How To Reinstall Windows 10 Without Losing Data

Many PC users might not know this, but it’s possible to reinstall Windows 10 without losing your documents, pictures, music and other data.  You may use this method when your Windows 10 is not working as it’s supposed and you’re getting one or more errors while opening programs or apps. In short, go for reinstall only if you’re having issues.  In this guide, we will see how to properly reinstall Windows 10 without losing data.

You might also want to read our how to install Windows 10 from USB drive and how to clean install Windows 10 from ISO image file articles. Reinstalling Windows 10 this way doesn’t require you enter a product key, meaning you can reinstall Windows 10 without a product key.

Guide to reinstall Windows 10 without data loss

Follow the given below instructions without any deviations to reinstall Windows 10 without data loss.

This method is applicable only if your Windows 10 PC is bootable. If your PC is not bootable, you need to perform a clean install of Windows 10.

Step 1: Connect your bootable Windows 10 USB to your PC. If you have a bootable DVD of Windows 10, please insert the same in the optical drive.

And if you have Windows 10 ISO image file, browse to the folder containing the ISO file, right-click on it, and then click Mount option to open the contents of the ISO image in File Explorer (Windows Explorer).

How To Reinstall Windows 10 Without Losing Data

Step 2: Open up This PC (My Computer), right-click on the USB or DVD drive, click Open in new window option.

Similarly, if you have mounted an ISO image of Windows 10, please right-click on the mounted drive in This PC, click Open in new window option.

Step 3: Double-click on the Setup.exe file. Click Yes when you see the User Account Control dialog.

Step 4: In a few seconds, you will see Get important updates screen with two options:

Download and install updates (recommended)

Not right now

If your PC is connected to the internet, we recommend you select the first radio button labelled Download and install updates (recommended).

Select an option and then click Next button.

Step 5: Upon clicking the Next button, the setup will start checking for updates. If you selected Not right now option in the previous step, you won’t see this screen.

The tool might take tens of minutes to check for updates.

Step 6: Next, you will see the License terms screen where you need to click the Accept button to proceed further.

Upon clicking the Accept button, the setup might look for updates and download them, if available.

You might see the following Making sure you are ready to install screen for a few minutes. At this point, the setup checks your PC can run Windows 10 and also checks if there is sufficient space required for the operation.

Step 7: Finally, you will see the Choose what to keep or Ready to install screen.

If you get the Ready to install screen, click the link labelled Change what to keep, and then select Keep personal files only. Click Next button.

Select Keep personal files only, and then click the Next button. The setup will once again make sure that you’re ready to install.

Step 8: Finally, you will see the Ready to install screen once again, this time with Install button.

Click the Install button to begin installing/reinstalling Windows 10. You will see the following Installing Windows 10 screen for a few minutes. Your PC might restart several times.

Step 9: When you see the following screen, click on Customize settings link instead of the large Use Express Settings button to change default privacy settings. Read all settings carefully and keep them on or turn off. Of course, you can change these settings later under Settings app.

You will be asked to sign in using your Microsoft account, and if you don’t want install and use Windows 10 using a Microsoft account, you can create a new local user account.So that's it.

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