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‎11-09-2026 05:15 AM

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Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11

My mom's friend gave me a windows 11 pc, but its very laggy and slow. I have cleared all temporary files, and less than a quarter of the storage is used. I have tried multiple times to factory reset it. It just has an error and undoes the resetting. I think the local files for the reinstall of Windows are corrupt, because it continuously has that error. And when i try selecting Cloud download, it doesnt even start. It just says "unable to download. Please try reset this pc using the local reinstall option." BUT LOCAL REINSTALL JUST GIVES ME AN ERROR. IVE BEEN TRYING FOR MONTHS AND NOTHING WORKS. THE PC IS UPDATED TO THE LATEST VERSION, I CANT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. can someone please help me. I really want this pc to work to use it for my school and for gaming, but its just too laggy, and i hant reset it no matter what method i try. I have tried Recovery Enviroment. Its just the same result. Error on local reinstall, and it just says unable to downlad if i try cloud download.

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‎11-09-2026 07:32 AM

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The only suggestion I can offer would be to clean install W11 on the PC by making a bootable W11 USB installation flash drive with the Microsoft Media creation tool from the link below (2nd option):

 

Download Windows 11

 

After W11 has completed installing, you can install the drivers and available software from your notebook's support page.

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