Windows 10: Reset my PC and choose Remove Everything, my data in drive D has gone

Hi, I tried to reinstall Windows 11 by reset my PC and choose 'Remove Everything' then choose 'only the drive where Windows is installed' which is drive C but when it is completed , all my the data in drive D is gone.How can I recover my files? Pls help..

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PC reset deletes data in D-drive partition

My PC comes with Windows 10 installed in the C-drive with another partition D-drive for data storage. I did a backup to D-drive before doing a "Remove Everything" PC reset. However, all data in D-drive was also deleted. Why does PC reset also delete data
in D-drive and how do I recover the D-drive data?

 

Windows reset has wiped all data from D: partition

. I have Windows 10 on Dell XPS 17. I have Windows on the C: partition and data on the D: partition. I wanted to reset Windows. I used Option 1 in Shawn's tutorial here: Boot to Advanced Startup Options in Windows 10 The description says: "This lets you choose to keep your personal files or remove them, and then reinstalls Windows." After the re-install, I could see only the C: drive in File Exlorer. There was no D: drive I opened Macrium - purely as a convenient means of examining drives. Everything looked normal, with 3 blue partitions on the left (including C:, one grey partition, and 3 blue partitions on the right.. I wanted to compare with previous "Existing Backups", but I couldn't find them from within Macrium - despite the fact that I can see all the backups on an external HDD. Normally, pressing "Existing Backups" populates the list. There's the possibility that I actually chose the wrong option to reset Windows. So, here's some handwritten notes that I made on a step-by-step basis as I followed the tutorial steps: ------------------- Use Settings, choose Start with T/Shooting (Security > Recover) Click Troubleshoot Dell logo Pls wait "Reset this PC" Password > Accepted PIN !! Choose Local Reinstall Reset Start 21:37 End22:00 ---------------------- Question: Is it possible that I chose the WRONG option at the start, but that the wrong option presented questions that I could have answered exactly as above ? According to my handwritten notes, I see no option "to keep your personal files or remove them", as it says at the start of this post. BTW: If the data on D: is lost, it's not a disaster. My external backup is only a couple of days old. But I would still like to know how to recover - and keep my data. Thanks

 

PC reset deletes data in D-drive partition

Hi Chander,

Thanks for your reply. Yes, I did a backup before doing a "Remove Everything" PC reset. However, I did the backup on a partition D-drive. I did not expect my backup in D-Drive to be also deleted. How do I recover the backup data in D-Drive?