No matter how long you wait, make sure you back up your important files before you upgrade to Windows 11. I’ve got a laptop I’ve been testing Windows 11 on for a while now, and while even early versions of the operating system have been impressively solid, I kept my main desktop PC on Windows 10 so I knew that I could still rely on that if my laptop fell over due to Windows 11 having a funny turn. If something does go wrong, you can always use another device until the issue gets fixed. Of course, if you have several PCs lying around, and some of them aren’t essential, then installing Windows 11 and seeing how you get on is perfectly fine. So even if you wait just seven days or so, you should get a better experience anyway. Microsoft is already planning an October cumulative update for Windows 11 which will be out in a week (October 12) for some of the issues found today.
The setup will take some time to download and install the Windows 11 upgrade. From the list of Removable drives, select your USB drive and click Next. With the USB flash drive option selected, click Next.
I’d recommend waiting at least a week before installing Windows 11, but if you can wait a month, even better. Plug in your USB drive and then run the downloaded Media Creation tool. The download time can be calculated by Download Time Calculator. (In my case, I take 30 minutes to download the ISO file to my USB drive.) Additionally, some of you choose to directly download an ISO file of Windows 10 from the Internet rather than Media Creation Tool. (Image credit: Shutterstock) How long should I wait to install Windows 11? No matter which media you use, it will take you about 30 minutes 1 hour.