So I have a laptop with win 10 on it. Now I would like to hand over this laptop, but first delete everything on it.
how can i proceed? It would also be best to delete win 10, since I don't want my account to be reactivated.
if that doesn't work, then at least reset win 10 completely…
I used to do format c: and it was good.
Look in the settings under, think INFO was that or just search the setting / reset /
There you can choose whether you want to delete everything and reset or just reset without deleting data…
Yes - a complete reset is possible - but in principle the biggest nonsense you can do - especially if you plan to give up the laptop.
You would have to delete an SSD via SecureErase (if supported by the SSD at all!) Or format an HDD with an https://hddguru.com/software/HDD-LLF-Low-Level-Format-Tool/.
This is the only way to ensure that your data is reasonably safe from being restored.
Besides: If you google how many problems there can be with the "reset" function - well, then you won't even want to touch this function with the pliers.
Just create a USB boot stick with Win 10 and boot the laptop away. Then you can use it to delete all partitions and have them created by Setup.
https://www.microsoft.com/.../windows10
You do not need to skip entering the license key.
