Forum thread: Reset this PC

My guess would be it depends on your hardware and amount of files on PC. You have to list those to get a proper answer.

2021-09-06 03:18

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I5-9400F 3x4GB RAM so 12GB DDR4 2666MHz if i'm correct GTX 1060 6GB 1TB HDD Generally there are 2 options one is shorter one is longer but it deletes everything i want to sell my PC but you can see bottom line #9 I just want to totally clean up my passwords from Google and some services like bookmaker, vk (russian fb) etc i don't care about the files i downloaded since it's 80% some memes and photos with my friends that this person can anyway see on my profile

2021-09-06 03:47

Like 15-20 mins?

2021-09-06 03:18

less than an hour (40-50ish minutes)

2021-09-06 03:19

if you do the fastest option (just delete my files) and not the longer version (secure wipe) should take 45mins or so. Could be longer if you have a lot of harddrives/Files/Slow CPU

2021-09-06 03:20

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what is difference between secure wipe and total wipe?

2021-09-06 03:28

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normal wipe (format) just deletes the data. secure wipe deletes the data and replaces it with 0's . Usually 7 cycles of writing over the data is the best option, but you can do less. It's done because generally speaking you can recover the data if its just wiped. So by wiping it, then replacing the data with 0's and wiping it and repeating the process a few times eliminates the chance someone could recover the original data you deleted.

2021-09-06 03:38

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Thank you very much, I want to sell my PC cuz i got quite nice offer considering the fact that my PC is almost 2 years old and i got like 70% of the current market price, should i take normal or secure option? I guess with I5 9th gen and 1060 6GB even Secure shouldn't take much time right?

2021-09-06 03:42

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if you have the time, i'd do a secure one. But if you are just selling to a friend or someone not that advanced the normal will be fine. It's still difficult recover, it's not like they can just click undo or anything. They would need to have special software and know what they are doing

2021-09-06 03:47

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Yeah i read an article about it and i don't think that i'm some VIP person to be scared that they gonna leak something about me lol, Anyway i have "remembered" passwords to russian facebook, bank acc and bookmaker acc and some google acc If you can take a look at #10 there you have my PC specs, and will this secure option takes more than a 2 hours? Generally i have a lot of time something around 6 hours yet

2021-09-06 03:53

wtf aussie admin

2021-09-06 04:11

wtf? what option is that?

2021-09-06 03:23

Better off using the USB reset with Windows Media Creator Tool. It does the same thing but it generally more thorough. microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/wi..

2021-09-06 03:46