Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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You can make a bootable installation USB flash drive for Windows 11 to do a clean install on your computer. You can do this by using the Media Creation Tool from Microsoft.

Here's the link to get the Media Creation Tool.

microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11

You can also download the official Windows 11 ISO from the link above.


Once you use the Media Creation Tool to create a Windows 11 bootable USB, restart your computer and then boot to the USB flash drive.

On most computers, you have to press a hotkey IMMEDIATELY when it turns to get to the boot menu option. After getting to the boot menu, select the USB flash drive.

The hotkeys from the boot menu are often, ESC, F8, F10, or F12 (depending on the manufacturer).