Securely Wiping All Internal Drives from the Dell UEFI BIOS Setup Using Dell Data Wipe (OptiPlex)
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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuZthDuWLqc
Creating a Windows 10 Bootable USB:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oal1vwFjd-w
Performing a Clean Install of Windows 10:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3JRFmnN8LU
Creating a Ubuntu 20.04 Bootable USB and performing a Clean Install of Ubuntu 20.04:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8VwTYU0Mec
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