How to Completely Wipe a Hard Drive or SSD

How to completely wipe a hard drive. How to remove all partitions and securely delete data on a hard drive or SSD, this tutorial shows you the most easy and fast way to remove all data securely and wipe a drive completely form all partitions. Remember to back up any data you wanna save as it will be permanently deleted after this process. You can use CMD or PowerShell for diskpart, as long as it's ran as an administrator.
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[@GMODISM]

Update: lots of people just wanna get 100GB free space on their drive, in that case just watch this tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpqnqWl3oJqSeJo Do you instead want to move your OS to a new drive? Try this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqHEqISGnKp6gpI [Go here to get a super modern partition wizard!: bit.ly/3D7JXcC (sponsor)] To reuse an old hard drive with a previous install you can also watch this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZDdoHRuaNiEbaM How to recover deleted data from hard drive: bit.ly/3dv48oh (sponsor)

[@steezyplaya452]

How do I check if my SSD is cleaned?

[@rtrey2436]

How do i Completely Wipe out my Hard Drive or SSD I'm giving my old computer away my files were all moved to my new computer

[@GMODISM]

when it is done you can always try to run data recovery software on it and it should not find anything. I got a tutorial on that too.

[@GMODISM]

connect the old drive to your new computer and follow this tutorial :) or reset windows on that machine by reinstalling it

[@PCFrenziedFlame]

Should it disable the drive so I cant acess it?

[@AlexIsWayTooHot]

Really good video, might have wiped the wrong drive but at least I know it works

[@thecanadian7593]

💀

[@GamersUniteY2T]

yikes

[@pngmaffia]

Damn💀

[@kelvindiaz8409]

😂😂😂

[@salesp6351]

So what the hell. When you wipe a drive does it disappear from the computer?

[@bryantcampos1938]

year 2023. SSD wiped out in 5 minutes. You're the GOAT. Plain and simple. U just got a new Subscriber.

[@GMODISM]

Glad I could help ya mate!

[@e.nicolasleon-ruiz5491]

Thank you for a great video: no nonsensical long introductions, straight to the matter at hand, and easy to follow. I subscribed.

[@maximusl7118]

idk why youtube makes so hard to find simple videos like these but thank you man you saved me a lot of time lowkey :/

[@GMODISM]

Idk make sure to like it so the algorithm shows it to more in need of this ^^

[@EscobarReuben]

What a WONDERFUL tutorial! To the point, concise and extremely easy to follow! Thank you so, so much!

[@pigggle]

looks like you're wearing a dress in your profile pic lol

[@mopped745]

This actually helped me alot I had taken the old hardrive out of my old pc and put it in my new one forgetting to factory reset that pc and I every time I tried to delete something it told me I need something from a trusted installer so thank you

[@stevesuy1551]

This is precisely how all PC tech tutorials should be made. Luv your work. Thank you.

[@GMODISM]

Stay tuned for more every week!

[@rkhsmt5405]

Thank you for this guide. It helped a lot where many other programmers couldn't.

[@GMODISM]

Glad to hear that!

[@Neji513]

thank you, for those of you who missed it, cleanall will take hours. i missed it the first time i watched it.

[@absurddive]

I needed to refresh my memory and this was *perfect* thank you very much and cheers from Argentina!

[@potentiallyathletic7993]

Excellent information. Perfect delivery. Exactly what I needed. Thank you.

[@brezdisdat]

easy, simple, straight to the wipe and very friendly! thank you my friend... from Arizone U.S.A

[@darkodonnie2460]

Thank you for : no nonsensical long introductions, straight to the matter at hand, and easy to follow great video...

[@GMODISM]

Glad it was what you where looking for!

[@nightcrawlerr]

This was very straightforward and helpful, thank you!

[@jorgevazquez7950]

Thank you so much i was trying to figure out a way to do it instead of resetting my PC it worked flawlessly ! You get my Subscription!

[@lard9712]

at first i was a bit nervous at doing this but the instructions were pretty clear and it worked perfectly

[@bipedalnarwhal277]

Easy and to the point, just what I want in a tutorial! Great vid!

[@GMODISM]

Awesome!

[@NukeOnBike]

Litteraly thank you very much dude! Like, sub, and my respect! I searched 432 videos but they weren't helpful but yours was!

