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  • SSD Brands / Manufacturer to Avoid

    • Companies that either:
      • Don't provide their own software for diagnostics and appropriate erasure -OR-
      • Don't offer devices that work with generic tools for diagnostics and appropriate erasure
    • SanDisk
      • Portable SSD incident - a shame beacuse their SD cards had been pretty good
    • SK hynix
      • P41 (and PC801) incidents
      • Software doesn't support appropriate erasure of NVMe devices (!?)
      • Generic tools don't seem to be able to appropriately erase either (e.g. shredos)
    • Western Digital
      • "Cloud" incidents - a shame because their devices had been pretty good

  • SSD Brands / Manufacturer that are on the positive side

    • Crucial
      • Have at least one device with ok experience so far
      • Seems to offer appropriate software
    • Samsung
      • Lots of good experiences over many devices and years
      • Seems to offer appropriate software that although doesn't support all features for all relevant devices, at least has a table that informs you what is supported so you can make more informed purchasing decisions
    • Seagate
      • Tools with source code

  • How to Securely Erase an SSD or HDD Before Selling It or Your PC - mentions:

    • Adata SSD Toolbox
    • Crucial Storage Executive
    • Kingston SSD Manager
    • Sabrent Control Panel
    • Samsung SSD Magician
    • SeaTools for Seagate Drives
    • SK hynix SSD Tools
    • Western Digital Dashboard

  • How to Securely Erase Your SSD Without Destroying It - mentions:

    • Corsair SSD Toolbox
    • Crucial SSD Storage Executive
    • Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox
    • Samsung Magician SSD Tool
    • SanDisk SSD Dashboard
    • Seagate SeaTools bootable SSD utility
    • Toshiba OCZ SSD Utility
    • Western Digital SSD Dashboard

  • 6 Best SSD Monitoring and Health-Check Software in 2025 - mentions:

    • Corsair SSD Toolbox
    • Intel Memory & Storage Tool (GUI/CLI)
    • Kingston SSD Manager
    • PNY SSD Toolbox
    • Samsung Magician
    • SanDisk SSD Dashboard
    • SeaTools SSD Toolbox
    • Solidigm Storage Toolkit
    • SSD Toolbox (ADATA / XPG)
    • Storage Executive (Crucial (Micron))
    • TeamGroup SSD Toolbox
    • WD SSD Dashboard

  • List of SSD manufacturers @ Wikipedia

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