Will installing windows 10 by ISO wipe the other drives ?

[Qais Abu-Hasan]

Hey , I was just wondering if installing windows 10 in a clean install will wipe all my data , I know it will format local disk c (on which windows is installed ) but what about other drives ? Thanks in advance

 

[T_Luck_Sharma]

No!!! It will not format your other disk drives! You are safe to install.

 

[Qais Abu-Hasan]

Okay , I'll install it on my laptop and my computer

 

[ca0656]

Before doing it to both, I would install Windows 10 on one of them, not your primary PC, and wait a couple of days before installing it on the other. Just in case there is a weird issue.

 

[Funky Cricket]

You better know what you are doing with installing windows or you may wipe out the wrong drives, etc. Run backups first.

 

[fatclue_98]

A clean install will wipe your data on the drive you select. If you have a secondary drive, it will not be affected. Make sure you know which drive you want before installing.

 

[Funky Cricket]

It's the same to boot from the ISO as if you were booting from windows Vista, 7, or 8 disk. you can upgrade your existing installation install new, create new partitions, repair etc..

If this is not something you have done before, I wouldn't recommend doing it on a primary machine with Windows 10.​