

Some users will simply choose to format the disk. When you need to sell, discard or transfer your old disks, you will need to securely erase the disks. HDD and SSD are the most commonly used storage devices in our daily life. In this way, all data on an erased disk will be fully removed and basically cannot be recovered. HP Secure Erase will overwrite all data on the disk with DoD52220.22-M standard, which overwrites the disk for 3 passes.

Systems sold in 2009 or later can upgrade the BIOS to include Secure Erase. HP added Secure Erase to the standard BIOS in 2011. HP Secure Erase is an important part of HP system security, which is used to protect HP users' sensitive data. It works on solid-state drives and hard disk drives.
