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I have so far had to reinstall Windows 11 4 times. One of those times was a failed motherboard but 3 of them were Windows and its updates breaking the installat

I have so far had to reinstall Windows 11 4 times. One of those times was a failed motherboard but 3 of them were Windows and its updates breaking the installation in some way and I was unable to work out how to fix it without reinstalling. If they move to keys not working again I loose something they have offered to me. Microsoft really needs to work out what it intends to do for money in the future around Windows. I do not want ads, telemetry and all the other garbage and I certainly wont pay for it.

dist-epoch 3y ago
Typically you can boot from a Windows ISO USB / recovery partition and ask it to repair the main install.
- vladvasiliu 3y ago
  And does it fix it, typically, or is it like the network troubleshooter that never finds anything wrong and just gives up?
  - PaulKeeble 3y ago
    In my experience the later. I have tried it a few times over the years and its never worked.
kyriakos 3y ago
Experiences differ. I run 4 windows PCs in my household, one has been on a single install since windows 8,just in place upgrading and moving on. Needed some hacks to get 11 installed since the cpu is unsupported but worked without any problems nevertheless.