What Risks Are There On Wiping A Windows 7 Laptop
Feb 2, 2013
I'm want to wipe my laptop because simply its come with lots of junk and programs that i dont need plus when i bought the computer it came with at least 200gb of data that i will never even look at. But when i do this will i wipe all of my drivers and have to reinstall them again, and will it cause any damage to anything to my drive. p.s. i'll probaly be using some software that will wipe everything on the pc multiple times to make sure everything's wiped
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Sep 22, 2011
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