Securely Wiping All Internal Drives from the Dell UEFI BIOS Setup Using Dell Data Wipe (OptiPlex)
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Securely Wiping All Internal Drives from the Dell UEFI BIOS Setup Using Dell Data Wipe in an OptiPlex 7040. The menus are similar for the OptiPlex 7050, OptiPlex 7060 and likely the newer OptiPlex Desktops and Latitude Laptops.
The newer XPS models seem to use the traditional UEFI BIOS Setup opposed to the touchscreen block UEFI BIOS which was present in 6th generation XPS laptops. A video for Dell Data Wipe in the block UEFI BIOS setup is available here:
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I did something wrong trying to reset my old computer to resell it & lost user profile, which lead to being unable to sign in to do anything more. Googled all kinds of options...no joy. Then trying to repair the PC using the tool kept getting repair failed. Set in loop, I went to BIOS to try booting from USB install Windows 10, & of course that failed multiple times. Again googled multiple options & again, no joy.
Then in BIOS I saw the Data Wipe option. Googled to see if it might solve the issue & this video was one of the results.
With one or 2 difference for my Dell system, this worked perfectly. Thank you!!!
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very much!
the data wipe option is not showing up for me what do i do
I’m two years late but he did say that you need to use a 3rd party application to securely wipe your computer
dell xps 13 with ssd not working... shows OK, wiped successfully. and then nothing, reboots to normal w10
So using the "Data Wipe" feature under BIOS - Security completely erases the HDD/SSD of all data, files, & the OS? How can I get around the "Go Health" login? I found, yes found a Dell Latitude 3510, (about 1 week ago) with what appears to be Win 10 (I think it can be upgraded to Win 11) and all I want to do is to do a factory reset on the laptop. Thank you. As a kind of hobby I look for electronics in dumpsters and curbside stuff. Found a Toshiba Satellite A505 with Win Vista 😴 & a Centrino! Unit still works, screen is sharp, battery holds a charge! Do you have a video on how to correctly use the Dell BIOS (?) Recovery feature for a Factory reset? Also, if you do use the Data Wipe, does it (under BIOS) reset itself to "Off"? Or do you have to manually select "Off" before you proceed with a new OS install? Thank you 🤓 also, is it worth it to do a clean install of Win 11, if the laptop can support it, or just go with Win 10?
Not sure what the Go Health login is you are talking about... If the BIOS hasn't been locked with a BIOS Password, you should perform a Dell Data Wipe and then perform a clean install. The Latitude 3510 should have a 10th Generation Processor so will work with Windows 11, I'd install the 23H2 build of Windows 11 directly. I cover installation on an XPS 9305 here including the BIOS Setup. Probably it will be more similar to the Latitude 3510 as the systems are closer in age, although the Latitude may have additional security features: ua-cam.com/video/k0nydQski0o/v-deo.html&ab_channel=PhilipYip
@@philipyip1988 I think the "Go Health" login has to do the 3510 being part of a network. It asks for ones email (as used for 365) or other M'oft account. If the Data Wipe fully erases ALL Data from the SSD, it's more worth it to get a valid copy of Win 11 & perform a clean install. Thank you 🤓 I didn't review the BIOS password entry
@@philipyip1988 think the Go Health login is for security purposes.
I have a question..I want to wipe the disk of my laptop from BIOS but idk if the wipe is safe..I mean I want my data to be irrecoverable and don't know if BIOS wipe can do that..another option I have is AOMEI but first of all I want to know this please
I'm so glad I found this video.
for mine it doesn’t let me click yes on the second data wipe question and then automatically unchecks the box so pretty much it won’t let me do it, any ideas how to fix this?
Any answers?
after I did this all my boot media is gone. I only have ipv4/6 options. Any ideas? I cannot reinstall OS as it wont detect external disk. Thanks windows update..
Hey, were you able to solve this issue?
Same helpp
I have 2015 Dell xps 9550 , it has date wipe but every time ive ran it just gives errors smh
How do i turn on laptop after this
how long does it take to erase?
