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Windows 10 Bible

by Rob Tidrow, Jim Boyce, Jeffrey R. Shapiro
October 2015
Beginner
888 pages
21h 17m
English
Wiley
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Appendix B

Installing Windows 10 on a New System

If you've just built a new computer from scratch, or if you've replaced your old hard drive C: with a new hard drive, you have to do a clean install of Windows 10.

You can opt to do a clean install even if you already have a version of Windows installed on the hard drive; however, you must realize that doing so is very serious business. When you do a clean install, you wipe out everything on your hard drive. And we do mean everything — all programs, documents, settings, and Internet account information. You can't get any of that stuff back, either.

Gearing Up for a Clean Install

Most experts prefer to do a clean install when they upgrade to a new version of Windows, largely because this method ensures a pristine installation of Windows with no issues or files lingering from the previous installation. Besides, a clean install is a great excuse for upgrading to a bigger and faster hard drive. You can use ...

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