Accidently erased/zeroed out data on new OWC SSD...now what?

[musicguy7]

So while trying to install osx on a new OWC SSD 120 gb, I foolishly did a zero out erase in disk utility...then while reading some more posts online, I realized I shouldn't have done this and it was not good for the new ssd.

So I was wondering if it's really a big deal, can I move forward with my osx installation, or is there some way to "restore" the SSD.

 

[Tibbar]

It's not a big deal, assuming you did just a 1-pass zeroing of the whole drive. Even if it were multiple passes over the whole drive, I doubt you did much harm at all.

You can't "take back" the writes you did to the cells. Don't worry about it. Just install OS X and move on.

In the future I advise against "securely" deleting files on SSDs. It might wear out some cells disproportionately (and it probably isn't all that secure anyway). If you need security, use full disk encryption.

 

[musicguy7]

So moving forward, would there be any benefit to clear the "data" (zeroes) that the secure erase did by using the instructions in this thread: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1125400/ , before installing my other stuff?

I was under the impression my new SSD is somehow full of data (zeroes) and it is best to do a correct "secure erase" to actually clear it, and not have excess useless data.

 

[gentlefury]

Modern SSDs are not so susceptible to deep read/write failues...but writing to zero is not at all necessary....you only need to do that to magnetic disks.

 

[musicguy7]

but writing to zero is not at all necessary

Yeah I realized I should have researched a bit further before installing the SSD, I'm more concerned about the drive right now actually being "full" of data even though it's been zeroed out (technically I read there is data now) and whether I should do a proper secure erase with the trim patch for mac to get it actually "empty".