How to use your Windows 11 Recovery Drive
- Attach the USB flash drive or insert the DVD on the PC where you want to install Windows 10.
- Restart your PC.
- When pressing your computer's Power button and watch for the CyberPower logo or Motherboard manufacturer's logo (MSI, Gigabyte, ASUS, ASRock) to appear.
- When the logo appears, press the following F (function) key several times based on your motherboard brand to load the Boot menu.
- MSI, ASRock or CyberPowerPC Motherboards: F11
- Gigabyte: F12
- ASUS: F8
- If this menu does not appear, try restarting your computer again and repeat the above step
- Once the Boot menu opens, select the optical or USB drive with the Windows installation media and press Enter.
- If using UEFI be sure to select the correct boot option (example: UEFI-USB storage device)
- When Windows 10 Setup appears, confirm that the Language, Time, Currency and Keyboard Method fields display the correct settings.
- At the first screen, click Install Now
- On the Install Windows page, select your language, time and keyboard preferences, and then select Next.
- Click the checkbox at the bottom to accept the license terms and then click Next.
Figure 2: Accept the License Terms - Select Custom (Figure 3) from the Which type of installation do you want? window.
Figure 3: Select Custom Install - Follow the installation prompts until you reach the "Where do you want to install Windows? section of the installation.
- Select each Drive 0 Partition and click Delete to delete the partition. Ensure that you've deleted all versions of Drive 0. (Figure 4) If you don't have any Drive 0, you may only have Drive 1, then you can delete all versions of Drive 1 instead.
Figure 4: Deleting Partitions - Once completed you should see a single Drive 0 Un-allocated Space (Figure 5)
Figure 5: Unallocated Space - Selected Drive 0 Unallocated Space and click Next to begin the installation
- Follow the rest of the installation process to complete Windows Install.
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