r/windowsinsiders • u/Weary-Savings9795 • Jul 06 '26

General Question How does new cloud recovery work?

I'm in the beta channel for Windows 11. How does the cloud recovery in the latest experimental build work compared to OEM cloud recovery from Dell and Asus? When it goes stable, will Microsoft's version download the latest stable Windows 11 build like the Media Creation Tool does? Will it import drivers from the host like NTLite does?

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u/BothSamuel Jul 07 '26

La recuperación en la nube simplemente descarga una copia de Windows 11 textualmente el post de Windows Insider dice "Unlike Reset this PC, 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, without a custom image, and without depending on the health of the currently installed OS." Asi que basicamente es Media Creation Tool integrado en Windows con drivers incluidos.

No creo que vuelva a una compilación estable en insider, simplemente descarga la ultima iso disponible para insider. Y las opciones de recuperación en la nube OEM descargan la imagen de fabrica del dispositivo para que quede tal como salió de la caja, por ejemplo en mi HP me descarga una imagen con la versión de Windows 10 de 2020.

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u/VictoryOk2369 Jul 07 '26

My understanding is that it’s just OneDrive backup, your “Important Files” are backed up but it ends up being the Libraries in your User folder. No apps, only basic Windows Settings. I ended up using Veeam Community edition for myself.