Windows 11 Reset and other drives

wizzard · May 4, 2024

Want to Reset from within Windows 11 and do a Remove all option. Will this delete Data from my other 4 Drives or just the C Drive (current Windows drive)?

Also, as a precaution, should I disconnect the other 4 Drives?

glasskuter · May 4, 2024

In all honesty, I can not say 100% for sure but I would think If you have changed the default location of your user folders to another drive and you do a reset and remove all, there's a very good change it could. To be safe than sorry, I would certainly disconnect the drive where the folders reside to make darn sure I didn't lose the data. It's my practive to always disconnect any extra drives if I clean install windows or do anything that may affect partitioning or bcd. Otherwise, it's quite common for Windows to put bcd on a drive other than the system drive.

Megahertz · May 4, 2024

wizzard said:
Want to Reset from within Windows 11 and do a Remove all option. Will this delete Data from my other 4 Drives or just the C Drive (current Windows drive)?

Also, as a precaution, should I disconnect the other 4 Drives?

Yes