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  1. Bug #445852
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Comment 50 for bug 445852

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danq989 (danq989) wrote : Re: SSD stall during boot

@Trey
Just a point of info for you. After I performed an in-place install of Karmic over my existing Jaunty, I found my AAO-110's SuperTalent-upgrade SSD bricked.

I managed to recover it using HDDERASE version 3.3.

This DOS program uses the "secure erase" function of the drive to completely erase the drive and set all blocks to unused. Unlike a dd of zeros, it only takes a minute or so to complete. Apparently this is a trick that folks have been using on Intel gen1 SSDs to recover performance after block fragmentation has caused a performance drop. Note that the more widely available HDDERASE versions 3.1 and 4.0 did NOT work for me (both threw different exceptions and bombed), so be sure to find and use v3.3. Guide and link here: http://www.iishacks.com/index.php/2009/06/30/how-to-secure-erase-reset-an-intel-solid-state-drive-ssd/

Now this won't fix things if there's enough real damage to the flash due to too many write/erase cycles, but it's worth a shot.

Good luck Trey!
---danq989