Microsoft intros tech that rebuilds dead PCs without requiring local copies of Windows
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No USB stick required if your Win 11 box has a pulse and a network driver
Microsoft has introduced a new offering called “Cloud rebuild” that makes it possible to re-image a Windows PC without a physical copy of Windows 11.
The Windows giant delivered the tech on Monday in a new experimental build of Windows 11 offered to members of its insider program.
As Microsoft explains in a primer, Cloud Rebuild “downloads both the target Windows image and the device's drivers from Windows Update, so the device comes back fully functional, without USB media, without a custom image, and without depending on the integrity of the installed operating system.”
Once that’s done, admins see the Windows out-of-box experience (OOBE) – the “It looks like you want to install Windows. Do you want help with that?” interface that fires up when users decide they want the OS....
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