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Author Topic: Returning a laptop purchase, how can I purge it?  (Read 2424 times)

kalos

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Returning a laptop purchase, how can I purge it?
« on: April 24, 2022, 05:42 PM »
Hello!

I am returning a faulty laptop purchase but in the meantime I have saved passwords etc, how can I purge it?

Asus Zenbook if it rings a bell (pity it could be a great laptop :D)

Thanks!

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Re: Returning a laptop purchase, how can I purge it?
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2022, 06:36 PM »

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Re: Returning a laptop purchase, how can I purge it?
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2022, 06:52 PM »
Or Darik's Boot And Nuke. Depends if you need to leave an O/S on it. DBAN will not.
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Re: Returning a laptop purchase, how can I purge it?
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2022, 02:19 AM »
Or Darik's Boot And Nuke. Depends if you need to leave an O/S on it. DBAN will not.
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Re: Returning a laptop purchase, how can I purge it?
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2022, 03:17 PM »
Reinstall using the supplied recovery media/instructions, run cipher, (included with Windows), over free space.