Windows 10: How to format older drive with previous install vs new PC build Win 10

Discus and support How to format older drive with previous install vs new PC build Win 10 in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Hi I am doing my first A to Z PC build. I know what to expect generally speaking since I did clean Windows 10 install on my current tower a couple... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by mininie, Oct 21, 2020.

  1. mininie Win User

    How to format older drive with previous install vs new PC build Win 10


    Hi

    I am doing my first A to Z PC build. I know what to expect generally speaking since I did clean Windows 10 install on my current tower a couple times.

    However I am frankenstein-ing pieces between old and new build and I don't know how to format the older Windows already installed on what will become a secondary drive.

    Namely, my "old" PC's Windows 10 lives on a 250g SSD. I want to use that SSD as storage on my new build.
    I want the "new" PC's Windows 10 to live on a new 1tb M2 drive.

    I know that disconnecting the SSD when installing will default it to the M2 drive, which is what I want.

    I don't know what happens after I reconnect the SSD and reboot. I am worried, should I be ? Will there be conflict between the (good) Windows installed on the M2 drive and the (bad old) Windows on the SSD ? How do I reformat the SSD ?

    :)
     
    mininie, Oct 21, 2020
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  2. CK011885 Win User

    Installing Windows 10 on New PC?

    I'm going to be building a new PC on Christmas and want to install Windows 10 on it. I have Windows 10 on my current PC, which I installed upgrading from 8.1 with the files on a USB. How do I go about installing a clean copy of Windows 10 on this new PC? I think I recall something about installing it once makes Microsoft recognize your hardware, but since this will be a PC I'm not sure what steps I need to take. Do I need to go 8.1 -> 10 or is there a method of going directly to 10?
     
    CK011885, Oct 21, 2020
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  3. r.h.p Win User
    Installing Windows 10 on New PC?

    What's your intended PC specs ??
     
    r.h.p, Oct 21, 2020
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  4. How to format older drive with previous install vs new PC build Win 10

    Windows 10 - Mapping Drives on Older PC

    We have upgraded some of our pc's. Before the latest rounds Microsoft updates we were able to see and have permissions to mapped drives. Now we can only see mapped drives. Now when accessing these files, we get a Network Error Message. I have searched
    for some previous answers in the community. You do not have permission... Windows 10 Mapped Network Drive .
    I went thru the steps described by the moderator and was stopped at #6 because I do not see all the users in our network. Currently there is no domain that these pc's log into, they are networked thru a Cisco Meraki router. The builds of Windows 10 are different
    between the older pc (Win Ver = Build 1803 17134.765) that had mapped drives and the newer pcs (Win Ver = Build 1809 17763.503). I noticed that Microsoft got away from the Workgroups that was in Windows previous versions, 7 and 8; not sure if that has anything
    to do with it. Thank You.
     
    GeorgeKeys1, Oct 21, 2020
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