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title: "How does Blancco File/LUN/Virtual handle SSDs?"
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<span style="color: #003366">[Blancco File](https://www.blancco.com/products/file-eraser/)</span><span style="color: #003366">, </span><span style="color: #003366">[Blancco LUN](https://www.blancco.com/products/lun-eraser/)</span><span style="color: #003366"> and </span><span style="color: #003366">[Blancco Virtual](https://www.blancco.com/products/virtual-machine-eraser/)</span><span style="color: #003366"> software effectively prevent all logical (keyboard) attacks against Solid-State Drives and make data recovery impossible while the Solid-State Drives are in use in live environments.</span>

<span style="color: #003366">If the SSD is physically removed from the machine and placed in a laboratory for professional data recovery, where the NAND chips can be accessed directly, data may be recoverable. Because of this, </span><span style="color: #003366">[Blancco 5](https://www.blancco.com/products/drive-eraser/)</span><span style="color: #003366"> should be used for secure erasure at the end of the Solid-State Drive's life cycle.</span>