Ever reset a PC before selling or giving it away and wondered whether someone could still recover your old files? Microsoft is adding a Windows 11 option designed to make that much harder.
A new storage-sanitization option in Cloud Rebuild can instruct a PC’s storage hardware to securely erase data before Windows is reinstalled. Microsoft says that differs from simply removing files, which is faster but may leave data recoverable with specialized tools.
The feature is aimed at PCs that are being sold, returned, recycled, or reassigned. Microsoft describes the sanitization process as irreversible, but it also cautions that the result depends on…
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