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ArusikO
Oct 20, 2025Iron Contributor
Can I bypass windows 11 requirements for clean install?
I bought an used laptop from amazon and need to clean install Windows 11 on it. I made a bootable USB with the official media creation tool but I received this error when booting from the USB. This...
Nguyenais
Oct 20, 2025Bronze Contributor
First, find out precisely what's failing. The best tool for this is Microsoft's PC Health Check app.
Download and install the PC Health Check app from the official Microsoft website:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11#pchealthcheck
Run the app and click "Check now". It will tell you exactly which requirements your PC is not meeting.
Based on what the PC Health Check app tells you, you can try the following:
Bypass Windows 11 requirements for clean install
- Restart your PC and enter the BIOS/UEFI settings. (You usually do this by pressing a key like F2, Delete, or F12 during startup—look for an on-screen message).
- Look for settings related to Security or Advanced.
- Find the TPM setting (it might be called "PTT" on Intel or "fTPM" on AMD) and enable it. Set it to version 2.0.
- Find the Secure Boot setting and enable it.
- Save changes and exit the BIOS/UEFI.
After doing this, run the PC Health Check app again. This often resolves the issue for many PCs.
- ArusikOOct 20, 2025Iron Contributor
Did that and found out the cpu is not supported by Windows 11. Thanks for the tip!