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Intel X25-M G1 (no TRIM) SSD - format and restore just as good as TRIM?

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Mar 15, 20265197 views
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I've got an older X25-M that doesn't support trim. If I image the drive, format it, then reimage it, would that restore it to roughly its original R/W speeds?

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I looked into this again (six months after my original post) and had much better luck: I found the ATA Secure Erase wiki entry. It shows you how to use hdparm to tell the SSD to do a "Secure Erase". From the article: When a Secure Erase is issued ag…

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