Secure Erase with HP Recovery Manager?

[Carrot]

I want to sell my PC and do a Secure Erase on the SSD beforehand. I don't find a vendor tool for the Samsung SSD because it is not supported by Samsung Magician. I failed using Linux live systems because the SSD is locked and I didn't find a way to unlock it. When I use the HP Recovery Manager, I have the following two options (translated from German): "System restore: Restore the factory settings" and "Factory settings: The computer is reset by deleting the entire hard disk and restoring the factory settings". The second one sounds about right. But does it really perform a Secure Erase on the SSD or does it just reinstall it?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

The second option you mentioned reinstalls the operating system after deleting all partitions, formatting the drive and reinstalling the operating system.

It does not perform a secure erase.

If you are very concerned about your previous data being compromised, I suggest you remove the drive and sell the PC without one.

You will find that many businesses do that when they recycle their PC's to a PC reseller.