Wipe Surface Pro 2 Before Selling

[CC268]

Hey guys,

 

I am going to be selling my Surface Pro 2 and need to wipe it clean and do a fresh install of Windows 10 on it. Is wiping it during the clean install of Windows 10 sufficient? Or do I need to do something more?

 

Thanks

[Electronics Wizardy]

Go in windows, so the reset, and select delete empty space and your good.

[LukeSavenije]

Well, it depends on how paranoid you are. You could use some software to overwritten a bit, so they can't use recuva or something like that

[CC268]

Just now, LukeSavenije said:

Well, it depends on how paranoid you are. You could use some software to overwritten a bit, so they can't use recuva or something like that

Honestly, I never had much on it. I'm not too concerned.

[kb5zue]

Wiping the drive is a very good thing to do on a machine you are selling.   You can use a Windows Media Creation Tool to take care of the wipe, during the process of installing Win10, be sure to delete ALL partitions prior to the installation.

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, CC268 said:

Honestly, I never had much on it. I'm not too concerned.

Then you're fine with just wiping it and reinstalling a os

[CC268]

Just now, kb5zue said:

Wiping the drive is a very good thing to do on a machine you are selling.   You can use a Windows Media Creation Tool to take care of the wipe, during the process of installing Win10, be sure to delete ALL partitions prior to the installation.

Roger that - this was my plan. Thanks for the help.

[LukeSavenije]

12 minutes ago, CC268 said:

Roger that - this was my plan. Thanks for the help.

Don't forget to mark it as solved

[seagate_surfer]

A secure erase writes zeros in the drive, it makes sure data cannot be recovered. Also, the other person must be thinking the same and probably will wipe it out ...