brooksndun
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Hi,
I am about to do a clean install of Win 8.1 on a previous SSD that has win8.1 already on it.. (My old system)
Nobody ever seems to talk about actually wiping the drive.. especially you I actually if I did have a virus/malware...
So my question is :
Do I need to really "wipe" the drive before clean installing windows? as in nuke the drive/overwrite with zeros..etc?
Lets say if I did have a virus, is that when I would "nuke" that drive? or zero it out etc..
thanks.
I am about to do a clean install of Win 8.1 on a previous SSD that has win8.1 already on it.. (My old system)
Nobody ever seems to talk about actually wiping the drive.. especially you I actually if I did have a virus/malware...
So my question is :
Do I need to really "wipe" the drive before clean installing windows? as in nuke the drive/overwrite with zeros..etc?
Lets say if I did have a virus, is that when I would "nuke" that drive? or zero it out etc..
thanks.
My Computer
System One
-
- OS
- windows 8.1
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Lenovo g750
- CPU
- i5
- Motherboard
- Some Chinese Crap..
- Memory
- 8
- Graphics Card(s)
- Nvidia 755
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender