Microsoft's new Windows 11 recovery tool is the ultimate Undo button - how to enable it

After a CrowdStrike update caused millions of Windows PCs worldwide to crash in July 2024, Microsoft announced the Windows ...

Microsoft Makes Windows 11 Point-in-Time Restore Generally Available

Microsoft’s Point-in-Time Restore gives Windows 11 users a built-in way to roll back PCs after failed updates, driver issues, ...
THE Journal

Microsoft Announces General Availability of Point-in-Time Restore for Windows 11

Microsoft has made point-in-time restore generally available for Windows 11, giving users and IT administrators a built-in way to roll back PCs after bad updates, driver problems, app corruption, or ...

New Windows 11 cloud rebuild tool allows OS reinstallation without USB media

A new recovery option coming to Windows 11 will let you reinstall the OS and your drivers using the internet without a USB ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft testing faster Quick Machine Recovery in Windows 11

Quick Machine Recovery was introduced in November 2024 as part of Microsoft's Windows Resiliency Initiative at Ignite 2024, in response to a massive July 2024 outage caused by a buggy CrowdStrike ...
Windows Report

Windows 11 Insider Experimental Preview Gets New Cloud Recovery Option

Windows 11 Insider Build 26300.8772 adds Cloud rebuild, a recovery option that reinstalls Windows and drivers from Windows ...
WinBuzzer

Microsoft Tests “Cloud Rebuild” Windows 11 Recovery for PCs That Don’t Boot

Microsoft has added Windows 11 Cloud Rebuild to preview builds, letting unbootable PCs reinstall from the cloud without USB ...
Computerworld

A new Windows 11 backup and recovery paradigm?

If used properly, new features built into Windows 11 offer safe, nearly complete backup, restore, repair, and recovery operations without third-party tools — but there are some caveats worth knowing.