A fresh reinstall of Windows is tempting. Accumulated junk gets wiped out, misconfigurations are undone, and that weird intermittent instability is fixed more often than not. However, the idea that a ...

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Windows 11's new Cloud Rebuild recovery reinstalls the OS and drivers from the internet, even on unbootable PCs. Here's how it works and when it arrives.

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