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AppWrapped
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Is it at all possible to wipe all of a hard drive without removing the operating system. I am building a gaming PC and to hold me over until I have all the parts I bought a laptop. I want to keep the OS on the HD but be able to install the new drivers for the parts I bought. I don't want to have to buy another OS that would be the same as the one I already have, or another HD if I already have a working one. I also do not want the Dell logo to appear when booting up the new PC. I am building it, not Dell.

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Some OS versions future a factory reset (Windows 10 for example) which you could use. I also believe the Dell logo is a BIOS thing, not a Windows thing.

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

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8 minutes ago, AppWrapped said:

@Minibois I have already factory reset the HD because of viruses, but if the Dell logo is truly a BIOS thing than it would stop appearing if I installed new drivers, correct?

What I mean with the Dell logo is that I think it's the motherboard is displaying that logo. For example if you have an Asus motherboard, it might show Asus (like at 0:48 in this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVzfjiq407g He built the PC, but it shows the Asus logo because the motherboard does that)

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

mini eLiXiVy: my open source 65% mechanical PCB, a build log, PCB anatomy and discussing open source licenses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366493-elixivy-a-65-mechanical-keyboard-build-log-pcb-anatomy-and-how-i-open-sourced-this-project/

 

mini_cardboard: a 4% keyboard build log and how keyboards work: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1328547-mini_cardboard-a-4-keyboard-build-log-and-how-keyboards-work/

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