[A Step-by-Step Guide] How to Wipe Hard Drive on Acer Laptop

When you want to sell your Acer laptop or give it to someone else, you need to delete all the data on the computer to prevent data leakage. Do you know how to wipe hard drive on Acer laptop? This post from Partition Magic will introduce you to two ways to do that.

Why Need to Erase Hard Drive on Acer Laptop

Wiping the hard drive on an Acer laptop is necessary for several reasons. First, it ensures that sensitive data (such as personal information and passwords) is completely removed before the laptop is recycled or sold. This prevents unauthorized access and protects privacy.

In addition, wiping the hard drive prepares the laptop for a fresh install of the operating system, which can resolve performance issues and remove any malware or viruses that may be present. It also allows the laptop’s storage space to be reconfigured and can optimize overall system performance for increased usability and efficiency.

How to Wipe Hard Drive on Acer Laptop

There are two ways to erase hard drive on Acer. The first is to factory reset Acer laptop. The other is to use third-party software Partition Wizard. Each method comes with a detailed graphic tutorial, so please continue reading.

Way 1: Factory Reset Acer Laptop

Some Acer computer users want to wipe their computer data but don’t know how to do it. In fact, you can factory reset your Acer laptop. Perform factory reset will remove data from your computer. Here are the steps:

Step 1: Click the Start menu and then select Settings.

Step 2: Click Update & Security, and select Recovery from the left.

Step 3: In the right pane, under Reset this PC section, click the Get started button. Your computer will restart and boot to a blue Windows Recovery Environment screen.

Step 4: Click Troubleshoot.

Step 5: Click Reset this PC. Here are two options for you. To wipe the computer data, you should choose Remove everything option and follow the instructions on your screen.

Remove everything – Remove all of your personal files, apps, and settings.
Keep my files – Remove apps and settings, but keeps your personal files.

Then you need to wait for it to reset, which can be a long time.

Way 2: Use MiniTool Partition Wizard

In addition to the methods mentioned above, you can also choose third-party software MiniTool Partition Wizard to wipe hard drive on Acer laptop.

MiniTool Partition Wizard is free disk partition software specially designed to manage partitions and disk usage without causing any damage to the original data. It not only provides operations such as create/format/split/merge partition but also can handle various disk and partition jobs, such as clone Windows 10 to SSD, format SD card FAT32, hard drive clone, etc.

You can choose the Wipe Disk feature with MiniTool Partition Wizard, which is very easy, safe, and fast. First, click the button below to get this free partition manager on your PC. You can have a try.

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Step 1: Launch MiniTool Partition Wizard to get into the main interface.

Step 2: Right-click the disk you want to wipe then select Wipe Disk. Or you can highlight the target disk and select Wipe Disk from the left action panel.

Step 3: In the pop-up window, select a preferred wiping method and click OK to continue. To prevent your data from being retrieved by any third-party software, it’s better to choose the last two methods. It may take a long time but is very safe for the data.

Tips:

Wiping with zero/one/zero & one works the same in fact, all of them prevent data recovery programs from data retrieval. It depends on how you want the hard drive to be wiped. If you apply the latter two methods, then all kinds of data recovery approaches are invalid.

Step 4: Once the process ends, you will find the selected disk present as unallocated. Just click Apply to carry out the operation.

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Bottom Line

This article explains why and how to wipe hard drive on Acer laptop. You can try to factory reset Acer laptop to remove all data from the computer. But I highly recommend you try MiniTool Partition Wizard to complete the operation. It provides 4 ways to help you erase hard drive with the Wipe Disk feature. It is worth noting that the data cannot be recovered after erasure.

If you have any questions or suggestions while using MiniTool Partition Wizard, you can contact us via [email protected] to get a quick reply.

Wipe Hard Drive on Acer Laptop FAQ

1. Is it necessary to wipe the hard drive for disposal?

Yes, it is. To prevent your personal data from being recovered by any technologies, it’s recommended that you wipe the hard drive with a professional disk eraser. That will erase all the data on the hard drive.

2. Why don’t you use Disk Management and Diskpart to delete or erase hard drive on Acer?

This is because as a Windows computer, Acer only has Disk Management and Diskpart to format or delete the disk, neither of which can completely erase your data. Others using data recovery tools may be able to recover your information. If you want to completely erase the hard drive data on your Acer laptop, it is recommended that you use MiniTool Partition Wizard to operate it.

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