Sell Used SSDs and NVMe Drives.
Buyback of SATA SSDs, M.2 NVMe and enterprise U.2 drives. Every drive is erased with a verified method before resale, or shredded if it fails.
PrivAce Technologies buys used SSDs: 2.5 inch SATA, M.2 SATA, M.2 NVMe and enterprise U.2 and U.3 drives, from Samsung, Western Digital, SK hynix, Micron, Kioxia, Solidigm, Kingston and others. Each drive is erased with a verified sanitize or secure erase command and checked for health before resale. Drives that fail verification are shredded and certified.
SSDs cannot be degaussed. Selling them requires a firmware-level sanitize, which is exactly what we do and document.
SSDs we buy.
| Type | Where it comes from | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| M.2 NVMe (PCIe Gen3, Gen4, Gen5) | Laptops and desktops from around 2017 | Samsung PM981, PM9A1, SK hynix PC711, WD SN740, Micron 2450 |
| 2.5 inch SATA SSD | Older laptops, desktops, servers | Samsung 860 and 870, Crucial MX500 |
| M.2 SATA SSD | Laptops from around 2015 to 2019 | Various OEM drives |
| Enterprise U.2 and U.3 NVMe | Servers and storage arrays | Samsung PM9A3, Solidigm D7, Micron 7450, Kioxia CD6 |
| Enterprise SAS SSD | Storage arrays | Various array-branded drives |
How to tell SATA, NVMe and generation apart.
A 2.5 inch SSD with a SATA connector is SATA. An M.2 stick can be either SATA or NVMe; the label usually says NVMe or PCIe if it is NVMe. M.2 sizes are written as width and length, so 2280 means 22 mm wide and 80 mm long.
NVMe drives run on PCIe Gen3, Gen4 or Gen5. Newer generations are faster. Enterprise U.2 and U.3 drives look like thick 2.5 inch drives with a different connector.
Health matters as much as capacity. We read SMART data, including percentage used and total data written, before pricing.
Some brands have changed hands. Solidigm is the former Intel SSD business, now owned by SK hynix. Kioxia is the former Toshiba Memory.
What we check at inspection.
Equipment is inspected before the quotation. These are the things that matter most.
| What we check | Ideal | Needs attention |
|---|---|---|
| Interface | NVMe Gen4 and Gen5, enterprise U.2 | Old M.2 SATA |
| Capacity | 1 TB and above | 128 GB and 256 GB |
| Health | Low percentage used | Near endurance limit |
| Erase result | Verified sanitize passed | Failed: shredded |
| Form | Standard M.2 2280 and U.2 | Proprietary Apple and OEM connectors |
Prepare SSDs for sale.
- Do not try to wipe drives by formatting. It does not remove data reliably on SSDs.
- Remove BitLocker or hardware encryption locks, or tell us they are on. Locked self-encrypting drives may not be resellable.
- Keep drives in anti-static packaging.
- List models and capacities, or photograph the labels.
Overwriting is not enough for SSDs.
Hard drives can be cleaned by overwriting every sector. SSDs spread writes across spare flash cells to even out wear, and some of those cells are never visible to the operating system. An overwrite can miss them.
The reliable methods are the drive's own sanitize commands: NVMe Sanitize or ATA Sanitize, using block erase or cryptographic erase, followed by verification. NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2 points to IEEE 2883, which classes these as purge methods.
If a drive does not support these commands, or fails verification, it is physically shredded and certified. The drive cannot be reused, but the data is gone.
Other equipment we buy.
Questions, answered.
No. SSDs store data in flash memory, not magnetically, so a degausser has no effect. They are erased with firmware commands or shredded.
Yes, when it has been sanitized with a verified firmware-level erase. Wiped drives get a report with the method and result.
SATA, M.2 NVMe and enterprise U.2 and U.3 drives of any size, pulled from laptops, desktops and servers, provided they can be erased or you are happy for failed drives to be shredded.
Yes. OEM NVMe drives from Samsung, SK hynix, WD, Micron and Kioxia are common and are bought after a verified erase.
No.
Last reviewed 30 September 2026. Sources: NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2.
Selling SSDs?
Send photos, models and quantity. The inspection is free, and payment reaches your account before we collect.
