Microsoft intros tech that rebuilds dead PCs without requiring local copies of Windows

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, wi