[@elozabbeth4757]

That’s specific

[@100nortonfan7]

Thank you for posting this tutorial, it is much appreciated! Your delivery/presentation was easy to follow and the end result was success!

[@GCondrey1]

Perfect! All the information I needed to clean an SSD and move it to a new PC as an extra data drive. Thanks so much!

[@GMODISM]

Awesome!

[@stephaneprevost_1967]

Thanks friend for sharing tips like this to total strangers like us. This is really helpful. Peace.

[@leagued3832]

Simple, and easy. Very to straightforward to the point. I was scared at first, but this tutorial helped so much. Just earned a new sub.

[@GMODISM]

Glad it helped!

[@llljjjyyyy]

What happens if it says 'clean is not allowed on the disk containing the current boot, system, pagefile,crashdump or hibernation volume'?

[@ifwzeref6405]

@@llljjjyyyy that means its the drive installed windows on

[@alexdvoretski1622]

I was stuck in a windows 7 boot loop for a long time, 3 weeks worth of failed restarts and restores. Finally this was the only thing that led me in the right direction- the tech support guys are the same flesh and blood I am and thanks to you I’m On my way to installing my first operating system

[@MrBrainTucker1079]

Thanks a lot for the tutorial man!

[@TempusTheFirst]

I accidentally messed up with cloning my windows to another hard drive with macrium, so now I have to delete everything and start again oh god I watched up a little bit more and it's gonna take me 2-3 hours to clean the disk whyyyyyyyyy thanks for the tutorial bro, I really needed it.

[@notKonan]

same thing bro, same exact thing

[@9mmbob178]

Same thing happened to me 😂

[@callanphillips]

I like how he mentioned it would take a decade after the fact

[@Firezq]

Thank you, straight to the point no time wasted. Was able to get this process started immediately.

[@Reverae]

Amazing! Short and very informative, just what I needed to do a clean install of everything. Thankyou!

[@GMODISM]

Awesome, glad it helped!!!

[@jmh1410]

GM! I SEARCHED SOME 30 KZbinS FOR THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN ON THIS KZbin VIDEO AND THESE WERE BY FAR THE BEST AND ONLY ONES THAT MADE MY OLD SSD HARD DRIVE REUSABLE! THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. JMH55555 MAR 2022

[@drummerdoingstuff5020]

This guy knows what he’s talking about.

[@Gero141]

Awesome tutorial man. 👌

[@johnofnz]

Thanks for taking the time to post this, it helped me out cheers

[@GMODISM]

Glad to hear it m8!

[@haroldgregory2717]

great thanks gmodism your a big help ive asked a hand full of people and they all said i need to be a specialist or have some special machine but i did it with your help fricking sick bro

[@GMODISM]

Haha great! No just basic skills and any pc, in this case a windows one will do! Glad you are now a specialist with a special machine! Maybe try to charge them for the service in the future hahaha

[@pascalhatchard7586]

thank you very much, very simple, straight to the point

[@BuldMully]

Would this work for my situation, I’m getting a new PC with a 1 TB SSD that has windows already installed and my current PC also has a 1 TB SSD with windows on it and I want to get rid of everything on the old drive including windows, but I can’t seem to find a video or explanation for my issue

[@GMODISM]

Yeah if you delete the drive this way everything will be gone including Windows. But you would need to have both plugged in and boot from your new drive to delete the old one.

[@iksiii]

thank you! Just saved like 3 hours of searching help and softwares :D

[@michaellorenc9764]

Very helpful, easy to understand, an amazing guide!!! :-)

[@greggbowers1947]

short, sweet, and easy to follow. Thanks!!!

[@GMODISM]

You're welcome :)

[@brandonbrown7502]

This guy is amazing great work, a scary proccess made not so intimidating

[@DAILYCLIPS701]

for me, at the command prompt, i get an error when trying to wipe disk. heres what it says: "Virtual disk service error: clean is not allowed on the disk containing current boot, system pagefile, crashdump, or hibernation volume" i was confused, so i tried cleaning the other disk instead and it also gave me that error. Have you ever encountered this issue/ know how to fix it?

[@Trippzez]

did u figure it out? i’m currently experienceing this error…

[@dusty433]

The moments between when I was choosing the disk the disk out my old laptop or my NVMe with all my gaming shit on it was the most tense moments ever

[@TheDanWoolnough]

Hi, do you need to set up the partition if you are going to use the drive for a fresh windows install? Or can you clean the drive and then install windows onto it directly ?

