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How to completely wipe a laptop with Windows 11/10?
Hi, I'm planning to sell/recycle my old Windows laptop and want to make sure all my personal data is completely erased. I heard that just formatting the drive isn’t enough to prevent data recovery. ...
I've been in a similar situation before, selling an old Dell XPS 13 with an SSD system drive and a large HDD. I was also concerned that simply formatting the drive wouldn't be safe, as recovery software could still retrieve the files. In the end, I used a tool like Dr.Wiper to perform a full drive wipe, which overwrites both the SSD and HDD multiple times, completely erasing any remaining data.
I followed this tutorial: Worked for me
https://www.gicmodo.com/how-to-permanently-wipe-a-drive
Get the drive/drives from the old laptop, and if you have pc now, then plug them in, turn on the pc, open the explorer, right click-->format. Also don't forget to do full format.