Going to be getting my new custom built Computer tomorrow and after I confirm everything's restored properly on the new computer which is just the User Files, I plan on using the Windows 10 feature to wipe my current computer in preparation for selling it.
I did some research and I saw that the advanced feature has an option for removing everything and formatting the computer to make it harder to ever restore any of my user files.
I currently use an HDD, so it seems like this should be good enough, as if it was SSD I'd need to see if it was Encrypted first.
That said this feature looks like it automatically reinstalls Windows afterwards if I'm reading the guides right which makes me a little worried, as all of the prior formatting I looked at erased absolutely everything and required a fresh Windows 10 Boot through a USB.
Has anyone else used the Windows 10 formatting feature, and is it as secure as formatting your computer through something else?
I did some research and I saw that the advanced feature has an option for removing everything and formatting the computer to make it harder to ever restore any of my user files.
I currently use an HDD, so it seems like this should be good enough, as if it was SSD I'd need to see if it was Encrypted first.
That said this feature looks like it automatically reinstalls Windows afterwards if I'm reading the guides right which makes me a little worried, as all of the prior formatting I looked at erased absolutely everything and required a fresh Windows 10 Boot through a USB.
Has anyone else used the Windows 10 formatting feature, and is it as secure as formatting your computer through something else?