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I upgraded an 11 year old laptop (1st gen Intel Core, no UEFI, no TPM) no problem. It's unsupported but works just fine. The trick on how to do it is embarrass
by qayxc 5y ago
I upgraded an 11 year old laptop (1st gen Intel Core, no UEFI, no TPM) no problem.
It's unsupported but works just fine. The trick on how to do it is embarrassingly simple. Just download both the Windows 10 and Windows 11 ISOs, replace the "install.wim" in the Windows 10 ISO with the one from the Windows 11 ISO (it's conveniently the same file name) and run the setup.
The upgrade works just fine since the Windows 10 installer doesn't check for supported hardware, TPM or secure boot.
Really goes to show how all that TPM, secure boot and CPU support business is just a marketing ploy to increase hardware sales...
- nly 5y agoI'm talking about upgrading Windows 10 to Windows 10
- qayxc 5y ago> I'm talking about upgrading Windows 10 to Windows 10 I assume you meant Windows 10 to Windows 11? Because that's exactly what I described. The setup on the Windows 10 ISO (once you replaced the "install.wim" with the Window 11 file) will perform an in-place upgrade. All programs, data and settings are preserved.
- baseballdork 5y agoNo, GP means upgrading from one Win10 release to the next. 20H2[1] to 21H1[2]. 1 - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/whats-new-windows-10-version-20h2 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/whats-new... 2 - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/whats-new-windows-10-version-21h1 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/whats-new...
- qayxc 5y agoAh, I see. Thanks for clearing that up.