Solid-State Drives (SSD)

[DaZ]

The wiper tool appears to run fine, take 3 to 4 minutes to complete.

But I always end up with a zero size wiper.dat file.

Is this normal? I was under the impression this was meant to grow in size with information of what is to be trimmed.

[targetbsp]

It shrinks the file back to 0 but doesn;t delete it at the end for some reason. If you check My Computer while it's doing its thing you'll have very little free space.

[DaZ]

Ah... ok I get ya.

Thanks targetbsp.

[shareef777]

Running Windows 7 Ultimate X64, and the wiper tool does not seem to recognize any drive. Running in AHCI mode, and compatibility mode causes a blue screen. Also, running the Win7x32 DVD doesn't work as it recognizes the installed OS as x64. Used 90GB out of 256GB, and I'm getting very poor performance (~75MBps). Running firmware 1819.

[targetbsp]

You have to run it from an administrative command prompt or right click it and run as administrator or it acts like it doesn't recognise the drive.

[shareef777]

The screenshot was run in Administrator mode.

[technojunkie]

Hi, could someone please post a link to the Crucial Wiper.exe tool with instructions on how to use it as I cannot find a download link on this site.

Thank You

[targetbsp]

Bottom of the first post of this thread has it listed under attachments.  It's pretty easy to use - run it with admin privileges and press 'y' a couple of times when prompted.

[rpsgc]

No, actually it was not. If it was run in Administrator mode it would say "Administrator:" before the path on the titlebar

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shareef777 wrote:

The screenshot was run in Administrator mode.

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[SDK]

Hi,

I'm seeking help with using the Wiper tool - i'm using it on a 64GB drive.

Like others I have the problem where it takes an hour to complete 1% - does anyone know a fix or work around for this please?

I don't have a RAID setup; running the wiper tool from a Windows XP instillation on a 2nd HD.

Thanks