ok so for WFH i got a dell e5470 with 256 GB M.2 . now the purpose is over and i want to format that laptop for personal use. Deleted partition but from format/delete drivers, after that it gives a Disc Controller not found error . i have factory reset the Bios, turned off safe/secure boot, toggled UEFI/Legacy ? any solutions ?? if i remove m.2 and install os from different system will it work ?
Laptops Format Company Hardened laptop
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enthusiast29
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In BIOS you should find something related to secure erase SSD. Use that to wipe the drive.
Reset the BIOS again since I don't know what you have experimented with.
Then install OS using UEFI bootable media for Win10/11.
Also as pointed out above, generally companies take back their assets unless they retired it and transferred it to you.
Reset the BIOS again since I don't know what you have experimented with.
Then install OS using UEFI bootable media for Win10/11.
Also as pointed out above, generally companies take back their assets unless they retired it and transferred it to you.
superczar
Skilled
i wish i could answer this as a technical question but cannot.
All I will say is that don't - just return the asset.
I am not sure how old you are but this is a sure fire way to get blacklisted on any subsequent background checks in the future
enthusiast29
Skilled
Additionally, there can be criminal charges, fines and legal action as well.
Most companies when transferring laptops to employees for personal use will not give the storage device with it or will wipe it themselves and then give it.
It's neither the employee's responsibility nor their right to do it.
Ok let my clarify , this is my personal laptop which i was using for company purpose as my company allows / encourage personal laptops (for cost cutting)as long as they are Hardened , the company (banking sector) policy is the laptop will be used only to take remote of my office system using Palo Alto Global protect only. once login with AD ID the laptop is completely locked i dont have internet access the HDD is Bitlocker encrypted . those who work in IT will get the jist of how the laptop is hardened.
Assuming you are still employed with the same company, why don't you simply approach your company to undo the hardening and return it to factory state ? And if you left, I would have thought that the same process would be part of your exit policy in any case.
superczar
Skilled
Yes - but if you want to disenrol said laptop because you have got another machine / left the organisation
Then all you need to do is ask the end user support team instead of trying to break BitLocker encryption (which is practically impossible)
nRiTeCh
Skilled
This was the exact policy with my company when covid hit globally in Mar 2019.. No co. was prepared with thousands of assets when covid hit.
Many of my peers had to bring in their personal laptops and and IT formats and configures it per co. policies. (else they had option to carry their allocated desktops home which was too hectic)
Slowly co. procured laptops and within some period those employees were asked to bring back their personal laptops, get it formatted, wiped and they installed the last OS and gave it back to the employee along with the allocated new co. laptop asset.
Now, employee can do anything with his personal asset.
I hope you got it!
The Laptop is formatted using the Enterprise Golden image of windows 10, they are not willing to format and give the Golden image .
I checked ,the bank will not format and give there OS ...there are at least 6 departments involved in this whole Hardening process . i'd rather throw away the SSD and get new one rather than going back ....i posted here hoping some one has gone through the ordeal and may have some valuable insights
What the hell is a Golden image ?
Just ask them to undo the hardening, get rid of the OS, etc anything to enable you install your own OS.
In my case Golden images is OS image created with exact specifications following RBI Guidelines....so you can imagine how deep the hardening is done for security purpose.
Yes but it's not needed for you. Ask them to get rid of it.
enthusiast29
Skilled