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Secure Erase an SSD

You can initiate a Secure Erase on an SSD but only if the drive is already password protected

Add password to the drive:
hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass XYZZY /dev/sdd

Initiate the Secure Erase and wrap it with a timer:
time hdparm --user-master u --security-erase XYZZY /dev/sdd

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