I'm helping my wife build a new PC, and I was considering using her secondary 2TB M.2 SSD that's currently in her old laptop. The SSD only has games on it since Windows is on the primary drive. Should I wipe the SSD before the new build, or is it better to install Windows on it while it's still in the laptop? Just for reference, the SSD is a Samsung 990 EVO 2TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4x4. Any advice would be appreciated!
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You don't need to wipe the SSD beforehand since it will be wiped when you install Windows on it in the new build. Just swap it into her PC, create a Windows 11 installation USB, and go from there!
Got it! It’s been a bit since I built mine, so I forgot it gets wiped during the Windows installation. Thanks for clarifying!