Originally Posted by
Procrastinus
If you want to keep Windows, why do you not create a bootable iso of Windows 11 using Rufus (it will get you by all the 'tiger traps'). Then take out your present hard drive, put in a blank new one and then insrtall Windows 11 onto it. You can then transfer all your files by connecting your original drive via a USB port. Linux is fine but does have limitations
.....You can then transfer all your files.....
That part is easier said than done. Migrating applications from one Windows machine to another isn't trivial.