Windows 10: Is it still necessary to remove non-OS disks during installation?

With Vista/7/8/8.1, having more than 1 HDD/SSD physically attached meant that the system partition(s) could potentially be on any disk. Is this still the case in 10, or has Microsoft finally fixed this bug?

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Can I Uninstall Some of Those Previous Updat?

NO they are all necessary both in office and in the OS> If you have remove one version of office you can remove the updates related to it

You can run a disk cleanup wizard to remove temporary files and other things. Make sure to include system files when you do

 

Which files are safe to delete?

Thanks for the reply, Ruth.

I sometimes use Disk Cleanup, but that's not what I'm asking about.

When trying to remove hidden malware, it's often necessary to boot into a non-native environment, such as with the Windows installation media, or with Linux live media. This allows for the easy removal of files that are "locked", but have no good reason
to be. When booted into such an environment, tools that exist on the hard drive cannot, and shouldn't be used; therefore, it's necessary to manually remove these files.

Can you help me complete the above list of locations where delete-able files are known to exist? Thanks.

 

When I installed 10 I didn't disconnect my secondary HDD and I didn't have any issues.

 

Windows 10 setup normally only updates the boot files already contained on a system (if it finds any) rather than creating new ones. Windows 10 will install the operating system wherever you tell it to, but the boot files that load before the OS may be on a different HDD/SSD if they were preexisting.

A common occurrence is that someone will install a new hard drive for Windows 10 in addition to an old hard drive for Windows 7. They install Windows 10 onto the new hard drive, but Windows 10 doesn't create new boot files on the new hard drive, it updates the boot files on the old Windows 7 hard drive. The person then decides to "take the plunge" and format their old Windows 7 hard drive and the computer won't boot the next time because they just erased the boot files.

The way to be absolutely sure you know which drive the boot files are going to install to is to have only the drive connected that you want both Windows 10 and the boot files to be on when you install Windows.

 

Amen. That happened to me when I installed a new SSD a short time ago. Save yourself the headache and disconnect the old drive.