Windows 10: When Booting from a USB what Options are Available to Me?

Hey all.


First, THANK YOU for helping me to get my USB drive booting so I can fix my screwed up laptop.


When I boot from the USB drive, it comes up and gives me the option to INSTALL WINDOWS and then in tiny type in the bottom left corner is tge option “Repair this PC.”

I selected the Repair option first to try all I could to get to my data and try to save it. All options under that option won’t work.

I am going to choose the INSTALL WINDOWS option ghe next time but before I do, I am curious if I leave my drive that is screwed up in place, Will Win10 automatically Format the drive before installing Win10 or will it give me the option to keep my files or FORMAT the drive?


I’d like to install it again if it’ll let me and preserve my files so I can get them. If it won’t start formatting the drive after i select the option to INSTALL WINDOWS, I think I’ll give it a try first and then install it on the new SSD drive i have.

thank you all again

:)

 

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