intel SSD 1st gen reformat?

[PAo_ReVoLT]

hi guys,

i'm going to reformat my win7

i read hear long time ago that there is some kind of tools to make my first gen go back to fresh drive, since 1st 160gb gen is not support by TRIM.

i would to do it correctly. i have 4 of them in raid-0 on adaptec 5805. and what raid setting should i set to get best performance out of it.

thx

 

[InvisiBill]

Secure Erase is what you're looking for. There's a DOS util called HDDErase and Parted Magic has a GUI disk erase app that will do it, among other options.

 

[PAo_ReVoLT]

so those software will give my SSD like fresh from factory speed correct?

 

[sub.mesa]

In Windows 7, doing a full format would accomplish the same thing; reset the performance to factory standard. It does cost you alot of write cycles though; but as long as you don't do this daily you'll be fine.

The HDDErase method just wipes the HPA mapping tables; not requiring any physical writes to the NAND flash cells.