How to make a fresh install of OS by formatting the hard drive?

[Cologeno]

Hello,

I'm going to help my nephew with a clean install of his desktop computer.

His computer is an "HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop TG01-1863no PC (50R05EA)" if I understood it correctly.

How do I remove all the data from the hard drive for a fresh installation of the OS?

And where can I find the drivers for the computer's hardware? Such as chipset, bios, audio, ethernet e.t.c. ?

Is there any videos on describing the steps to formatting the hard drive and installing Windows 11 again?

Is it possible to skip all the bloatware when you reinstall the computer?

Thanks in advanced

Cologeno

[TheOldMan]

That PC can use the HP Cloud Recovery Tool in Windows 11

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_4511095-4511141-16

Using that tool will return the PC to factory with all drivers and necessary software.

It will also install everything as it was, so if that contains the "Bloatware" mentioned, there is a way but doing a clean install from M$ may miss some of the drivers, but you can find them here:

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/hp-pavilion-gaming-desktop-pc-tg01-1000i/model/2100382496?sku=5...

To clean install Windows 11 from M$, make the flash drive from here

https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11

Scroll down to the Create Windows 11 Installation Media or

Download Windows 11 Disk Image (ISO) for x64 devices

and follow the directions.  No need to use the Windows 11 Installation Assistant.

To remove all of the data (assuming you do not wish to securely wipe the drive first) Here is a guide to use the Microsoft media creation tool (same M$ site as I pointed to but they guide you through the whole thing)

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsinsider/cleaninstall