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Hagar
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Topic: Re-formatting an SSD Posted: April 20 2011 at 12:49am |
Hey guys, I am having a problem with my OS and will be reinstalling Windows 7 in the next week or so. One of my concerns was the need to reformat the drive. As you are all probably aware, you never defrag an SSD since there are only a finite number of read/writes in the drive. I tried to find a solution on line, but found lots of conflicting information. So, I wrote the Doc at MaximumPC and they actually responded! Here is my question and the response from them:
Hey Doc, I understand that a SSD should never be re-formatted.
However, I have a corrupted Windows 7 problem and need to re-install the
OS. There are lots of comments all over the web on how to do this and
what to do and what not to do – but there seems to be little agreement.
So of course I need to turn to the experts. How do we wipe clean a SSD
and reset it so Windows 7 Professional can be re-installed? I have a
Corsair P128 CMFSSD-128GBG2D, but can you offer general guidance?
And their response: Hi Cliff,
It’s not true that an SSD should never be re-formatted. We
reformat ours all the time. It’s true, however, that an SSD should not be
defragmented, but you shouldn’t have any problem reformatting it in order
to reinstall Windows. We’ve had no problem using Windows’ built-in Disk
Management tool to quick format an SSD. For deeper cleans, we’ve used
diskpart.exe to zero our drives.
In your
specific case, actually, you have an opportunity to kill two birds with one
stone. Depending on how recently you bought the SSD (pre- or post-December
2009), you might have a firmware update waiting for you. (If your drive has TRIM
support, it’s already been updated). If so, the firmware update tool for your
drive will format your drive in the course of its updating. See http://forum.corsair.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83708
for that info.
Hope this helps!
Best,
Nathan
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Dantheman5187
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Posted: April 20 2011 at 11:56am |
I can see why. Thanks for the post, Cliff. I'll remember it!
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Posted: April 20 2011 at 3:52pm |
Good stuff.TY.
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