Question: What’s the best way to wipe a hdd

Answer:

I’m trying to wipe it to reinstall windows

Then you simply boot from your WIn 10 USB or DVD.
When it asks ‘where’, you select Custom.
You’ll be presented with a list of all partitions.
Delete ALL of them, leaving one blank space.
Continue on, and Windows will create what it needs.

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