What to Do Before Disposing of a Windows PC — A Practical Checklist for Data Erasure, Account Unlinking, and Backups (archived 2026-07-27)

What to do before disposing of, transferring, selling, or returning a leased Windows PC — covering backups, data erasure, BitLocker, Microsoft accounts, OneDrive, work accounts, developer-specific secrets, and disposal records. Archived version of https://comcomponent.com/en/blog/2026/06/10/001-windows-pc-disposal-checklist/, as published on 2026-07-27. The live article is maintained and may change after this date. First published 2026-06-10.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-07-27
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21614675
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Digital and Cyber Forensics
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What to Do Before Disposing of a Windows PC — A Practical Checklist for Data Erasure, Account Unlinking, and Backups (archived 2026-07-27)

Go Komura
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Digital and Cyber Forensics
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What to Do Before Disposing of a Windows PC — A Practical Checklist for Data Erasure, Account Unlinking, and Backups (archived 2026-07-27)

Go Komura
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What to do before disposing of, transferring, selling, or returning a leased Windows PC — covering backups, data erasure, BitLocker, Microsoft accounts, OneDrive, work accounts, developer-specific secrets, and disposal records. Archived version of https://comcomponent.com/en/blog/2026/06/10/001-windows-pc-disposal-checklist/, as published on 2026-07-27. The live article is maintained and may change after this date. First published 2026-06-10.

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