HDD Info Delete

[Need money for PC parts]

 

I have these two computers I want to sell but they were my personal computers. The PC’s have personal information on it. How do I delete everything on the Hard drive without the buyer finding out my information when he starts the computer? The PC’s also have passcodes on them  so do those go away after I delete everything on the hard drives to. Does the operating system  get deleted when you wipe the hard drive to. So can anybody help me to delete the information so I can start saving up for the GTX 1080 and get it when it releases.

[Joegeddon]

When you format a hard drive the operating system is deleted but if you keep a note of the product key of each OS and a boot disc you can reinstall the OS onto the system.

[Joegeddon]

5 minutes ago, Joegeddon said:

When you format a hard drive the operating system is deleted but if you keep a note of the product key of each OS and a boot disc you can reinstall the OS onto the system.

You can create a bootdisk using the microsoft provided software here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media

This should work for any OS that is Windows 7 or above.

[vanished]

Formatting the hard disk does not really remove any information.  Good recovery software could get back a surprising amount, so you'll want to use a tool to write nonsense data or zeros to the whole disk at least once before selling it on.

[Joegeddon]

If you use Darik's boot nuke it will make the data almost unrecoverable.

Edited June 4, 2016 by Ryan_Vickers
fixed ;)

[Need money for PC parts]

2 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Formatting the hard disk does not really remove any information.  Good recovery software could get back a surprising amount, so you'll want to use a tool to write nonsense data or zeros to the whole disk at least once before selling it on.

do you no any software that can do that for me

 

[vanished]

1 minute ago, Need money for PC parts said:

do you no any software that can do that for me

 

yes

6 minutes ago, Joegeddon said:

If you use Darik's boot nuke it will make the data almost unrecoverable.

[Joegeddon]

2 minutes ago, Need money for PC parts said:

do you no any software that can do that for me

 

Darik's boot nuke

[Need money for PC parts]

2 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

yes

thanks

 

[Telebubbies]

If you are using Windows 10, follow these steps:

 

1.  Go to settings

2. Navigate to "Update & Security".

3. Click on "recovery".

4. Click on "Get Started" under "reset this PC".

 

This will wipe everything on the hard drive except the OS. You do NOT need to type the licence key back in. This process will take a could hours - all depends on the PC speeds. 

[Need money for PC parts]

2 hours ago, Telebubbies said:

If you are using Windows 10, follow these steps:

 

1.  Go to settings

2. Navigate to "Update & Security".

3. Click on "recovery".

4. Click on "Get Started" under "reset this PC".

 

This will wipe everything on the hard drive except the OS. You do NOT need to type the licence key back in. This process will take a could hours - all depends on the PC speeds. 

but I'm using  windows 8.1 64-bit

[Telebubbies]

Just now, Need money for PC parts said:

but I'm using  windows 8.1 64-bit

Let me see if there is a similar feature. Give me a second. 

[Telebubbies]

1 minute ago, Need money for PC parts said:

but I'm using  windows 8.1 64-bit

It uses the exact same process.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ZA/windows-8/restore-refresh-reset-pc

[Need money for PC parts]

2 hours ago, Telebubbies said:

It uses the exact same process.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ZA/windows-8/restore-refresh-reset-pc

thanks