Manufacturer Tools for Wiping HDD and SSD Drives

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