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Commands to securely erase a SSD. Based on some article, may have issues with SSD being locked/frozen
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secure-erase-ssd.sh
#!/bin/bash
# $1 = ssd block device (such as /dev/sda)
sudo hdparm -I $1
sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass p $1
sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase p $1
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