💿Reinstalling Windows

Now that we have our USB ready, let's decide how we're going to reinstall Windows.

Understanding RAID

It's becoming increasingly more common for games to ban disk serials. There is no undetected way to permanently change your disk serials, so, RAID is your best option other than replacing the drives entirely. When using RAID on Intel-based systems, it's important to note that you cannot RAID individual drives separately; you need at least two drives of the same type or capacity. This constraint arises because RAID configurations utilise the smallest drive's capacity as the total available space. For example, combining a 1TB drive and a 512GB drive will yield only 512GB of usable space. However, two 1TB drives in RAID can provide 2TB, leveraging mirroring effectively.

For changing disk serials, replacing disks is an alternative method. RAID offers a reliable approach to alter serial numbers otherwise. On Intel systems, it's advisable to acquire two identical drives to set up RAID and manage disk serial numbers seamlessly.

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AMD

Requirements:

• At least 1x disk drive (consult your Motherboard manual to double-check).

AMD RAID

Intel

Requirements:

• Mainboard with a chipset from the Z,X,W,Q,H or B series.

• 2x NVMe/SATA drives

Intel RAID

Regular

If your system doesn't support RAID or you don't want to do RAID, feel free to reinstall normally.

Regular Installation

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Avoid Flags

Do not log in to the following applications with existing accounts after reinstalling Windows, create new accounts for each of these services or just don’t login:

1. Windows user account

2. GeForce Experience

3. OneDrive

4. Logitech G Hub

5. Steelseries

6. Razer

7. Similar software that interacts with the hardware