Manufacturer Tools for Wiping HDD and SSD Drives

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Always check your laptop BIOS/UEFI for native utilities first. Be sure to use the right wipe mode for the right disk. Wipe and Passes are for HDD drives. There are specific options for SSD drives (such as ATA Secure Erase or Sanitize).

Unfortunately, most of these tools are Windows only.

Tools that provide a boot disk for wiping from boot:

SanDisk DashBoard: https://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/15108/~/dashboard-support-information ^{[Archive.org]}
Seagate SeaTools: https://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/ ^{[Archive.org]}
Samsung Magican: https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/download/tools/ ^{[Archive.org]}
Kingston SSD Manager: https://www.kingston.com/unitedstates/en/support/technical/ssdmanager ^{[Archive.org]}
Lenovo:
- Most likely native utility available within the BIOS/UEFI, please check
- Drive Erase Utility: https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds019026-thinkpad-drive-erase-utility-for-resetting-the-cryptographic-key-and-erasing-the-solid-state-drive-thinkpad ^{[Archive.org]}
Crucial Storage Executive: https://www.crucial.com/support/storage-executive ^{[Archive.org]}
Western Digital Dashboard: https://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?p=279 ^{[Archive.org]}
HP: Follow instructions on https://store.hp.com/us/en/tech-takes/how-to-secure-erase-ssd ^{[Archive.org]}
Transcend SSD Scope: https://www.transcend-info.com/Support/Software-10/ ^{[Archive.org]}
Dell: Most likely native utility available within the BIOS/UEFI, please check https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000134997/using-the-dell-bios-data-wipe-function-for-optiplex-precision-and-latitude-systems-built-after-november-2015?lwp=rt ^{[Archive.org]}