How to wipe a C: SSD quickly and easily?

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So I cant find ANYTHING on google leading me to a direct and easy answer on how to take care of this issue. I seem to have residual files on my SSD preventing me from installing certain files, despite having no trace of them in the registry so I am trying to wipe it, however. Whenever I look for a fix on how to do this i am directed to blogs that tell me to use parted magic or some other paid service. I seem to be unable to quickly format the drive from the computer menu as it is my C: drive. I am using CCleaner currently to go through the process of wiping the drive but I am wondering if there is a better method that preserves the integrity of the SSD. I cant seem to install my vendors SSD utility due to some issue with the temp folders (which I moved to my HDD, but I moved back to my SSD when prompted with the error message, but no result)
 
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OK, irrelevant.
What make drive is it? Does the manufacturer have a Secure Erase application?
Or just delete all partitions with diskpart, from a cmd window.

Start over completely.
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You can totally wipe out everything, and I mean everything, on C quite easily. At boot, mash f5 long before windows starts. At the prompt choose the command prompt. CD \\. Format C: /s.

Unless things have drastically changed since doing that for years from win95 - winXp, that'll totally Wipeout everything, including windows, leaving you a blank ssd with only a few basic system files loaded. To have a fully blank ssd, don't use the /s conmand.

Partition Magic is free to use for the basic stuff. It's only advanced usage that requires paying for the full veRion upgrade. Most programs of that nature are the same.
 
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Pretty irrelevant in my opinion, as I simply need to know how to wipe the drive as ive tried all other methods to get the programmes to install.
 
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Thanks. I tried using partedmagic but there was no option for free installation. Ill try one of the others.

 
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OK, irrelevant.
What make drive is it? Does the manufacturer have a Secure Erase application?
Or just delete all partitions with diskpart, from a cmd window.

Start over completely.
 
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