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How to delete everything but OS securely? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by ShunkW@lemmy.world to c/techsupport@lemmy.world
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I'm looking to sell my laptop. I've used stuff like DBAN before but that nukes the whole drive obviously. Is there any good way to leave the OS intact after a reset but also make sure that there's no recoverable data?

Any ideas are appreciated. Thanks!

Edit to add: I don't have the product key for the pre installed Windows 10 OS. Maybe there's a way to recover that and reinstall after a full wipe?

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[-] Shadow@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 months ago

Nuke it and reinstall from scratch. If windows was hardware activated before, you shouldn't need a key to reactivate it. It's tied to the hardware ID.

[-] ShunkW@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I didn't realize that's how it worked nowadays. Thanks for the info.

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

Been that way since I wanna say Vista? 7 for sure.

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