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How can i clean out a laptop without reformatting?

Submitted by Sativa, , Thread ID: 90778

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03-06-2018, 05:35 PM
#1
I'm selling a laptop to a friend, and i want a clean windows 10 on it but i don't have the time to reinstall windows.. are there any software like ccleaner that i can use to clean out my personal data and stuff?

RE: How can i clean out a laptop without reformatting?

#2
Even if there was such a software, it would take much more time than simply reinstalling Windows.
Windows 10 has a feature which lets you do a clean install.

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P.S. If your friend works in IT he might try to recover deleted files. But there is a safer deletion option when reinstalling but the processmight take 12 or more hours.

RE: How can i clean out a laptop without reformatting?

#3
If you have Windows 8, you can go back to the factory
Just keep up with youtube on reset windows 8

RE: How can i clean out a laptop without reformatting?

#4
you can verywell delete the .profile folder <user profile> to start it fresh but be cautious to take your backup

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