Windows 10: wipe personal data

Discus and support wipe personal data in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; I upgraded my HP desktop to windows 10 from windows 7. I now wish to give it to a charity but need to wipe my personal data. I have tried going through... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by trev 36, Jun 5, 2020.

  1. TREV 36
    trev 36 Win User

    wipe personal data


    I upgraded my HP desktop to windows 10 from windows 7. I now wish to give it to a charity but need to wipe my personal data. I have tried going through settings - recovery - reset but the computer was unable to make any changes. Initially it seemed to be working but then when the computer restarted all my files were still there. I tried again but this time got a message saying the computer could not make the requested changes - any suggestions?

    :)
     
    trev 36, Jun 5, 2020
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  2. NIKOLAYCHERNUHA
    NikolayChernuha Win User

    Wipe all personal data from a laptop bfore selling.

    Hello community!

    I want to sell mt Asus Transformer t100ta and I would like to wipe all my personal data off.

    I have bought it about 2 years ago and had windows 8.1 and office 2013 preintalled on it, soformatting and installing a clean verson does not an option because I had a win 8.1 and now win 10.

    I would lke to hear any suggestion!!

    Thanks a lot!
     
    NikolayChernuha, Jun 5, 2020
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  3. CHARLIE_974
    Charlie_974 Win User
    Does the installation of W10 entail backup and restore of my personal data and applications? In other words will everything personal be wiped out during the install?

    Original Title: Does installing 10 wipe out personal data?

    Does the installation of W10 entail backup and restore of my personal data and applications? In other words will everything personal be wiped out during the install?

    Thanks.

    c.
     
    Charlie_974, Jun 5, 2020
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  4. R-T-B
    R-T-B Win User

    wipe personal data

    Has everyone read: Reasons We Share Personal Data section in Windows 10 Microsoft Privacy Statement

    Bullshit. 2 step verification and purchase orders requires an account of course, but virtually everything else can be performed with local data storage in the browser. Companies don't want to do this of course, but it is possible.
     
    R-T-B, Jun 5, 2020
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