Samsung Magician 4.0 Bootable Secure Erase Utility...

Just installed Magician 4.0 on my Windows 8 system. Says that it cannot secure erase the SSD w/in Windows and wants me to create a bootable USB or CD/DVD. I created the bootable USB on a SD card in a USB card reader. I booted it up, but the display is all corrupt and nothing is readable.

I redid the bootable USB option with a flash drive and have the same issue. Haven't tried a bootable CD/DVD since I don't have an optical drive.


Has anyone else experienced this?

I usually use Parted Magic to secure erase my SSDs.

http://www.corsair.com/applicationnote/secure-erase

If you get an error that the drive is locked try hotswapping it. Unplug, re-plug, and Parted Magic should work. I haven't secure erased my 840 yet, but I've done this many times on M4s and Vertexes.