Three days ago my desktop computer became infected with some rogue malware called 360 Total Security. It is designed to be extremely difficult to eradicate. I built my computer from components and have a solid state drive to hold the operating system and applications. Then my data is stored on a second drive which is a "spinner" hard drive.
Windows 10 has a feature located under: Settings/Update & Security/Recovery/Reset this PC. This function allows you to wipe your hard drive and reinstall Windows 10 as a fresh install. When I selected this function, Win 10 detected that I had multiple hard drives and asked if I wanted both wiped or just the drive with the OS. I selected just the OS drive and it proceeded relatively quickly (a couple of hours) with just a little input from me near the end and I had a fresh OS installed and it didn't touch any of my data as this was stored on the second drive. In the past, I've spent a couple of days working to get a computer wiped, reformated, and new software installed which involves multiple reboots.
If anyone makes use of this function, I would recommend an abundance of caution to backup your data just in case.
While I still love XP and liked Win 7, this feature is winning me over to Win 10! [While learning about this feature by researching on the internet, I believe I came across some articles that state that this can also be done in Win 7, but I didn't read any of them and just focused on Win 10.]
I hope this might help someone else.
Windows 10 has a feature located under: Settings/Update & Security/Recovery/Reset this PC. This function allows you to wipe your hard drive and reinstall Windows 10 as a fresh install. When I selected this function, Win 10 detected that I had multiple hard drives and asked if I wanted both wiped or just the drive with the OS. I selected just the OS drive and it proceeded relatively quickly (a couple of hours) with just a little input from me near the end and I had a fresh OS installed and it didn't touch any of my data as this was stored on the second drive. In the past, I've spent a couple of days working to get a computer wiped, reformated, and new software installed which involves multiple reboots.
If anyone makes use of this function, I would recommend an abundance of caution to backup your data just in case.
While I still love XP and liked Win 7, this feature is winning me over to Win 10! [While learning about this feature by researching on the internet, I believe I came across some articles that state that this can also be done in Win 7, but I didn't read any of them and just focused on Win 10.]
I hope this might help someone else.
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