Issue: Precision 7960 Tower supports the Data Wipe feature only on AHCI mode and does not support on RAID-On mode. You must switch to AHCI mode to run data wipe.
Cause: The data wipe function on RAID-On mode with VROC 8.0 is not supported on Precision 7960 Tower, as the
Sanitize command is not supported on VROC 8.0.
Resolution: You can set the HDD mode to AHCI mode, and then wipe the data from the hard drive.
NOTE:Intel supports the data wipe feature on VROC 9.0, except on the Granite Rapid processors.
To change the HDD mode, do the following:
Restart your computer and press
F2 when Dell logo appears to enter the BIOS setup.
Go to the
Storage tap to verify whether the computer is in
AHCI/NVMe or
RAID On mode.
NOTE:By default, the option is set to
RAID on mode.
Change the
SATA/NVMe Operation to
AHCI/NVMe and .
Click
Apply, and restart your computer.
To run the data wipe function, do the following:
Restart your computer and press
F2 when Dell logo appears to enter the BIOS setup.
Go to the
Security tab, and search for
Data Wipe on Next Boot option.
Under
Data Wipe on Next, enable the
Start Data Wipe option. The SSD data is wiped once your reboot your computer.
Click
Continue, when the warning message is displayed.
Click
Erase. The Data Wipe Completed Successfully message is displayed.
Click
OK.
NOTE:The
No bootable devices found message is displayed when you boot to the operating system, which means you have erased your hard drive successfully.
Data is not available for the Topic
Please provide ratings (1-5 stars).
Please provide ratings (1-5 stars).
Please provide ratings (1-5 stars).
Please select whether the article was helpful or not.
Comments cannot contain these special characters: <>()\