Question Cloud download or local reinstall?

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beebeeboop

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yeah quick question, cloud download or local reinstall for windows 11, which is the best? Im looking for the one that completely wipes my PC and just really freshly redownloads it, any help would be greatly appreciated!
 
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USAFRet said:
Not entirely sure what you're asking here.

What is the backstory on this potential reinstall?
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Oh, would just like to cleanly wipe my PC after transferring to a new motherboard. Is it okay if I just transfer my PC, boot it up, head to reset this PC and choose the remove everything option? will that completely reinstall my windows?
 
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beebeeboop said:
Oh, would just like to cleanly wipe my PC after transferring to a new motherboard. Is it okay if I just transfer my PC, boot it up, head to reset this PC and choose the remove everything option? will that completely reinstall my windows?
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No.
That likely will not work.

Prepare a USB to boot from, Win 10.
Boot from that, and delete ALL existing partitions on the drive in the process.
Of course, have only the ONE desired drive connected when you do this.

How To - Windows 10 clean install tutorial

If you are looking for the Windows 11 Clean install tutorial, you can find that here: Windows 11 Clean install tutorial (Click here) Otherwise, welcome to the Windows 10 Clean install tutorial This tutorial is intended to help you, step by step, to perform a clean install of Windows...
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USAFRet said:
No.
That likely will not work.

Prepare a USB to boot from, Win 10.
Boot from that, and delete ALL existing partitions on the drive in the process.
Of course, have only the ONE desired drive connected when you do this.

How To - Windows 10 clean install tutorial

If you are looking for the Windows 11 Clean install tutorial, you can find that here: Windows 11 Clean install tutorial (Click here) Otherwise, welcome to the Windows 10 Clean install tutorial This tutorial is intended to help you, step by step, to perform a clean install of Windows...
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I see, how about the refresh windows tool, will that cleanly install my system?
 
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USAFRet said:
No.
That likely will not work.

Prepare a USB to boot from, Win 10.
Boot from that, and delete ALL existing partitions on the drive in the process.
Of course, have only the ONE desired drive connected when you do this.

How To - Windows 10 clean install tutorial

If you are looking for the Windows 11 Clean install tutorial, you can find that here: Windows 11 Clean install tutorial (Click here) Otherwise, welcome to the Windows 10 Clean install tutorial This tutorial is intended to help you, step by step, to perform a clean install of Windows...
forums.tomshardware.com forums.tomshardware.com
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Hey btw just wondering, my windows is installed on my NVMe so yeah i would have my NVMe in my motherboard when performing the clean installation of windows, i have another which is a SATA drive which literally just contains games, what if i wouldn’t mind losing data in there, since its a clean wipe of my pc, is it okay if i have it plugged in so i can delete all data in there too? of course i would make sure that windows is installed on the right drive, (drive 0).
 
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beebeeboop said:
Hey btw just wondering, my windows is installed on my NVMe so yeah i would have my NVMe in my motherboard when performing the clean installation of windows, i have another which is a SATA drive which literally just contains games, what if i wouldn’t mind losing data in there, since its a clean wipe of my pc, is it okay if i have it plugged in so i can delete all data in there too? of course i would make sure that windows is installed on the right drive, (drive 0).
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just read that leaving it plugged in would cause a bug in the installation process, my bad, noob error haha
 
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The whole point of disconnecting every drive except the one you want to install Windows on is twofold:
  • To make sure you're installing Windows on the correct drive. The list of drives that show up is not descriptive, just showing up as "Disk 0", "Disk 1", etc.
  • If you happen to have another drive with Windows installed and bootable from it, installing Windows on the intended drive may cause the installer to update the bootloader on the other drive, requiring said drive to be in the computer to boot into the intended drive.
You do not need to touch any of the other drives. But if you want to clean them up, a reformat is fine. Unless you intend to sell the computer or the drives, then you should probably do a secure erase if any sensitive data is on it.
 
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hotaru.hino said:
The whole point of disconnecting every drive except the one you want to install Windows on is twofold:
  • To make sure you're installing Windows on the correct drive. The list of drives that show up is not descriptive, just showing up as "Disk 0", "Disk 1", etc.
  • If you happen to have another drive with Windows installed and bootable from it, installing Windows on the intended drive may cause the installer to update the bootloader on the other drive, requiring said drive to be in the computer to boot into the intended drive.
You do not need to touch any of the other drives. But if you want to clean them up, a reformat is fine. Unless you intend to sell the computer or the drives, then you should probably do a secure erase if any sensitive data is on it.
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i see, well i just want my pc to start fresh and make everything reset, so reformatting the drive will work right?
 
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