How To Wipe A Drive Windows 10 «Secure»

| Scenario | Recommended Method | |----------|--------------------| | Reusing HDD within same household | DiskPart clean all or Format /p:1 | | Selling or donating HDD | DBAN (3 passes) or DiskPart clean all | | Selling or donating SSD | Manufacturer’s Secure Erase tool | | SSD with sensitive data | BitLocker full-disk encryption → then Secure Erase | | No access to extra tools | Windows 10 “Reset this PC” with “Fully clean the drive” |

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