

However, SSD is different from HDD, if you use the same way of wiping HDD to wipe SSD, it may decrease its lifespan. When your Windows OS cannot be used normally, you may need to reinstall Windows too. You may use a solid-state drive (SSD) as the boot drive. But if you are trying to wipe a system drive, you need to wipe it from the BIOS, because you cannot format the hard drive on which Windows 11/10/8/7 is running. If you are wiping a data hard drive (without OS installed), you can wipe all data by formatting hard drive partitions. To wipe a hard drive means to remove all data on the hard drive including operating system, programs, and files. It is different between wiping HDD and wiping SSD While if there is any problem with your hard drive installed operating system, and you want to use it again, an easy way to wipe hard drive from BIOS is simple for a fresh Windows installation. If you want to give away the hard drive and don’t want to expose the data on it, wiping a hard drive should be the best way to remove data completely from the hard drive. In fact, many users want to wipe a hard drive for different using. Want to do this to make my HDDs new like it was when I bought them.”įrom this Scenario, we learn that the user wants to wipe a hard drive from BIOS for new Windows installation. Also, need to clear BIOS with move that small pin on the motherboard. Need to do it in BIOS, but can’t find any menu that leads to that kind of stuff. I need to completely erase my 2 HDDs, not just format them.
