Now, that we have Win 7 "Sp2", I want to do a clean install. Having had not so nice experiences with doing that on a not-wiped SSD, I want to totally wipe my SSD. Is there a such a software, that can be installed on a (Rufus-)bootable USB stick, that will do the job from there? Thank you
Dariks boot and nuke will completely erase your disk. As ssd have limited write cycles, are you sure you want to.
Start your Win7 install. At the first screen press SHIFT+F10. This will open the CMD window. Run: Code: Diskpart lis dis sel dis 0 cle exit exit "lis dis" will display your drives. "sel dis 0" Selects Disk 0 - Change this if your ssd is NOT disk 0! "cle" cleans the disk. Continue with install...
That is what I did during the the install process the last time, and there were a few surprises after installing the same Win7 I always use. I do not know how or why.... Basically I want to format it. The SSD is four years old, and still at a 100%, so there should be no damage
Sounds good to me... and I of course always disconnect the second disk before installing an OS on the main disk. Or has anyone had bad experiences using this method?
Windows 7 never had SP2 and it went EoL last week. If you want a clean install (completely fresh install), then just boot using a Windows 7 DVD or Flash drive and when on the screen to select where to install, click "Drive options (advanced)" remove all partitions and proceed with the installation. Warning: The above will delete all data you have stored on that drive.
Disk Manager doesn't show all partitions (ie, MSR under UEFI) & doesn't clear the type (MBR/GPT). The Clean command from diskpart does...
I've never mentioned Disk Manager. Win7 Setup does detect most of the drive controllers and even if doesn't, still gives you the option to load controller's drivers. Once Setup.exe detect the drive, then it will run DiskPart internally and will show all partitions (volumes) on the drive. One exception might occurs, if one of the drives/partitions is formatted in a format not recognized by Windows.
It is amazing the kind of probelms some have with thinking. We just got the last official updates for Win7? So if you integrate those updates and the usual drivers in your .wim, you have (in their theory) the "final" version of Win7... Win7 "Sp2" sounds like a fitting name, I also put it in " " as not to get questions like that. "Much ado about nothing"... Oooops... did it again... the Generation Display is around
"While DBAN is free to use, there’s no guarantee your data is completely sanitized across the entire drive. It cannot detect or erase SSD...."