Does installing Ubuntu from the Microsoft Store wipe your PC?
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No. Installing Ubuntu from the Microsoft Store in Windows 10 doesn't delete anything or even modify your partitions. Instead, it creates a WSL Ubuntu system, which is part of Windows 10.
You may need to enable the necessary features of Windows to make this work, but even if you don't, installing Ubuntu through the Microsoft store still does not delete anything.
However, if your goal is to have separate Windows and Ubuntu systems installed on your computer, then this isn't what you want. A WSL system is entirely dependent on, and runs inside, Windows 10.
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