Can I use a NON C: drive on a new computer?

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Hey guys, I'm going to upgrade to a new motherboard and processor in a couple of days, and while I understand that I should reinstall a fresh copy of Windows onto my C drive when I transfer it over, can I keep my D drive intact with all of the documents still on it? That is, I want to keep both my SSD (C) and HDD (D) that I currently have, and just hook them up to my new mobo, without losing my data on D:


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Thank you, I appreciate the response!

EDIT: One more question. If I wanted to wipe my D drive, just to start fresh, whats the best way to go about that?
 
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Using the drive manager utility inside of Windows would be the easiest, all you do Is select the drive and press format. To access this press windows+r amd type diskmgmt.msc then press enter. You should see your disk drive (D:), right click and press format. Alternatively in Windows 10 you can right click on the start button and open disk management from there.

Hope this helped.
 
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Thanks again, you've been alot of help. I also have a few questions regarding the actual installation of Windows, but I put that in a different thread. If you feel like sharing your wealth of knowledge over there, the thread link is here (http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2880857/install-windows-originally-windows.html#17042941). Again, I appreciate all the help so far!
 
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