Windows 10: Wiping Hard Drive

Discus and support Wiping Hard Drive in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Hello! I just downloaded a bootable windows onto an usb stick and I from there booted up the computer from the USB stick and formatted all the disks... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by Schanzation, Mar 31, 2019.

  1. SCHANZATION
    Schanzation Win User

    Wiping Hard Drive


    Hello! I just downloaded a bootable windows onto an usb stick and I from there booted up the computer from the USB stick and formatted all the disks inside the laptop. Then exitted the program. Now when I boot up the computer it just says "No operating System Installed"
    My question is, is everything wiped from the disk? and unable to retrieve the data on there? It's important since I am getting rid of the laptop.

    :)
     
    Schanzation, Mar 31, 2019
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  2. FLORIDAJERSEYGUY
    floridajerseyguy Win User

    How to wipe a hard drive

    modder I already used kill-disk. The deletion is done, I need to reinstall everything.
     
    floridajerseyguy, Mar 31, 2019
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  3. 2WICKED
    2wicked Win User
    2wicked, Mar 31, 2019
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  4. SHADIN
    Shadin Win User

    Wiping Hard Drive

    How to wipe a hard drive

    The best utility to use to wipe a hard drive is definitely DBAN. You can do an all-out wipe, or simply write all zeroes to the drive.

    Darik’s Boot and Nuke – DBAN
     
    Shadin, Mar 31, 2019
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