Clean installing from a USB drive took roughly 20 minutes on an NVMe drive (Intel i7-12700K). The out-of-box experience (OOBE) is smoother than 21H2; the "Internet required" setup is still annoying for offline machines, but you can bypass it via OOBE\BYPASSNRO if needed.
Rating: 4.5/5
After spending several months on the initial release of Windows 11 (21H2), I finally did a clean install using the official . Here is my honest take. Download - Windows 11 22h2 Iso File 64-bit
Yes, for new PCs or clean installs. Just bring a USB stick and 30 minutes of patience. Clean installing from a USB drive took roughly
Let’s get this out of the way: Do not download this from a third-party site. Get the ISO directly from Microsoft via the Media Creation Tool or the official download page. The file size is roughly 5.4 GB. On a decent fiber connection, it took about 8 minutes. Verification of the SHA-1 hash matched Microsoft’s catalog perfectly—no malware surprises. Here is my honest take
Use Rufus to write the ISO to a USB. It lets you bypass the TPM 2.0 check, the 8GB RAM requirement, and the Microsoft Account login during setup.