On the next page, select Custom: Install Windows only (advanced) option.

Check the I accept the Microsoft Software License Terms option, and click on Next.

If you clicked on I don't have a product key in the above step, then select the Windows 11 edition you want to install.

Alternatively, you can click the I don't have a product key link to specify the key later. If you don't have one, you can enter your Windows 8, Windows 8.1, or Windows 7 key - this old trick still works as of this writing.

Select your language, time and currency format, and keyboard options,and click Next.

Finally, you can do a clean install of Windows 11.

Click on the USB drive to boot from it.ĭone.

In the Advanced Startup Options, select Use a device.

If you have an OS installed, restart it to advanced boot option.

Connect your flash drive to a USB port.

Open the computer's firmware settings and ensure that you have enabled UEFI, TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot.

This will save you from accidental wrong drive formatting and prevent Windows 11 from placing boot files on the wrong drive.

We suggest you to disconnect all the external devices, and, if possible, hard drives that you are not going to use during the OS installation.

Create a bootable media using Windows Media Creation Tool or manually using the diskpart tool.

After that, you need to configure your hardware to be compatible with Windows 11.

First, you have to prepare a bootable media, if you don't have it yet. To clean install Windows 11, you need to perform a number of steps. Setup a local account Clean Install Windows 11

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