Security News > 2020 > November > How to securely donate old Windows 10 PCs
For Windows 10 PCs, the data security process to follow before donating a computing device involves a couple of steps.
Before donating any Windows 10 computer, you want to reinstall a clean copy of Windows 10 using the "Remove everything" option.
Once a clean version of Windows 10 installed, the next step toward ensuring personal data on your donated computer is securely removed is writing over seemingly empty areas of your storage devices.
SEE: How to securely and completely delete files in Windows 10 without third-party software.
There are a number of international, national, regional, and local organizations that would be happy to accept your older decommissioned Windows 10 computers.
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