Question Possible to wipe/format/reset OS drive WITHOUT installing windows afterwards

[Hardminder]

Hey guys. Long story short, I have a M.2 drive with windows installed on it and not much else. It is my OS drive. I would like to completely empty it. I can go in recovery mode to reset the computer but it will always include reinstalling windows. I don't have another drive to install windows on to then format the M.2 from. All I have is this M.2 drive with windows on it and a bootable flash drive.

Can you guys thing of something to help me achieve this? I just want to completely wipe the OS drive and not have windows reinstalled on it. Don't second guess it, there's a reason behind this.

Thank you!

 

[Bob.B]

Hey guys. Long story short, I have a M.2 drive with windows installed on it and not much else. It is my OS drive. I would like to completely empty it. I can go in recovery mode to reset the computer but it will always include reinstalling windows. I don't have another drive to install windows on to then format the M.2 from. All I have is this M.2 drive with windows on it and a bootable flash drive.

Can you guys thing of something to help me achieve this? I just want to completely wipe the OS drive and not have windows reinstalled on it. Don't second guess it, there's a reason behind this.

Thank you!

Look through the bios for a secure erase function.

Might be a good idea to only have the ssd you want to erase connected.

 

[Hardminder]

Look through the bios for a secure erase function.

Might be a good idea to only have the ssd you want to erase connected.

Thanks you, I got the answer i was looking for