Question Windows 10 installation, Keep files option

[Hamsammy]

Hey guys, I was just wondering which of the options I should choose when doing a windows 10 install. I am upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10. I want to do a fresh install, but keep my old files on my HD so I can sort through it later and transfer what I need to. I know when I installed windows back in the day I did a fresh install, but my old files were just all kept in the windows.old folder, so they werent completely wiped. Technically it was a fresh install, but everything old was moved to that folder. Which install option would this be? The second or third one? I wanted to make sure before I went through with it.

1. Keep Windows settings, personal files, and apps
2. Keep personal files only
3. Nothing

 

[ex_bubblehead]

A "fresh" install is #3 ONLY. Neither of the other 2 are fresh installs. You should always have backups of your files anyway just in case of a glitch in the installation. Where's yours?

 

[USAFRet]

Don't rely on "keep" anything.
Don't rely on Windows.old.

Rely on a known good backup, on some other storage device that is completely offline.


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[Ikprince]

Choose 3. But, backup on a flash drive or external hard disk before choosing.