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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Check for the Update Windows 11 has been available for some time as an update on compatible Windows 10 systems, so your next step should be to check whether it's already available on your PC. In ...