[@beni3188]

Did you answered you’re question? I had a problem with Windows and I need to know how to use my new ssd as a bootable. Can I format all of what’s on it and install windows on it?

[@Boomatronics]

You can see your hard drive activity in task manager while it's being cleaned and I think the time it takes to finish depends on the speed of the hard drive.

[@Boomatronics]

@@gurmeharsingh2495 Ctrl Alt delete

[@Boomatronics]

@@gurmeharsingh2495 You should see the hard drive activity at 100% in task manager during the wipe however it won't say how long you have to wait, If you want to cancel the wiping process you can restart the computer.

[@stuntznfx]

Excellent video! Yes this was the video I was looking for! Thanks for getting back to me! Cheers!

[@GMODISM]

Glad I could help m8!

[@prestigeplayer1780]

Thanks again, I always come back to this video. Great job.

[@AJMarraffa]

Thanks so much! I'm getting my ancient hard drive ready for destruction and this was very helpful.

[@brandongordon4019]

Thanks a bunch, just what I needed

[@GMODISM]

Glad to hear it!

[@realonez5842]

Awesome tutorial man. I was just wondering though since I have two ssd slots and I’m planning on buying a new one to become my boot drive and using the old one for storage space, after cloning the old drive to the new one can I run them both in the same computer at once in order to wipe the old drive or would that crash my system?

[@apacavelithadon96]

Thanks GMODISM this helped me alot right on..

[@asassady7]

Very straightforward! thank you

[@GMODISM]

You're welcome

[@fierypenguin6543]

Thank you this was so useful!

[@GMODISM]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mario4178]

Very good tutorial, thank you for helping 👍🏼

[@theodore5540]

by far the best most simple pc tech tutorial! this is super in depth and nice

[@ConnorS-ym9ps]

great video, i was scared to do this considering my pc is $4000 but everything worked out good just takes forever

[@GMODISM]

That's very expensive lol Glad it worked!

[@Ewbie]

Thanks man, super straight forward and easy to follow! I just cleaned a 1TB HDD myself so it took a good while, and for me it seemed like I had to press enter again after a few hours for it to actually say it was a success, not sure if that was just very good timing though!

[@GMODISM]

Great! I'd suspect good timing :)

[@reapzonfly]

how long did it took for you to clean all

[@Ewbie]

@@reapzonfly about 3-4 hours for me mate

[@tobi-ic9pl]

@@Ewbie how much did you have installed on the drive beforehand? I only have windows installed so I’m hoping that it won’t take too long as I need to take pictures for the listing.

[@Ewbie]

@@tobi-ic9pl Mine was full so 1TB, not sure if it changes depending on actual installed but I imagine so, hope it goes quick for you :)

[@SNIPERRECON88]

i had a very stubborn SSD, and thanks to this video i was able to fix it using this method... thanks man

[@GMODISM]

good to hear

[@KatouMiwa]

hows your ssd been? still giving attitude or has it grown up ;3

[@chrisr7597]

Thank you. I was stuck with my Linux external 500 GB drive used in a previous dual boot system and didn't know how to reclaim it new again for a fresh Linux reinstall for the new system. You made this simple for a guy like me to follow along. Subbed🔥

[@GMODISM]

You're welcome!

[@xdi2286]

This worked perfectly! I love that it was straight to the point and very clear!

[@NuffSaidBread]

My disk has been cleaning for 12 hours or more and still not finished 1863gb, any advice?

[@Donmud]

Is it still cleaning? 2 year update?

[@joey6799]

This video is so helpful bro thanks so so much

[@matsh9062]

Tack så mycket! Fungerade perfekt!

[@thetruchaos]

Had 400GB used up already and had zero clue what they were cause the games I deleted did nothing but this video helped me clean a drive full of useless stuff. Thanks! 👍

[@Jax303]

Same thing happened to me

[@SohaibAtia]

how long did it take ?

[@yalexis]

@@SohaibAtia to me over 2 hours with a ssd 500gb

[@buttholio4481]

On hour 7 of deleting 3726GB

[@crusaderofhell2028]

How to do this when it says “virtual disk service error: clean is not allowed on disk containing the current boot, system, page file, crash dump, or hibernation volume.”

