Windows 10: How to be sure that all data is deleted from my computer

I've decided to sell my computer and i wanna know how to delet all my data. The files are very sensitive and i wanna be sure 100% that no one can recover them A friend of mine told me that formatting it isn't enough. So do you guys have any ideas ?

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Windows 10: Delete synced and favorites data

Hi,



Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community.

We understand that you want to delete irrelevant data stored in the Computer.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps.

Method 1: Disk Cleanup.

• Open Disk Cleanup by clicking the Start button. In the search box, type Disk Cleanup, and then, in the list of results, click Disk Cleanup.
  
• If you're prompted to choose a drive, click the drive you just installed Windows on, and then click OK.
• In the Disk Cleanup dialog box, on the Disk Cleanup tab, click Clean up system files.
• If you're again prompted to choose a drive, click the drive you just installed Windows on, and then click OK.
• Select the Previous Windows installation(s) check box, and any other check boxes for the files you want to delete, and then click OK.

Method 2: Clear Favorites data.

• Click Start
• Click Computer
• In the address bar, paste this location: %userprofile%
• Press Enter on your keyboard
• Make sure you have a Favorites folder listed in the
  %userprofile% folder
• Right click on the folder, select open and you can delete the data listed under the folder.

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help.

 

Help! Data partition not showing under my computer

This is happening on a windows 2000 server. Our second partition of the system, for data is not showing under my computer. Here are the properties of it in disk management:





Now under logical drives its listed as F and shows free space available.

Suggestions on how to fix this?

 

Unable to delete a folder - Invalid folder name


Suggestion:

1. Run chkdsk x: /r to make sure that there's no HD corruption.
   x: is the drive containing the folder you want to delete.
2. Try to delete the folder again. If still does not work, go to step 3.
3. Download: Download - Linux Mint and create a bootable USB using: Rufus - Create bootable USB
4. Boot up with Linux Mint and try to delete the folder again.
   NOTE: Unlike WinPE. Linux does not have any Windows permission imposed to it so it is easier to delete.