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When you buy a used or refurbished desktop, laptop, or tablet from someone you know, Craigslist, or from retailers like Best Buy, Amazon, Newegg, or eBay, it's crucial to set it up correctly because you can't trust what's on it, and your information could end up falling into the wrong hands using the default setup.
If starting the new device and the Out-of-box experience (OOBE) appears, it's usually a good sign, as it's an indication that the previous owner or retailer followed the steps to prepare and sale the device properly. However, if the computer boots straight to the desktop, this isn't a good sign, and you shouldn't use it because you don't know its configuration or what's installed on it.
The company or the person you bought it from could have installed applications that you may not use, some of which might not be legitimate software, and you don't know if the device is infected with any malware like virus, Trojan, spyware, adware, keylogger, or other malicious programs.
Usually, getting a pre-owned PC from a well-known company, it's likely that they followed the proper procedures to reset it. However, you can never know for sure. Sometimes, even big companies can have problems — do you remember the Lenovo's Superfish adware controversy?
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In this Windows 10 guide, we'll go through the steps to safely set up a used computer to keep your system and data secure from possible malicious software and hackers.
How to create a USB bootable media
The best way to safely set up your used or refurbished computer is to perform a clean installation using a USB bootable media to start from scratch with a safe copy of Windows 10.
To create a bootable drive with the installation files of Windows 10, you'll need to connect a USB flash drive with at least 8GB of free storage, and preferably, you want to go through the following steps using a different computer:
If you don't have one, you can get a cheap 16GB USB drive on Amazon.
The Media Creation Tool should create a bootable media that works on both Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) or Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware, but if you're having problems, you can use these steps to create an installation drive with UEFI support.
How to configure your PC to boot from a USB flash drive
After creating an installation media, you want to make sure your device can boot from the USB flash drive, which means that you'll need to access the BIOS or UEFI firmware on your motherboard to change the boot order.
This process typically requires hitting one of the function keys (F1, F2, F3, F10, or F12), the ESC, or Delete key as soon as you start your device. However, these settings will be different per manufacturer and even per device model. (Always check your PC manufacturer's support website for more specific instructions.)
After getting access to the BIOS interface, look for the Boot menu, change the boot order to start your device with the USB flash drive, and save the settings (usually using the F10 key).
If your device has a UEFI firmware, then the steps to change the boot order will be different as well.
On Windows 10 go to Settings > Update & Security > Recovery, and under 'Advanced Startup,' click the Restart now button.
Then select Troubleshoot > Advanced options > UEFI Firmware Settings, and click the Restart button.
Once you're in the UEFI firmware interface, look for the Boot menu, change the boot order to start with the USB flash drive you created, and save the settings.
How to do a clean installation of Windows 10
Although you could just use the reset feature included in the Settings app to clean up your device and reinstall Windows 10, the chances are that it'll not work if someone already has tempered with the installation.
Using the steps to do a clean installation will ensure everything that the previous owner had on the computer will be erased, and an untouched copy of Windows 10 will be installed without extra or suspicious software.
To perform a clean installation of Windows 10, do the following:
Once you've completed the steps, the setup will takeover, the hard drive will be erased, and a safe copy of Windows 10 will be installed.
How to configure the Out-of-box experience (OOBE) of Windows 10
After the installation, you'll need to go through the OOBE setup to finish the configuration of Windows 10 with your settings and information.
After configuring the Out-of-box experience, and you're in the desktop, you want to verify that your copy of Windows 10 has been activated by going to Settings > Update & Security > Activation. If the machine was using a properly activated copy of Windows 10, after the clean installation process, it should re-activate automatically.
In the case that it's not re-activating, you can use these troubleshooting steps or try to activate at a later time. However, if the computer had a non-genuine copy installed, it'll not reactivate, and in this case, you'll need to get a product key, which you can obtain by purchasing a genuine copy of Windows 10 on Amazon or the Microsoft Store.
Then you want to make sure to finish setting up your machine doing the following:
It should be noted that the OOBE steps may be slightly different depending on the version of Windows 10 that you're installing, but the concept is always the same.
Wrapping things up
Typically, when buying a used PC pre-installed with Windows 10, the chances are that everything will be configured properly and there will be no problems. However, because you can never know for sure, you shouldn't take the chance of getting your personal information (such as email, personal files, pictures, online banking and shopping data, etc.) compromised.
With the clean installation process using a bootable media, it will help you to delete everything, including partitions and any file stored on the machine, and ensures that you're installing a safe copy of Windows 10.
While the cleanup process might seem a little intimidating and overwhelming for some people, it's a relatively simple task to tackle that shouldn't take more than two hours of your time.
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