Windows 10: Reinstalled Windows 10 BUT - I've lost my E Drive

As the title says......my E drive has now vanished and............I think somehow there might actually be three copies of Windows 10 on my computer now.

I'd been having trouble installing it because of Ubuntufied partitions

Once that was solved, it installed three times in a row.

I wondered if it was so happy at finally being able to install that it couldn't get enough of doing it.

Then I realized....I'd left the USB with the installation software in situ. Of course it kept going in circles!

So first - how do I get it to realize that there actually is an E drive there waiting to receive lots of lovely documents?

And how do I find out if two useless iterations of Windows 10 are sitting about occupying space unnecessarily? And if they are, how do I get rid of them?

BTW - It's the latest version. November 2019 downloaded yesterday and today from the Windows 10 website.

:)

 

Reinstall Windows 10 to new hard drive

Hi Rodolpho,

We want to know about the issue you're having with your recovery drive. Please answer the questions below:

• Are you trying to reinstall Windows 8 or Windows 10?
• If you already upgraded to Windows 10, were you able to create a new copy of the recovery drive?

We suggest creating a new copy of the recovery drive and then follow the steps provided by Andre Da Costa above this thread.

Update us with the outcome so we can assist you further.

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Reinstalling Windows 10 to sell a PC - is the 'Remove everything' option enough?

Restore factory settings do list Removes your personal files, apps and settings, and reinstalls the version of Windows that came on this PC.

So if this isn't true well than just erase the drive and install a clean Windows 10 with all the drivers u need but why should it be true
@FordGT90Concept ? *Laugh :laugh: