Windows 11 Clean Installation Guide

 How to Clean Install windows 11 using Bootable USB / DVD / ISO Image.

Windows 11 Clean installation on any PC has 3 main Section. Clean installation deletes all data on hard disk.

1) Download Windows 11.

2) Installation of Windows 11.

3) Setup of Windows 11.

You can do Windows 11 clean installation on unsupported PC without TPM, Secure Boot and 4 GB RAM.

 Steps for How to New fresh installation of Windows 11.

1) Download Windows 11 Setup or Create Windows 11 BootableUSB pen drive or Make Windows 11Bootable DVD ISO.

 2) Change BIOS or UEFI Setting for boot device preferences.

BIOS full form is Basic Input Output System. UEFI full form is Unified Extensible Firmware Interface. UEFI act as interpreter between firmware and operating system. Secure boot is one feature of UEFI.

 How to enter in UEFI/ BIOS setting.

Use function keys (F2,F5, F12) , DEL key, ESC key to enter BIOS/ UEFI.

Change Boot Device from IDE hard drive to USB Pen drive or DVD. IDE full form is Integrated Development Environment.

Use Up Down Arrow keys or PG UP, PG DN key to change boot device under BIOS. Press F10 to save UEFI changes. If you do not find boot device option under BIOS. Temporary Disable Secure Boot Option.

3) Boot PC with bootable media. Select language, keyboard type. Enter product key or activate windows 11 later. Go to setting/ Update and security / Activation.

There are two options 1.Upgrade or 2. Custom Installation.

For Clean installation of Windows 11 Select Custom installation. Upgrade option will upgrade to windows 11 from windows 10.

 4) Select partition for windows 11.

You will see list of partition. Partition Zero normally use as primary partition for Operating System Install. There are few partitions under partition 0. System partition, MSR partition etc. MSR Full form is Microsoft Reserve partition. Label is given by GPT. GPT full form is GUID Partition Table. GUID full form is Globally Unique Identifiers.

 Delete existing partition and select unallocated space to create new partition. It will create new partition table for Windows. Or select any existing partition 0.

5) Select Country, keyboard, network configuration, System name, setup windows 11.

Enter Microsoft account login email id and Create PIN.

You can restore file from OneDrive or Set up as new device.

Do privacy Setting, Customize system and configure OneDrive backup.

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