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Is there a Windows CMD command to wipe everything?
Is there a CMD command like rm -rf --no-preserve-root but for Windows? to wipe everything at once.
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How to wipe all data on HDD (Windows 10 system partition)?
I am a bit surprised that I didn't found a canoncial (= recommended by Microsoft) way of doing this by searching Google but here we are:
I am tasked to delete all data safely from a Windows 10 ...
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Is it normal that running a "wipe free disk space" utility finishes quicker the more times it's used?
I used cipher /w:C to wipe the free disk space on my C drive. The first time I did it, it took say 2 days. Then two days later I used it, and it took 1.5 days. Then again I used it and it took 1 day. ...
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How safely does reinstalling Windows wipe old data?
I've got a set of computers that have had privileged information on that I want to be able to re-use. If I used a Windows boot drive to re-install Windows, how sufficient would that be towards keeping ...
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How to Zero out free space on a pen drive on Windows?
I am looking for commands or methods whereby I can just write all zeros to the free space on a Pen drive on Windows OS. The existing files should not be affected.
There's a built in command called '...
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Zeroing a file from command-line
Is there a built-in command in Windows 7 or higher to fill a file with zero / NULL bytes?
The processing should happen in-place (i.e. it should modify the actual disk sectors / bytes of the file), ...
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Delete file/folder and wipe it
Is there a simple way (in Windows 7 or higher) to delete a file or folder and wipe it? (all data filled with zero bytes is enough for me).
Either with GUI:
Right click on file > Contextual menu &...
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Can I wipe a password reset disk?
Say I made a password reset disk. However, I found it best not to exist, I remember my password quite well. Now, how do I make sure that Windows doesn't prompt "Reset password", make the disk blank, ...
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How to wipe an Asus laptop and not lose the Windows product key?
How do I wipe my Asus laptop without losing the Windows product key?
The machine was originally 8.1, now it's 10.
Where can I find this key? Should I make a backup of the recovery partition? If yes, ...
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Erase disk without inserting media
I have remote access to a Windows 7 machine. I would like to erase the hard disk of that machine. I do not have the ability to insert boot media (CD, DVD, USB sticks, ...).
How can I overwrite all ...
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How Data recovery and data wiper mechanism works on windows ?
I am a competent windows OS computer user . I know Delete , Shift + Delete and some of the Data recovery and data wiper tools.
But i don't know how these stuffs are working behind the scenes.
In my ...
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Is there a way to zerofill the page file once for VM compaction?
I know it's not good practice to completely disable the page file even with seemingly sufficient amounts of RAM. I have a number of Windows VMs that naturally have a page file enabled at the default ...
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How to make it so that I can't re-image my computer? [closed]
I'm running windows 7. How can I make it so that I (or anyone else) cannot re-image my computer. Is there software or drivers I should get to do this? Thanks a bunch.
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How do I do a wipe and re-install on my Windows 7 HP Laptop while keeping Office Starter?
I have an HP Pavilion dv7 laptop that came with Windows 7 Home Premium x64 and Office Starter. It's been running slowly lately, so I want to wipe it. I have a Windows 7 HP disk (did not come with the ...
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How can I be sure that no one will try to recover my files? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicates:
Best (preferably free) tool to wipe deleted files on an NTFS filesystem
Is there a program to truly delete all deleted files?
Erasing data before selling a computer
I'm ...
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