Acer iconia w3, how to erase all info

Ethannevansmom
Ethannevansmom Member Posts: 2 New User
Hi, I am selling my Acer Iconia W3 and I need help in understanding how to erase all my info on it. Thanks for any and all help, I will greatly appreciate it!

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  • padgett
    padgett ACE Posts: 4,532 Pathfinder

    First do you just need to remove the data or do you need to wipe to an NSA approved level ? If the latter there is no good way with an SSD.

     

    If just personal and I assume you want it to be bootable after then the best way is to do a full disk restore to factory default with a reformat of the disk. This requires the proper recovery media.

     

     or first create a new administrator account and use that to remove/delete all artifacts from your account then delete that account.

     

    There will be some fragments left in the registry but that will take third party software to remove.

     

    I just put anything personal on a SD card.

  • Ethannevansmom
    Ethannevansmom Member Posts: 2 New User
    Thank you so much!! I will try to do the new account first and ( cross my fingers) hope it works for me! I appreciate your reply!
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