Forum Discussion
Solved
How to wipe a hard drive on Windows 10 using command prompt
I'm trying to wipe a hard drive using the command prompt in Windows 10, and I'm not entirely sure how to go about it. I want to make sure that the drive is completely erased, as I plan to either sell...
The files can be recovered from your hard drive if you just did a simple formatting. For data safety, You have to erase the drive a couple of times with random digits. This is the most secure way to completely wipe a hard drive. And there is no chance to recover the deleted files after erasing.
Pls follow this guide: https://www.weboftips.com/safe-way-to-erase-hard-drive-on-windows
Seriously, once you wipe the hard drive on Windows 10 computer, everything is gone for good, and Microsoft isn’t giving you any freebies to recover it. Before you get started, take a few minutes to move any files you might need over to another drive or a cloud service.