--- title: Microsoft testing new Cloud Rebuild Windows 11 recovery... description: Microsoft is testing a new Cloud Rebuild recovery feature in Windows 11 Insider Preview Experimental channel builds. The feature performs a full OS reinstall... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-testing-new-cloud-rebuild-windows-11-recovery-feature-j95v70jxl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Microsoft testing new Cloud Rebuild Windows 11 recovery feature | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft is testing a new Cloud Rebuild recovery feature in Windows 11 Insider Preview Experimental channel builds. The feature performs a full OS reinstall... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-testing-new-cloud-rebuild-windows-11-recovery-feature-j95v70jxl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/J95v70JXl.png og:image:alt: Microsoft testing new Cloud Rebuild Windows 11 recovery feature og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Microsoft testing new Cloud Rebuild Windows 11 recovery feature **[BleepingComputer](https://daily.dev/sources/bleepingcomputer)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Microsoft is testing a new Cloud Rebuild recovery feature in Windows 11 Insider Preview Experimental channel builds. The feature performs a full OS reinstall from the cloud — downloading the Windows image and device drivers from Windows Update — even when Windows won't boot, eliminating the need for USB media or custom images. Users can trigger it from the Windows Recovery Environment. Cloud Rebuild is part of Microsoft's Windows Resiliency Initiative, alongside Point-in-Time Restore (PITR), which began rolling out in June, and Quick Machine Recovery (QMR), all aimed at helping restore devices that can no longer start or function properly. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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