Will fully clean the drive remove Windows? Yes, it will. But it will also reinstall your Windows automatically. Actually, no matter which reset option you have chosen, resetting Windows will remove the original OS and install a fresh copy of Windows for you.

Will fully clean the drive remove Windows?

3. Does Remove Files and Clean the Drive Remove Windows? Yes, if you select the option “Remove Files and Clean the Drive,” it will remove the current version of Windows too from the system.

What happens if you fully clean the drive?

If you choose the Fully Clean The Drive option, the Reset This PC tool will perform a full format of the hard disk that will involve a much more methodical and secure erasure of your data. This includes several passes over the hard disk writing 0’s and then other random numbers to every sector on the hard disk.