How to use your Windows 11 Recovery Drive

1. Attach the USB flash drive or insert the DVD on the PC where you want to install Windows 11.

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2. Restart your PC.

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3. When pressing your computer's Power button and watch for the CyberPower logo or Motherboard manufacturer's logo (MSI, Gigabyte, ASUS, ASRock) to appear.

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4. When the logo appears, press the following F (function) key several times based on your motherboard brand to load the Boot menu.

   1. MSI, ASRock or CyberPowerPC Motherboards: F11
   2. Gigabyte: F12
   3. ASUS: F8

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5. If this menu does not appear, try restarting your computer again and repeat the above step

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6. 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)

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7. When Windows 11 Setup appears, confirm that the Language, Time and currency format fields display the correct settings then click "Next"

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8. Select Install Windows 11 (Figure 2) from the Select setup option window and make sure to tick the box for "I agree everything will be deleted including files, apps and settings." and then click "Next"
   
   
   Figure 2: Select Install Windows 11

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9. On the next page, you'll be prompted to enter a product key. 
   IF you purchased your PC with Windows and you have the original motherboard you can skip this step by clicking "I don't have a product key"
   IF you have your own product key that you wish to use, you can enter it here and then click "Next"
   
   Figure 3: Product Key

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10. Follow the installation prompts and accept the terms and conditions until you reach the "Select location to install Windows 11" section of the installation.

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11. 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

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12. Once completed you should see a single Drive 0 Un-allocated Space (Figure 5)
    
    
    Figure 5: Unallocated Space

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13. Selected Drive 0 Unallocated Space and click Next to begin the installation

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14. Follow the rest of the installation process to complete Windows Install.