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I am running Windows 8.1 and downloaded Windows 10 for installation on another machine. I have a 128 B SanDisk Cruzer Blade USB drive that had other backed-up files on it.
After the files had been loaded by the Media Creation Tool all of my other data on the USB drive was gone and now it is only the 3.13 GB of data for Windows 10 and 28.8 GB free space. Where did my data and the other 90GB go?
Mike
Posted 2015-09-04T20:28:40.163
Reputation: 9
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The media creation tool formats your USB drive, which wipes all of the data on it. It states when you download the tool:
A blank USB or DVD (and DVD burner) with at least 4 GB of space if you want to create media. We recommend using a blank USB or blank DVD, because any content on it will be deleted.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
Screenshot from the tool itself (after selecting to create a USB installer):
imtheman
Posted 2015-09-04T20:28:40.163
Reputation: 3 503
Thanks, I guess I just missed that. Luckily it was backups I don't need. – Mike – 2015-09-04T21:22:57.993
Too bad that isnt in bold. FML. – Dan Z – 2016-11-12T20:34:35.170
2You might want to attempt to perform file recovery in the future pay better attention to the instructions – Ramhound – 2015-09-04T20:50:43.787