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How can I ensure the cleanest W11 install?
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
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EmilyS726 268.4K Reputation points Independent Advisor2024-03-05T22:25:25+00:00 One issue I noticed - you don't have secure boot enabled. Go to BIOS to enable it.. and clean install again to see how it goes.
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Anonymous
2024-03-05T22:29:19+00:00 Do you mean the boot type UEFI vs. Other OS? If so then when I set it to UEFI when trying to install I get the error along the lines of the system does not support windows 11 (haven’t tried on this particular flash drive though)
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EmilyS726 268.4K Reputation points Independent Advisor2024-03-05T22:38:01+00:00 Yes, you need to set it to UEFI.. but make sure you turn off CSM first.
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Anonymous
2024-03-05T23:03:27+00:00 Switching to uefi did work initially for this drive (although the installs got more unstable, with bsods after the automatic restart). When I finally managed to get through without a bsod I got show a “Windows Setup could not configure WIndows to run on this computer’s hardware” on the ASUS splash screen
So I tried resetting cmos, however this time on the windows setup screen (after choosing which windows version to install) the “This PC doesn’t meet the minimum system requirements to install this version of Windows” message