Western Digital Blue SSD WD SSD Dashboard User Manual - Page 20

Note: If the USB drive is not listed, click the Refresh icon next to the drop-down list to scan for the USB drive. Tools 4. Click Create USB Drive. Sanitize Sanitize permanently destroys all user data on the SSD. Note: Sanitize deletes the mapping table and erases all blocks that have been written to on the selected SSD. This makes Sanitize a slower "erase" option than the Secure Erase function (also see Secure Erase). Sanitize can only be performed on an SSD that is not the boot drive. However, if the SSD is the boot drive, the Sanitize function can be performed from a formatted USB. See Create a Bootable USB Drive for Secure Erase. Delete User Data with Sanitize Note: Ensure that the correct SSD is selected on a system with more than one SSD. The Sanitize function permanently destroys all user data on the selected SSD. 1. At the top of the Dashboard, click the Select drive drop-down menu to select the SSD on which all user data will be permanently deleted. Note: If the SSD to be deleted is not listed, click the Refresh icon next to the Select drive drop-down menu to scan for the SSD. The name of the selected SSD appears next to Model. Western Digital SSD Dashboard 16 User Manual