Windows 10: Does a hard drive wipe delete data from my accounts?

Discus and support Does a hard drive wipe delete data from my accounts? in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; For example if I am signed into microsoft account and I'm syncing my settings to the account, will the hard drive wipe delete the settings from my... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/trobot2, Oct 18, 2020.

  1. Does a hard drive wipe delete data from my accounts?


    For example if I am signed into microsoft account and I'm syncing my settings to the account, will the hard drive wipe delete the settings from my account?

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    /u/trobot2, Oct 18, 2020
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  2. How to wipe a hard drive

    modder I already used kill-disk. The deletion is done, I need to reinstall everything.
     
    floridajerseyguy, Oct 18, 2020
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  3. Guttboy Win User
    Anyone know a free data deletion program for HDDs?

    Hi all,

    Anyone know of a good free data deletion program to wipe data off of a hard drive? I want to kill the data on a hard drive before returning it. It is the only hard drive in the laptop.

    Regards,

    *Toast :toast:
     
    Guttboy, Oct 18, 2020
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  4. panchoman Win User

    Does a hard drive wipe delete data from my accounts?

    hard drive wiping software

    any one know any good hard drive wiping software?
    what i mean by this is software that actually deletes the stuff from your hdd rather then just flag it to be over written
     
    panchoman, Oct 18, 2020
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