Ran Windows 10 setup from a partition on an external SSD. Windows setup wiped the entire drive, including it's own setup files

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deenigewouter

Good evening,I wanted to reïnstall Windows 10 cleanly on my laptop so I created an ISO with the official media creation tool on another PC. With this I used YUMI to create a bootable partition on an external SSD which contained partitions with other data. All fine and dandy. Disabled UEFI, but couldn't wipe the main drive because it was encrypted with bitlocker. Re-enabled UEFI boot and booted the machine to just run the setup from the external ssd.Ran the setup, it said it was going to fetch some updates. Now Windows setup repartitioned the ENTIRE drive and wiped it clean, even it's own setup

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