[@nezz8948]

bro rip ur conputer

[@runnin2808]

that disk has you windows on it so if you were to delete it then your pc would not turn on because of windows, if you want you can get a ssd and get windows on that then you can wipe your drive

[@smackdatmoney]

@@runnin2808 i tried to copy to clone my main ssd to an other but it failed, now i want to erase everything on the ssd and try again but its doing that now, how can i clear it?

[@Trippzez]

did u ever figure this out? i’m having the same issue

[@jackgrant5342]

Thank you so much, couldn't find a video on this until I found yours.

[@GMODISM]

Glad you found our channel then!

[@Dylania]

Hi I recently did the steps to "clean all" for my drive, but when I go to file explorer that specific drive doesn't show up when I look for it. Is this normal?

[@deezy8142]

Amazing video just got sold my pc from a relative and he forgot to clear out two drives. You gave the perfect solution and it was super easy to do Gotta wait forever for my 2tb drive to clear though

[@GMODISM]

Nice! Yeah it takes time but the data will be completely safely destroyed :)

[@rebellious7563]

Doing this with a 5tb right now. Gonna be a long wait lol

[@Joe_V95]

​@rebellious7563 lul! I bet it just finished cleaning right? Hahahahahaha

[@xsethnelson]

@@GMODISMhow do I know if it’s even working do I just wait here hoping for text to pop up

[@GangsterDolphins]

thank you man 💟

[@iAmMundo-]

hey there GMODISM great video very informative and straight to the point but i have one question i have 2 hard drives with the same amount of space and cant tell which one is the one i need to wipe any solution

[@nightmanlol]

finally! ive been trying to join 2 partitions on a hard drive that had no data on it and it refusing to allow me to extend the volume. this method worked way better and saved my 1tb. thank you sir!

[@lx7524]

How long did it take to clean the Drive?

[@nightmanlol]

@@lx7524 you arnt going to like my answer. Days.

[@Xue-tu]

Worked perfectly the diskpart really does take some time to clean the drive so be patient haha

[@simppy6116]

just curious how long did it take?

[@Xue-tu]

@@simppy6116 Dont know I went to sleep for about 8 hours

[@simppy6116]

@@Xue-tu oh okay haha I think it takes like 6 hrs for 1tb hdd

[@Xue-tu]

@@simppy6116 I had a 2tb xd

[@simppy6116]

@@Xue-tu lmaoo

[@omagicc5194]

youre a god send

[@retsE777]

Sjukt bra och duktig genomgång👌🏻

[@ShuiroHotaru]

What about if you want to clean the System Disk to sell it or start completely fresh in a new build?

[@benedekrimoczi2897]

Thank you! You made my day, hope you have a wonderfull day thaaank youuu (subed)

[@garryheinz6388]

It says you cannot delete a boot drive so did not work for me.

[@matthies8431]

When I type 'clean all' it gives the error: Diskpart has encountered an error:' access denied. See the System Event Log for more information.' What should I do?

[@hunterrivera4984]

Hello! Just have a quick question. Upgrading my build. Going from Intel I7 7700k -> Ryzen 7 5800x. I currently use a SATA SSD and a HDD (system imaged from my SSD just in case). I am installing a brand new, never used M.2 SSD for the upgrade, and I plan on installing a fresh OS on it. My question is this: Can I (after boot up and all drivers are updated, etc and everything is solid) simply plug in my old SSD & HDD WITHOUT deleting the said info on those drives??? (Keep in mind that I would shutdown the computer, plug those in, load up bios, make sure boot priority is still going to my M.2, then load to desktop). If I keep my boot priority on the M.2, my old SSD OS shouldn’t interfere with it correct? Thank you!

[@joshk13579]

Can you use your pc while it's doing it as long as it's not the hard drive that's being cleaned?

[@thebonuslvl7181]

yes, just did it that way..

[@gh0st443]

Damn bro THANKYOU I had a 5,000 gigabyte card and I had so much stuff on that thing I didn’t save any of it I awake the whole thing thank you so much

[@GMODISM]

Welcome mate!

[@DanielVodenitcharov]

An outstandingly helpful tutorial. It worked like a dream. Thank you sir!