Same question
Really great video! Thank you. How did you get to record the screen?, it looks so good.
External screen recorder it doesn't affect your fps on gaming so it's the best recording device
Does it erase even the hdd drive or only the sdd
@@Noobcake6169 it'll erase all internal drives. A HDD will take a much longer time to wipe than a SSD due to the slower access time and sequential wiping used opposed to parallel wiping.
Sooo I wipe the external drive but did not use a ubs drive.. I can only access BIOS settings
It should be just the internal drives connected via M2 or SATA. USB drives and external USB drives should not be wiped.
Turned off my PC by pressing power button during this process....not logo coming and blank screen.. what should I do now?
Say bye bye
Why would you turn off your pc during a data wipe
Hey please read I get to stars in front of my code I get
I data wiped my laptop and now I can't do anything with it it says no boot sequence found or something like that
That's expected as the internal drives have no OS and no boot entries. You will need to use another computer to prepare a Windows or Linux Bootable USB and use it to install the Operating System.
@@philipyip1988 i don't have another PC 😭
Thank you very much I am glad to found this vedio
the data wipe option is not showing up for me
I have mistakenly shutdown my laptop during this erasing process , now when I started my laptop it got stuck at blank screen after showing dell logo !! Bro can you help me out with this problem , please !!!
When it is showing Dell logo press f12 key
@@SukhSangat5162 I have press f12 and all other key also , but it is not working !! , do you have any other solution ?
@@suryadev4968 tell me when u get a solution please
@@exclusiveklips2864 i had to finally replace dell bios chip !! or we have to reprogram bios chip using some hardware , but its better to replace the chip and get the new one !!
Same problem here Is there any other option to get this resolved How much did it cost you to replace the chip
What if I do this on my school computer.
Edit: Didn't turn out well had too return my computer for new, it basically destroyed my computer from the inside. They were so confused about it when I showed them but I had to act like I didn't know lol.
yo so this wont remove the schools domain?
Yeah mine just says no bootable devices found
Tryna figure out what to do😂
@@garycatchankelez7563 nope I don't know what their computer is made of but it's mega security
doe it work with legacy mode plz
This process encrypt my ssd :( I cannot use my disk now.
Help i removed the battery while performing data wipe and now after showing the Dell logo doesn't work. The screen turns black and when I press f2 or f12 nothing happens the screen remains black 😳
@Ambuj Kumar Sinha yeah i bought a new laptop 🌝
Bro I did it too how would I repair this
@@m8nu_krishnabro
Does it erase windows too?
this will remove all my personal files right????
It will wipe data from all internal drives.
Thanks bro
Did i need external storage to do wipe data plz tell me
No data wipe only wipes internal drives. You need a USB flash drive with either Windows/Ubuntu on it to reinstall otherwise your PC will no OS.
@@philipyip1988 Is there somethings I have to get from Dells website to boot the windows OS off of a USB? i keep geting the configs wrong in some way. or rebuilding the boot wrong there is like specific settings, we gotta cycle through right?
at anypoint do we turn secure boot back on? and Am I suppose to apply some special spell on the usb from command prompt? it just the c: drive and bootbcd
i keep getting a little further but another obsticle, once i turned off legacy device thing I was got in with ueif and secure boot off, but cant get all the way. i got the options now to format, refresh or next selecting my c: for the usb
@@johnkim3257 For Windows 10 64 Bit UEFI should be On and Secure Boot should be On.
@@philipyip1988 i keep getting a windows cannot be installed to this disk. the selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed to GPT disk.
I installed the windows and iso file through ubuntu like in the tutorial. I turned off legacy rom and turned secure boot back on.
Drive 0 partition 1 i think is my C: drive 1 terabytes well 931.5gb - 910.5 gb free. so 20 gbs used for something.
i have option to refresh, delete, format, load driver,
extend and new are blurred out unclickable.
in bios I did see a few other options like smm security or, sata in achi, or raid or disabled, and few other security options that I left on. I cna give u the rundown on my bios settings, maybe i didnt switch one correctly.
