Will the existing files be effected (urgent)

[thegoogler]

Hello this is really urgent but I wanted to know if I got a new ssd and put windows on it would I be able to boot onto it and nothing will be effected from my hdd that had windows before. The reason I am doing this is because my windows drivers got courupted and don’t have access to d anything because my drive is locked then I tried unlocking but aparently I am not admin although I am the only user. Would doing what I said before be fine and not effect any files or how they work?

[VinZie]

9 minutes ago, thegoogler said:

Hello this is really urgent but I wanted to know if I got a new ssd and put windows on it would I be able to boot onto it and nothing will be effected from my hdd that had windows before. The reason I am doing this is because my windows drivers got courupted and don’t have access to d anything because my drive is locked then I tried unlocking but aparently I am not admin although I am the only user. Would doing what I said before be fine and not effect any files or how they work?

I am not sure if you would still be able to access your HDD. But yes you can install a different OS on your SSD and nothing on your HDD would be affected. Just for security disconnect your HDD when installing the OS on your SSD.

[thegoogler]

Ok cool thankyou for your quick answer

[.Ocean]

Is the original drive with windows encrypted? If not then you should not have much trouble accessing the files on it. If you do, you could create a bootable usb for a live session of linux and move the files around as you wish. I can confirm that works for sure.

[thegoogler]

47 minutes ago, .Ocean said:

Is the original drive with windows encrypted? If not then you should not have much trouble accessing the files on it. If you do, you could create a bootable usb for a live session of linux and move the files around as you wish. I can confirm that works for sure.

It just said it was locked and stuff but thanks I will try that. Thank you for your help