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Format ssd for windows 7 install

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That lets the SSD throw all of its flash memory pages into the 'free' pool so that they can be erased and reprogrammed with new writes as needed without having to go through hoops to copy blocks marked as 'used' to alternate pages. The most important thing when re-using an SSD from scratch is to somehow inform the SSD that every block of data on it is no longer needed.