and erasing my SSD. Should I keep using my SSD, or should I just record to my RAID setup and just use SSDs for read purposes, and not write?

    Capture to a TB drive why not? cheap, fast enough, and ample capacity. Or use your array.
    120GB is small, they tend to perform slower.
    Ah, you are using a 2006 plus Mavericks too.
    As to how much can an SSD take, A LOT, like 500TB
    http://techreport.com/review/25889/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-500tb-update
    As to your system, invest in a nice 256GB for the system.
    Just learned - on MacRumors which is where I would think you would be - that the Samsung XP941 is bootable and works on every Mac, even our 1,1's. Just needs a $25 adapter. 1000MB/sec reads, and 700-800MB/sec writes when using 4x or 8x slot).
    Aim for 50-75% use of an SSD though. And enable TRIM. Especially with all this going on. "Erase'' on an SSD is not the same as on a hdd, so I assume you are just reformatting and not really erasing (Apple terminology being what it is, when they use to still use "Initialize" in dialogues but had no such feature or command in Disk Utility).
    Samsung 850 EVO 250 or even 1TB might interest you too.
    Why are you not using your array?
    You have quite a setup, GPU, upgraded processors (2,1 came with 8-core but not 1,1) and the 7970.

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