I’m looking to sell my laptop. I’ve used stuff like DBAN before but that nukes the whole drive obviously. Is there any good way to leave the OS intact after a reset but also make sure that there’s no recoverable data?
Any ideas are appreciated. Thanks!
Edit to add: I don’t have the product key for the pre installed Windows 10 OS. Maybe there’s a way to recover that and reinstall after a full wipe?
going by this microsoft-forum entry at least, totally wiping and reinstalling shouldnt be a problem since the key is saved on the motherboard. make sure you reinstall win 10 and not 11, since that might lead to problems.
Windows 11 is a problem