Windows 11 in USB Flash Drive?


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I want to install windows 11 into a 32gb usb flash drive so in case I have to do a reinstall of windows 11 pro on my dell xps 15 9520 laptop, I will have the flash drive with me.


Can someone post me a link to the best tutorial for this? Whether it is a website or youtube video?


How long will this process take? I want to have this usb flash drive with me in case I have to do a clean reinstall of windows 11 pro.



I saw this link?



So I click on the 2nd option? So basically plug the usb flash drive into the laptop. Click that and let it do it's thing?

Create Windows 11 Installation Media​

 

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Download iso and use
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or use media creation tool
 

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Yep, Laptop has one.
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Macrium Reflect Home V8
Office 365 Family (6 users each 1TB onedrive space)
Hyper-V (a vm runs almost as fast as my older laptop)
Search for Macrium on here and use that to create backups and a recovery drive.
 

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Win11 26100.3323
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Dell Latitude 7430
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Dell
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These are tutorials to create a bootable Media Creation Tool (MCT) (Windows 11 iso)

A flash drive with 8 GB is required and the 32 GB flash drive will have free space in which you can also back up drivers.





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Create Windows 11 Bootable USB Installation Media

This tutorial will show you how to create a bootable USB flash drive used to install Windows 11 with UEFI support. You can use a Windows 11 installation USB flash drive to clean install, upgrade, reset, or repair Windows 11. The installation USB can also be used as a recovery drive to boot to...
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Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft

This tutorial will show you how to download an official Windows Server or Windows 11 64-bit or ARM64 ISO file from Microsoft. Microsoft provides ISO files for Windows Server and Windows 11 to download. You can use these ISO files to clean install or in-place upgrade Windows 11. The Flight Hub...
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Backup and Restore Device Drivers in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to back up and restore all 3rd party device drivers on your Windows 10 and Windows 11 PC. If you clean install Windows, you will need to install drivers for each device in the system. Some of these device drivers may no longer be available from the manufacturer...
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Manufacturer/Model
HP
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Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4800MQ CPU @ 2.70GHz
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Product : 190A Version : KBC Version 94.56
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16 GB Total: Manufacturer : Samsung MemoryType : DDR3 FormFactor : SODIMM Capacity : 8GB Speed : 1600
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NVIDIA Quadro K3100M; Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
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IDT High Definition Audio CODEC; PNP Device ID HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76E0
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Model Hitachi HTS727575A9E364
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Microsoft Defender
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Mobile Workstation
I think you need to be aware that if you use these methods to reinstall a corrupted Windows installation, then you may lose all your files and programs if you need to do a clean installation.

Macrium will restore a backup of the Windows installation, programs and files.

Both methods have their uses, with neither better than the other as they operate differently - you need to work out which one you would use, and if you are 'on the road' I suggest it would be the Macrium option.
 

My Computer My Computer

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Win11 26100.332312th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1270P 2.20 GHz16Gb
OS
Win11 26100.3323
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
Dell Latitude 7430
CPU
12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1270P 2.20 GHz
Motherboard
Dell
Memory
16Gb
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