[SOLVED] Motherboard Upgrade : what happens to my secondary drives ?

[Thomas669226]

Quick question :

I'm planning to upgrade my MOBO and CPU. I think i wil go for a clean install of windows 10 ( im aware of how to keep my key active).

Question is, once i boot with the new hardwares from the USB bootable device and i start the installation of windows i will have to delete the partitions where windows 10 was previously installed right ? what should i do with the other two drives (data drives ) ?

Also, before i start the process should i create a system backup or system image of the drive where windows is installed so i can recover my files once the new motherboard is installed ?

 

[USAFRet]

You have the other drives physically disconnected during the new install with the new hardware.
Reconnect them after.

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[USAFRet]

And obviously, anything on your current C drive that you wish to keep....save those files elsewhere first.
Just personal files, not 'applications'.

 

[geofelt]

1. Have NO other drives connected. If you do not, windows will put a hidden recovery partition on it making it difficult to ever boot without it.
2 You will have an option to clear and reformat the target drive before the install.

 

[Thomas669226]

Thanks will do !!