Perform a Diskpart clean on a fresh system.
Perform a Diskpart clean on a fresh system.
Hey all! I'm selling a secondary gaming rig I've had lying around for a while now- it's got a copy of Windows 10 on the ssd. I don't have any sensitive information on the computer, so I figured I'd clean it up for the new owner simply by doing a factory reset "remove all files and clean the drive" from within windows 10. I set it to do this 8 hours ago but it's been stuck at 4% progress since the first 15 minutes. I'm thinking I might just rip the SSD out, diskpart clean it from my other PC, and reinstall windows from an image. This got me to thinking - as far as a thorough reset is concerned, what's the difference between using diskpart clean and the built in factory reset as far as what it ACTUALLY does to clean the drive? If anyone knows, this would be greatly interesting to me. Google returns a lot about how to use diskpart and whatnot- I'm more interested in what the clean command actually does to the drive.
It's an SSD, and I feel confident about both the buyer I'm handing it over to and the original contents (there was almost no sensitive information).
Yes, but activating Shift + F12 on the disk partition menu opens a command prompt for full Diskpart usage if needed. Keep in mind, a complete cleanup could take hours. Start by booting from your image, then follow the steps to install and format. Be careful with the process.