could not remove all personal files

[Cereal77]

Just did a wipe on my PC and it said "could not remove all personal files" what files are these?

 

[svan71]

define wipe...did you format?

 

[ss202sl]

In order to answer, you'd need to list ALL files on your computer, and we'd probably still not get them all. They're your files.

I don't know how you wiped the computer, but if you really want to wipe it, you should be using something like DBAN, or at least deleting the partitions and re-installing the OS.

 

[mjsaman]

you can use kill disk software.

 

[Cereal77]

define wipe...did you format?

Well I clicked remove everything.

 

[Cereal77]

In order to answer, you'd need to list ALL files on your computer, and we'd probably still not get them all. They're your files.

I don't know how you wiped the computer, but if you really want to wipe it, you should be using something like DBAN, or at least deleting the partitions and re-installing the OS.

That's what I normally do but this was inbuilt into the OS so thought this might have been faster which it was so first time doing it.

 

[Cereal77]

Eh doesnt matter anyway everything seems fine just wanted to know thats all.

 

[atljsf]

wipe? with what tool?

explain us what you did

i usually wipe a hard disk by just formating it, not deleting files

if you just ran a cleaner like ccleaner, it does things by closing what needs to be closed and leaves apps and folders that can't be touched untouched

 

[USAFRet]

Just did a wipe on my PC and it said "could not remove all personal files" what files are these?

Concur with all of the above....what exactly did you try to do, and how?
And why are we doing this?

 

[Rocky Bennett]

Just format the disc and be done with it.

 

[atljsf]

no, format no, if it is c:\ with the operating system, that could be a bad idea

 

[Rocky Bennett]

no, format no, if it is c:\ with the operating system, that could be a bad idea

Absolutely. If it is the C: drive then you can not just format it.

 

[atljsf]

there are methods

 

[Colif]

define wipe...did you format?

Well I clicked remove everything.

sounds to me like he did a Reset this PC as that is one of the two options available: Save files and settings, or Wipe everything.

That formatted the drive for him and then reinstalled windows 10. Odd it showed that warning, maybe it found the library folder locations were on another drive and since it only deletes C drive, it couldn't delete all personal files.

Sounds like he happy now anyway

 

[atljsf]

almost a week later, he never returned, doesn't matter now

 

[Colif]

I didn't notice date, I just saw question pop up.