This process is called a clean install, which is ironic as there's nothing particularly clean about it: Microsoft has enshittified Windows Setup.

I’ve had a complicated relationship with Windows 11. On the one hand, the UI improvements and Snap Layouts are really useful upgrades. On the other hand, the operating system feels increasingly like a ...

Microsoft also revealed this week that this new build of Windows 10 includes over 7,000 different improvements. That’s an amazing amount considering build 9860 is only 19 builds newer than the ...