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HOW TO REFORMAT WINDOWS 10 BUT NOT DELETE PERSONAL FILES HOW TO
HOW TO REFORMAT WINDOWS 10 BUT NOT DELETE PERSONAL FILES LICENSE KEY
HOW TO REFORMAT WINDOWS 10 BUT NOT DELETE PERSONAL FILES WINDOWS 10

I hear it everyday, I lost important/sensitive data, can you help get it back? Depending what happened, probably not. I run a one man in home computer upgrade/repair/cleanup service, I only charge for parts but with the understanding that each customer provide/purchase an external drive for backup or I will not work on their machine.

HOW TO REFORMAT WINDOWS 10 BUT NOT DELETE PERSONAL FILES HOW TO

I preach to my customers the way Leo preaches to us, back up, then back that up and then one more time! I also give them the resources to back-up and teach them how to use it! Old drives make for excellent data storage but only if you Backup your backup.

HOW TO REFORMAT WINDOWS 10 BUT NOT DELETE PERSONAL FILES LICENSE KEY

I have read claims that a PC will check in with the activation server when the PC is online, and if the server sees the wrong hardware, Windows will be deactivated on the PC and the license key will be blocked. Image the drive before you remove it, wipe it/recycle for your own use or reinstall to the donated machine. The main point is to not have Windows running on two systems at the same time. My suggestion to my customers when donating any machine remove the drive! If it makes you feel better, replace it with a new one, drives are cheap. Unfortunately, there’s just no guarantee that absolutely everything you might consider to be “personal data” is removed.Īre you sure you wouldn’t rather just reformat and reinstall? You may find it in several different places. In particular, look at the various applications you have installed on the machine, and see where they have been storing data. This article contains information that shows you how to fix Delete OS Files but Keep Personal Files both (. Once you’ve done that, definitely take the time to scour the machine for additional data you might have placed outside of Windows default locations.

Log out of your existing account and log in to the computer using that newly created account.

Create a new Windows user account with administrative privileges.

If you don’t like the idea of a reformat-and-reinstall, the only solution I’d consider would be the following sequence: After finishing, right click on This PC->Manage->Local Users and Groups->Users, select old user->Delete.

HOW TO REFORMAT WINDOWS 10 BUT NOT DELETE PERSONAL FILES WINDOWS 10

All the installed programs will be removed, for example. Then with Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise when log as other admin user right click on This PC, choose Properties->Advanced system settings->User Profiles->Settings, choose old profile ->Delete. The downside, of course, is that everything will be erased, including the non-personal data. All you’d need to do is download a Windows 10 installation disc, boot from it, and install, making sure to erase the hard disk as part of the process.

Particularly with Windows 10, you won’t need to worry about activation - that’s tied to the hardware.

That’s what I recommend you do if at all possible. You’ll have erased absolutely everything - Windows, installed programs, data - and, most importantly, every scrap of personal data that might be on the machine. That’s really the only way to be certain. Windows stores so much information in so many nooks and crannies, it’s nearly impossible to know what to delete and from where.īy far the safest approach is to wipe the machine and reinstall Windows 10 from scratch. I’m very tempted to simply say you can’t.