@@philipyip1988 i think i figured it out. I just deleted everything, and clicked new and got 3 partitions, 1 msr, 1 efi or something , and my primary, and then i deleted my primary again. and kept the other 2. and ws left with a 900gb unallocated space. which i was able to click next and follow through with the installation of windows through the USB device.
Will this erase the data on SSD and bios or only SSD. Please help
It will wipe the data on the internal drives only. The UEFI BIOS setup will not be changed.
@@philipyip1988 Thanks for updating me.
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Shutdown my pc during the wipe, now my hdd won't detect, any solution?
Use Linux live and gparted
@@DonZ3T4 and links ?
i ve a m.2 nvme ssd , how do i psid revert it? i tried a few things but it didnt work.
Did you try parted magic?
@@philipyip1988 Version 2013.08.01 , i tried that one, there was no option to do a PSID Revert.
@@gerardstar4825 PSID revert was added to a 2019 (or newer) version of Parted Magic. I demonstrate using it here:
ua-cam.com/video/kqHp500g0tw/v-deo.html&ab_channel=PhilipYip
This is exactly same here as I search
Drive Does Not Complete Secure Erase.
When you attempt to perform a Secure Erase of an NVMe solid state drive through the system BIOS, the system will reboot and report that the Secure Erase process has failed. When you check the Details of the failure, the only information provided is the drive listing but no reason stating why the Secure Erase failed.
Alternatively, if your system has an older BIOS it may report the operation was successful but upon reboot all data is still present on the drive. Newer BIOS revisions have been updated to correct false positive messaging.
Non-Volatile Memory express (NVMe) drives do not support the Secure Erase function. The system is therefore working within the design specifications.
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Mine from 1 hour it going bu
Can I revert the process once I initiated?
How much time it takes to wipe out
A couple minutes if using a SSD. Several hours if using a legacy mechanical HDD.
@@philipyip1988 i do have 1 tb hard disk how much hours it can take
quite a long time at least several hours. Mechanical Drives have a slower access time and the wipe routine for them is rudimentary. Essentially the wipe routine wipes each byte of data sequentially. A large mechanical drive, the slow access time and sequential wiping of each byte as well as multiple passes required for a data wipe will take several hours. Its something I would leave to run overnight.
Performance wise you are best to replace the HDD with a SSD before reinstalling the OS.
hey bro i accidently use data wipe in boot menu and i don't know how it works and i loss my whole data on next boot and now i want to recover my data please help me to recover my data because in my hard drive so many important files are present and i lost whole of them so please help me to recover it
Hi Philip, have you seen something like I'm facing with? I bought a Dell laptop and when I try to install Win 10 on it after entering the wifi password instead of asking me to logon with MS account it is asking me to login with a company domain account. Do you know how to erase that and restore to defaults?
hello RobertO did you solve that issue, im in the same situation, thank you
@@davroa hi David, I wasn't able to figure out how to clear that, what I did instead I installed windows without to let it able to connect to the Internet at all, finished the setup process and when Windows was up and running I connected the laptop to the Internet and created users. If you find a better way let me know, please
@@RobiGoBH thanks for the answer, how did you manage to install win 10 without connecting to the the internet, i just get stucked, cause it asks me to connect to a network, with no offline option.
@@davroa was a year ago and I don't remember exactly. As far as I remember when it showed the wifi networks available I just pressed next without to select one or may I selected but unplugged the network cable from my router before 😉 to have WiFi but no internet access, not sure to be honest, and I can't replicate it without to reinstall the windows unfortunately. If you can't figure out anything we can do a video call and may we will able to figure out something together...
How much time is needed for 500GB SATA device?
A SSD will take a couple of minutes. A HDD will take several hours.
@@philipyip1988 thanks!
7 hrs.
@@patiladitya1015 really I have 1tb so I have to wake up tomorrow
thank you! Goddamn Dell really is some sh*thead of a manufacturer, they can't even make machines that accept dban USB Sticks. Again thank you for this video! Now I'm finally able to nuke my old Dell notebook.
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