Nick - 2023-07-02

Hopefully there was nothing you needed on that SSD as it sounds like you weren't expecting DBAN to write to the SSD. As the speed is 19377 KB/s ( 19.3 MB/S ). That's pretty slow for a SSD ! I've got a feeling DBAN may not sync the drive periodically so if it comes across an error the throughput goes really low, i.e as in 19 MB/S and it appears to hang in that the percentage completed freezes. Technically DBAN will wipe a SSD but not in the recommended way using the drives own firmware. Known as a ATA secure erase.

You may want to try ShredOS. This periodically syncs the drive which means it is much quicker in detecting a I/O error. ShredOS looks pretty much like DBAN but it has more features and supports newer hardware and doesn't have the bugs that DBAN has. It will also show the SSD's temperature which is important as a SSD will throttle it's throughput if it is over heating due to say a cooling issue.

I would also recommend interactive mode rather than autonuke especially as it's your first time using DBAN. In interactive mode you would have not selected the SSD for wiping.

If you try ShredOS and want to test whether that SSD has write issues, I would only do a ones wipe, with a blanking pass ( zeros ) and verification on all passes. Forget doing any DOD short or any other methods. they are too intensive for a SSD. A ATA firmware secure erase is normally recommended for a SSD but from your description above and especially that speed you quoted, it sounds like your SSD may be faulty or overheating.

 

Last edit: Nick 2023-07-02