How can I ensure the cleanest W11 install?

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I’ve been struggling with windows randomly deciding to ruin my computer for some months now. Every time I would get the computer to a properly working state for a few days out of nowhere Windows will decide to make the computer unusable one way or another leading me to have to do a fresh install (as doing things like repair installs sometimes ends up completely bricking the computer).

But one thing I’ve noticed is that my fresh installs are never actually properly clean. Sometimes it’s a challenge just to get to the windows setup screen (random bsod’s where no recovery partition is being created for whatever reason) and when I do get into windows sometimes something like edge or MS Store just doesn’t work, but all the time I can never actually download the cumulative windows update (as it always gives an error message during the install portion). SFC /scannow always shows up with a “found corrupted files but could not repair them” message, and DISM usually comes back with a “sources not found” even when using a local usb

So I am wondering what can I do to ensure a proper windows install from the get go? I have been following the procedure of deleting existing volumes and letting windows create things automatically, but that gives the results explained above. Is it a usb problem? A formatting problem? Setting up the PC problem?

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Anonymous

2024-03-07T16:43:42+00:00

Yes, both of those were done
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EmilyS726 268.4K Reputation points Independent Advisor

2024-03-07T13:19:27+00:00

Did you check your TPM and flash your BIOS?
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Anonymous

2024-03-07T09:17:30+00:00

So a few things have happened since last.

Initially I tried to run the upgrade to W11 from the W10 install, but after a restart I was unable to hardly use the system (could not even open the start menu properly) so I could not do much further from there.

As a result, I ended up creating a bootable media on the new flash drive using Rufus (with the W11 iso) and while the issues from before still persist, I do notice that this install is a lot more stable when it comes to things (for instance, edge and MS Store work fine, nvidia drivers are able to install properly and so on.) The biggest issue right now however is the cumulative update KB5034848 which is the only update that for whatever reason does not want to install (error 0x800706be). I've ran 2 separate repair installs and while they've fixed things in other areas, unfortunately this area was not fixed

unfortunately sfc and DISM still have the same issues as before hand. One thing I did notice with the dism when trying to locally source the install.wim is that the install.wim is version 22621 as opposed to the system which is 22631, if that might be the reason why it doesn't properly work

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EmilyS726 268.4K Reputation points Independent Advisor

2024-03-06T03:32:03+00:00

Great. Now type tpm.msc in the search on the taskbar and press enter, when launched, make sure the specification version is 2.0.

Then I will suggest that you go to your manufacturer website, locate the BIOS for this model, download and install it.

Once BIOS is all updated, restart the computer, go to https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/win... Download and run the installation assistant.. and upgrade to Windows 11
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Anonymous

2024-03-06T02:58:59+00:00

I initially used Rufus to create a bootable media without having the checks enabled, but even with secure boot the installs were still similar

so I ended up installing W10 as you suggested and ran the PC health check and it came back as expected
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