[@konagrey3697]

How do I fix this? When I entered clean all it popped up Virtual disk service error: Clean is not allowed on the disk containing the current boot, system, pagefile, crashdump or hibernation volume.

[@ZoomVA]

For those trying to figure out which disk they need to wipe if you go to disk manager first you can see the disk list before actually wiping to double check

[@anth0nyb255]

Thank you just saved me a massive headache haha

[@jehadhossain9129]

I WANT to clean my ssd bt not windos. is it work. i mean windos will still remain in ssd?

[@portugesex19]

@@jehadhossain9129 I was also wondering this

[@bearmouse9424]

How long is the cleaning process supposed to take?

[@GMODISM]

depends on the size and speed, but a 2tb HDD takes a few hours to do

[@bearmouse9424]

@@GMODISM I posted this comment literally right before you stated in the video😅 my bad. I cleaned my old nvme with a old windows installation, It has been corrupted

[@prestigeplayer1780]

Thank you again I keep coming back to the help in this video. have a great day Sir.

[@GMODISM]

Great! Same to you!

[@waritrojdeduang995]

Thank you so much sir , I have been trying to reuse my old SSD from my brother CPU. Your tutorial are absolutely helping my problem.

[@GMODISM]

You are most welcome

[@WesternkindUnited]

If you want to ensure that no one will be capable of accessing hard drive data then I recommend the use of hammers, thermite and then tossing the remnants into a body of water. If the drive is intact enough to be reassembled or some part of it is able to be salvaged then there will more than likely be someone / some entity capable of accessing / recovering the data that was stored on your drive. 😎

[@thetechrealist]

Why not burn it then? You can't reassemble ashes..

[@WesternkindUnited]

@@thetechrealist, thermite can induce burning.

[@CAFilms420]

It takes up to an hour per 300gb *me with a 16tb barracuda hard drive*

[@GMODISM]

Perhaps you don't have to wipe it, if no sensitive data is on it you can just follow my format hard drive tutorial

[@Kr1s25]

One ☝️ of the best out there in youtube market . I find it very Crystal clear explanation on your video . Well done and thank you for sharing this to the people . ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@GMODISM]

NICE!

[@amirbland7836]

Thank you this worked for me and was really simple

[@rileyhiboizzz6334]

My computer won’t boot now

[@tufanmalli3909]

Normal you have to reinstall window with a usb stick if you wiped your main drive

[@pltogaming9726]

i found a faster way, you can skip the loading times with this >diskpart >list disk >sel disk x (replace x with the drive you want to wipe) >clean >create partition primary >sel par 1 >format fs=ntfs quick >assign >exit >exit

[@NiGoes]

How long would this take

[@ShivSamrat]

@GMODISM am doing this to clean my new SSD of 500GB... & first in half an hour it showed succeeded in cleaning the disk but now it is more than 3hr , and the writing have not come up? Worried...! What should I do?

[@SKRIM311]

When I go to reset my PC and remove everything it doesn't give me a clean drive prompt and when I try to wipe the drive manually through cmd prompt it says error any help/tips on wiping my drive

[@ofeguadalupe9101]

Extremely useful. Thanks a lot!!!

[@GMODISM]

Glad to hear that!

[@xHySS]

Thx! Goto say, that this was the most efficient way!

[@nikita.kapustin]

Thanks! Helped a lot to format my HDDs for selling

[@dakota9459]

When I put the clean all command it says clean is not allowed on the disk containing the current boot system page file crash dump or hibernation volume. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME

[@alexandra8382]

So after I selected my disk and press enter it says virtual disk service error: clean is not allowed on the disk containing the current boot system, page file, crash dump, or hibernation volume. What do I do now?

[@albertlauridsen5362]

Same here, is there s fix for this?

[@frankmjr6571]

Wow, quick and easy method. Thank you!!

[@GMODISM]

Your welcome!

[@randomname2973]

jag har lite problem, när jag försöker göra de som du gjorde på videon så står det "Virtual Disk Service error: Rensning tillåts inte på disken som innehåller den aktuella start-, system-, växlingsfils-, kraschdumpfils- eller vilolägesfilsvolymen." hur ska jag göra för att rensa den disken?

[@strongsick2866]

Thank you easy and to the point . I want to use my old ssd for extra storage so this was a lot of help.

[@GMODISM]

Glad to help you!