Being lazy with Bitlocker-encrypted hard drive?

Hardware and technical stuff
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Here’s a question or two: I have a Bitlocker-encrypted HD PC. I want to sell the PC but don’t want to spend extra time decrypting the drive first and then zeroing it or secure wiping it. If I don’t do that and do a “normal” reformat and reinstallation, I understand that the data could be easily up-for-grabs with undelete/disk recovery tools.

Since the Bitlocker-encrypted container currently is an unusable partition or blob of data, couldn’t I just delete (even if it’s an "insecure reformat/delete/wipe) and reinstall over top of it without decrypting the drive and preserve security in the process?

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I don’t see why not. The blob is unreadable if you don’t have the key. Just make sure to reset the TPM chip, because that’s where the bitlocker key is stored.

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Thanks, was just thinking it through and needed to bounce off the hive mind.