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HDD partition question- Upgrading from Win7 to Win8.1

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So I'm thinking of upgrading to Win8.1. The Tool that checks if your system can be upgraded said it was ok, but what I'm concerned about is my HDD partitions.

I have a 500GB HDD divided into 250gb partitions. One partition holds my OS and documents while another holds my app files and other stuff. In the past 2 years I've reinstalled win7 twice and all I do is I could just "delete" the contents of my first partition and do a fresh reinstall without harming my other partition.

I was wondering if this could also be done in the upgrade, that I could just "delete" my C drive (first partition) and still keep my D drive (2nd) and it would still work with win8.1, like it wouldn't destroy or corrupt my files.

I don't have any means of backup ATM for my D drive, so I hope this works.

I know it may sound like a simple question but any help would be great

thanks in advance!
 

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If you already have the drive partitioned, then you will designate which partition you want to put W8.1 on. Data "drives" are always safe. Data held on other drives ( as in, not the OS drive letter) doesn't normally care what OS you are running.
 
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All on a single hard drive.

EDIT: I could wipe and rewipe my Win7 partition and the other two would work just fine. I actually access stuff in my Win8 partition from my Win7 all the time. Files just don't care.
 
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Thanks guys! Will do the upgrade shortly since I managed to grab a copy of 8.1 pretty quickly :D
 
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