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Update Using File on My Computer, Erase Drive—Secure Erase, Select File

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Tools Update Using File on My Computer Note: Only use compatible firmware update files for this process. If you have already downloaded the specific firmware file that should be used for the update, click Select File. A confirmation dialog box appears. Erase Drive-Secure Erase Secure Erase permanently destroys all user data on the selected SSD. Note: Secure Erase deletes the mapping table on the selected SSD, but it does not erase all blocks that have been written to. This makes Secure Erase a faster "erase" option than the Sanitize function (also see Sanitize). WD SSD Dashboard 13 User Manual

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Update Using File on My Computer
Note:
Only use compatible
firmware
update
files
for this process.
If you have already downloaded the
specific
firmware
file
that should be used for
the update, click
Select File
.
A
confirmation
dialog box appears.
Erase Drive—Secure Erase
Secure Erase permanently destroys all user data on the selected SSD.
Note:
Secure Erase deletes the mapping table on the selected SSD, but it does
not erase all blocks that have been written to. This makes Secure Erase a
faster “erase” option than the Sanitize function (also see
Sanitize
).
Tools
WD SSD Dashboard
User Manual
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