Windows 10: fully clean drive

Discus and support fully clean drive in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; After doing a "fully clean drive" in resetting pc, my sign in screen and name are still displayed. Why wasn't that removed, "cleaned " as well? Is... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by ChuckKerstein, Sep 3, 2020.

  1. CHUCKKERSTEIN
    ChuckKerstein Win User

    fully clean drive


    After doing a "fully clean drive" in resetting pc, my sign in screen and name are still displayed. Why wasn't that removed, "cleaned " as well? Is it a hardware or software issue?

    :)
     
    ChuckKerstein, Sep 3, 2020
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  2. CHUCKKERSTEIN
    ChuckKerstein Win User

    fully clean drive

    After doing a "fully clean drive" in resetting pc, my sign in screen and name are still displayed. Why wasn't that removed, "cleaned " as well? Is it a hardware or software issue?
     
    ChuckKerstein, Sep 4, 2020
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  3. CALLUMENGLISH
    callumenglish Win User
    Fully clean the drive

    I've been fully cleaning the drive for about 12 hours now and it's been stuck at the same percentage for ages as I left it over night is there anyway I can check to speed up the process or check if it's not even working anymore thanks
     
    callumenglish, Sep 4, 2020
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  4. DAVEM121
    DaveM121 Win User

    fully clean drive

    Windows Fully Clean the Drive Index.dat

    Hi Tamina

    The 'Fully Clean Drive' will write zero's to every bit of your hard drive, that Index.dat will be overwritten and not recoverable
     
    DaveM121, Sep 4, 2020
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