[SOLVED] I am about to replace my motherboard in my pc and need hwlp with storage!

[Frankie Sultana]

So i am planning to replace my motherboard and re install windows on a new drive ssd to be exact. I watched this video

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl6SeLSyztw
but it did not explain something. If i unplug my drives and reinstall windows, when i plug the drive back into the new os will all my files be gone?

Thanks to anyone who reads this😀

 

[Obakasama]

A new SSD where you install Windows will have no files (except for the Windows ones installed).

Depending on what sort of files you've referring to, they'll still be on your old drives if you haven't deleted the data. If you have software installed on these other drives, then the new Windows installation won't know about them and need to be reinstalled.

 

[USAFRet]

Also, read 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

 

[Frankie Sultana]

A new SSD where you install Windows will have no files (except for the Windows ones installed).

Depending on what sort of files you've referring to, they'll still be on your old drives if you haven't deleted the data. If you have software installed on these other drives, then the new Windows installation won't know about them and need to be reinstalled.

Sorry I did not make it very clear I was just asking if files like PDFs and photos would save on my hard drive when I remove it and then on a new windows plug them back in. So all that should be on there right?

 

[Obakasama]

As long as you have deleted or overwritten the data, yes.

EDIT: bad typo as RolandJS notes below.

 

[RolandJS]

"As long as you have not deleted or not overwritten the data, yes."
I think you meant to post the above