⚛️ The steps I took, the software I installed, and a few things I discovered as I reinstalled Windows 11 on my main machine.
⚛️ My reformat and reinstall
After four years of heavy use, including frequent software and hardware changes, it was time for a clean reinstall. Slowdowns, odd mouse behavior, and blue screens, as well as accumulated system “cruft”, prompted this reset.
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Chapters
0:00 Reformat and Reinstall
1:00 Why it was called for
3:00 Time for a reformat and reinstall
3:40 PC health application and TPM
5:15 Reset versus reset
8:30 Reinstall applications
8:50 Edge
9:50 Applications, round 1
10:45 Tweaks, round 1
11:15 OneDrive backup
12:00 Applications, round 2
16:00 Applications,…