This process is called a clean install, which is ironic as there's nothing particularly clean about it: Microsoft has enshittified Windows Setup.
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You don’t need a clean Windows install — you need better defaults
A complete reset is rarely the answer anymore ...
Above and beyond the benefits of a fresh do-over, clean installing Windows 11 improves security, exposes new features, and more. With the Windows 10 end of support date arriving on October 14, ...
It's time to disable this decade-old Windows shortcut.
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