How to delete laptop data correctly?
Hello, I want to sell my Asus laptop. How do I truly delete all data from the device? Or should I sell my laptop without the hard drive? Is it sufficient to reset everything to factory settings?
What is the best way to proceed so that I don't have to worry about my data?
Best regards 🙂
If you want to make sure that your data cannot be restored, the hard drive with a suitable deletion program, such as “DBAN” will be overwritten one to three times. – It takes a few hours.
Then reinstall Windows.
One SSD must be deleted with special software, otherwise their life expectancy is severely affected.
In the Win10/11 Recovery Data recovery can be made more difficult if the submenu is selected via “Swap Settings”, “Swap Drive” . – It can take a few hours.
I don’t know how far she’s SSD-ready.
Reinstall Windows completely. Then everything’s gone. If necessary, let ABAN pass over.
Delete data normally, then run cipher /w:laufwerk and possibly overnight.
thank you for your answer. But what is Cipher/w: Drive?? Could you explain this to me in more detail ?😃
https://www.wintotal.de/tipp/mit-dem-kommandozeilenprogramm-cipher-free-speicherplatz-safe-loeschen/