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Great - that is what I needed to know. &nbsp;Nothing I need on the drive. &nbsp;Thank you!
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Great - that is what I needed to know.  Nothing I need on the drive.  Thank you!

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I am doing a clean install of Windows 10 on a PC that had Windows 7 and was infected with a virus (crashed the PC and currently boots to &quot;no OS found.&quot; &nbsp;I booted from the Windows 10 media in the CD drive and have a question regarding the question “Where do you want to install Windows?” &nbsp;I have only one partition listed and wanted to know if it is ok to select “Format” before I install the OS. &nbsp;I have a SSD drive. &nbsp;Just wanted to confirm it is ok to select format on a SSD drive. &nbsp;Thank you.
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I am doing a clean install of Windows 10 on a PC that had Windows 7 and was infected with a virus (crashed the PC and currently boots to "no OS found."  I booted from the Windows 10 media in the CD drive and have a question regarding the question “Where do you want to install Windows?”  I have only one partition listed and wanted to know if it is ok to select “Format” before I install the OS.  I have a SSD drive.  Just wanted to confirm it is ok to select format on a SSD drive.  Thank you.

Clean install of Windows 10 - SSD Drive question

Windows 10 is a personal computer operating system featuring the "universal application architecture" (UAP); apps can be designed to run across multiple devices with nearly identical code, including PCs, tablets, smartphones, embedded systems, Xbox One, Surface Hub and HoloLens. Windows 10 also includes a virtual desktop system, a window and desktop management feature called Task View, the Microsoft Edge web browser, support for fingerprint and face recognition login, voice-based search (Cortana), new security features for enterprise environments, and DirectX 12 and WDDM 2.0 to improve the operating system's graphics capabilities for games.

Windows 10

Installation is the act of making a computer program program ready for execution. Because the process varies programs often come with a specialized program responsible for doing whatever is needed for their installation. Installation may be part of a larger software deployment process. Cross platform installer builders that produce installers for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux include InstallAnywhere, InstallBuilder and Install4J. Installers for Microsoft Windows include Windows Installer, InstallShield, and Wise Installation Studio; free installer-authoring tools include NSIS, IzPack, Clickteam, InnoSetup, InstallSimple and WiX. Mac OS X includes Installer, and also includes a separate software updating application.

Installation

This topic area includes legacy versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000: Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions including Windows Mobile.