Performed a clean install of windows 11 pro 64 bit and system came back with could not complete.

Question

I performed a reset on my Windows 11 Pro 64-bit, as I was getting some strange problems with installing some drivers. Now my drive is wiped, and when I try to restart it, it goes into recovery mode. What should I try now? I even deleted my files in Windows, and it still will not perform an install.

Answer 1

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Try performing a Windows Reset using this method, and select the Local reset, not the Cloud reset.

Start your PC, just as Windows attempts to load (spinning dots), press and hold Power Button for 5 - 10 seconds to perform a Hard Shut Down

Do this twice

On the third start Windows will boot into the Recovery Environment and from there you can access System Repair, Safe Mode, Command Prompt... etc.

Go to Troubleshoot - Advanced Options - Reset this PC

Choose to keep your files and apps, just your files or to keep nothing

Then start the Reset

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If the Windows reset is still failing, your recovery image may be corrupt, if you need to reset Windows, then the best option is to create a bootable Windows USB on an empty 8GB USB flash drive on another PC and use that to clean install Windows 11, this will also create a new Recovery Image on your drive.

Click this link:  https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11

to download the Media Creation Tool (Click on Download Tool Now), with that you can create a bootable USB flash drive (min 8GB) using that tool.

Then, Boot your PC from the Installation Media you just created to begin installing Windows 11.

During the installation process skip the steps which ask for a product key and select the option 'I am Reinstalling Windows 11 on this PC'.