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In this method the data is not actually deleted, the drive is simply reconfigured to over write with new data. Software like killdisk will really delete everything.
I often format my drives. I've never gone a whole year without formatting a drive.
How are viruses removed in the process exactly
After watching the fourth video by this gentleman, I have decided that I trust him so much, I would join any cult he is leading, vote for any office that he’s running for, and probably let him borrow my car with my daughter. I trust him that much joking aside. This man has saved me hundreds probably hundreds of hours of grief and stress that I have been dealing with after building my first PC. I had several of those “God, where was this guy last month?!” moments.
Thank you sir for the help!
So what if I wanted to completely get rid of windows and download Linux?
You should wipe any drive that has bloated and privacy-hating Windows on it. Stop being a consumer, start thinking about your data and who gets to see it.
"You mean like, with a cloth?"
@ 16:02 I wish you asked the viewers to disconect the internet cable from their PC because it automatically connected me to the internet!
Hi sorry for bothering you i have a question
During fresh installation of windows 11 i was on part near the end where there was part 1 of 3
And during the end of installing part 2 my screen was black and had 3 words jumping from side to side on screen(something like no video… Im not sure sorry) and pc was also still on and running
I just turned monitor off and on and i saw everything again
I am wondering why that happened in first place and when i tried to repeat fresh installing os it didnt happen on second try
when I go to the folder to load the drivers the drivers are not showing up in the folder at all so I can't select anything, and I followed your video step by step
Can i use iphone as usb?
What do you recommend to do when in the installation PC freezes? I have tried to do the process a lot of times but it keeps freezing
Thank you for this! Do you have a work-around for the “newer computers” to bypass the connect to internet once installed? The F10 prompt wouldn’t work to pull up cmd prompt when on that screen- and was only allowed to move forward once I connected. Thanks!
Wasn't having too much issues. Nothing too major, but my reagentc was disabled and I couldn't enable it for whatever reason. Something probably happened to my Recovery Partition so I just shoved all my files in a 1TB HDD and clean installed Win11 with my ventoy drive. Obviously, everything works like new now.
Having a lil USB with everything you might need is sweet. 🤘
EDIT:
Also, a little bonus. My Windows 11 ISO is a little bit older so I didn't have to worry about MS account bypassiing. Made things easier for me. Updated everything when I got into Windows. ✌️
What size usb drive is needed for this?
Just like to add,
that you can use 'UUP dump' to create the latest stable build Windows 10/11 ISO with the latest monthly security updates.
I like to create a Ventoy USB with 'Preserve some space at the end of disk' so I can still use it to store files etc.
With my HP laptop the Windows Installation Media will not allow me to delete my partitions completely, because HP are trying to protect their OEM Recovery partition from being wiped.
If you know what you are doing add Linux Mint to Ventoy and use that to wipe all partitions before installing with Windows ISO.
You could slipstream all drivers into your windows ISO also.
My pc doesn't read USBs. Can I save it on Google Drive?
Protip: As the man says, DO NOT CONNECT TO A NETWORK DURING THE INSTALL. Unless you want a Microsoft account jammed down your throat.
My PC’s hard drive melted down in the Spring of ‘22. All my data—SW, music, & files—is on other drives, SATA & USB. I have a Belarc file that tells me what I have installed and what versions.
New drive in, reload OS, install critical SW, and back up in less than 6-hours.
The key is having files on other drives and having backups.
Is there a program to backup all the installed programs?
Thank you so much for making this. I had done this once before, years and years ago, but could not remember every detail and nothing like a clean copy of Windows. Over time we collect so much junk that clogs up and slows down our system. Have you got a video about a good backup and restore? So that when we do a clean install of Windows, we can then restore our pictures documents and videos, to the new one. I use File History but it seems to encode all the back up files. How do we restore personal files to the new copy of Windows? That would be an awesome one if you have a link to that as well.
Normally I wipe and install Debian 😂 but in case I wipe the drive what happen with windows license in case I would like to reinstall Windows
if i wanna wipe my hard drive so that no one can recover the data i have had on it, is your method above enough or do i have to do something else?