Windows 10: Does installing windows erase my other drives?

Discus and support Does installing windows erase my other drives? in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; Like the title says I want to know if using the USB thing to install windows will delete the contents of my other drives, I'm not worried about the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/xdhelicopter, May 13, 2020.

  1. Does installing windows erase my other drives?


    Like the title says I want to know if using the USB thing to install windows will delete the contents of my other drives, I'm not worried about the data on the drive that I'll be using to install windows.

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    /u/xdhelicopter, May 13, 2020
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  4. W1zzard Win User

    Does installing windows erase my other drives?

    W7 Hard drive partition issue

    to get rid of that 100 meg windows partition that setup creates for you on a new install on a blank hdd:

    - press shift+f10 when on the partition management screen in setup <-- this opens a command prompt
    - diskpart <-- start the windows command line partition management tool
    - list disk <--- list the installed hdds in this computer for the next step
    - select disk 0 <- might have to replace 0 with the number of the correct disk
    - clean <-- this will erase all data on the disk you selected one step up- dont use the wrong disk!
    - create partition primary <- creates a primary partition taking up all space on the drive, adjust the command if necessary
    - exit, exit to exit diskpart and the command prompt
    - click refresh in partition manager and select your newly created partition and install to that
     
    W1zzard, May 13, 2020
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