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The upgrade failing at 56% indicates a persistent system corruption or hardware-level conflict that repair tools cannot fully resolve, likely due to compromised core components or driver instability. Since in-place upgrades and repairs have been exhausted, a clean installation is the only reliable method to eliminate these issues. Your Windows 10 digital license is embedded in the hardware or linked to your Microsoft account. During a clean installation of Windows 11 from USB media, skip entering a product key when prompted. After installation, Windows will automatically activate using the existing license, as both versions share the same activation database for eligible devices.
Before proceeding, back up all personal data to an external drive, as the clean install will erase everything on the system drive. Boot from the USB media, delete all partitions on the target drive during setup to ensure a pristine installation, and then allow Windows 11 to install on the unallocated space. This approach bypasses any residual corruption and establishes a stable system.
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