How to Wipe a Hard Drive Windows 10?
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Windows 10 has a built-in method for wiping your PC and restoring it to an ‘as new’ state.

You can choose to preserve just your personal files or to erase everything, depending on what you need.

Go to Start > Settings > Update & security > Recovery, click Get started and select the appropriate option.

How do I wipe my hard drive clean and reinstall Windows?

Windows 8

  • Press the Windows key plus the “C” key to open the Charms menu.
  • Select the Search option and type reinstall in the Search text field (do not press Enter).
  • Select the Settings option.
  • On the left side of the screen, select Remove everything and reinstall Windows.
  • On the “Reset your PC” screen, click Next.

How do you wipe a computer clean to sell it?

Reset your Windows 8.1 PC

  1. Open PC Settings.
  2. Click on Update and recovery.
  3. Click on Recovery.
  4. Under “Remove everything and reinstall Windows 10,” click the Get started button.
  5. Click the Next button.
  6. Click the Fully clean the drive option to erase everything on your device and start fresh with a copy of Windows 8.1.
Alexander Ross

Alexander Ross

Gaming, Esports & Interactive Media Writer

Alexander Ross has covered the video game industry for a decade, writing deep dives on game design, esports tournaments, VR developments, and gaming culture.

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