Windows 10: Keep personal files only

Discus and support Keep personal files only in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Hello, Recently i tried downloading windows 10 when 2 options popped up 1. keep personal files only, and 2. is nothing. well i wanna choose the keep... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by nikolarogo, Nov 15, 2015.

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    Hello, Recently i tried downloading windows 10 when 2 options popped up 1. keep personal files only, and 2. is nothing. well i wanna choose the keep personal files only. but i wanna know if it will delete all of my games,

    ty for the ones who help. *Cool

    :)
     
    nikolarogo, Nov 15, 2015
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  2. hdSwed Win User

    windows 10 "keep personal files only" question

    will "keep personal files only" delete data that is not in the OS drive "C:" ?
    Keep personal files only [​IMG]
     
    hdSwed, Nov 15, 2015
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  3. windows 10 "keep personal files only" question

    Hi,

    It would not delete data from the other drives. However its always good to take a backup of the just incase something goes wrong.

    Refer the link for more information on how to take a backup of the data.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows/back-up-files#1TC=windows-7

    You can use Windows 8 File History to backup the files. Refer to the link to do so:

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/windows-8/set-drive-file-history



    You can also go for System Image backup:

    http://blogs.technet.com/b/keithmay...-of-windows-8-windows8-itpro-tipoftheday.aspx
     
    Maxwell Joseph, Nov 15, 2015
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    Please help
     
    nikolarogo, Nov 15, 2015
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  5. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Hello Niko, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

    "Keep personal files only" will only keep the files inside your Music, Documents, Pictures, Videos, Downloads folders in your "C:\Users\(user-name)" profile folder.

    Everything else will be deleted.
     
    Brink, Apr 4, 2018
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