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FinleyWilder
Iron Contributor
Mar 17, 2025
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How Can I Upgrade Windows 10 to Windows 11 on unsupported hardware?

Windows 10 will be ended of official support very soon and no secure update since then. This is the main reason why I want to upgrade Windows 10 to Windows 11 on this Dell XPS 13 laptop (9350). The ...
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    Tommanir
    Mar 18, 2025

    1. Download Windows 11 ISO from Microsoft.

    2. Make a Windows 11 bootable USB with WiinBootMate. This will bypass Windows 11 system checks.

    3. Go to the USB drive and run setup.exe.

    4. Now, you can start a clean install from USB or choose in-place upgrade by running the setup.exe from the USB drive without losing data.

    Detailed steps with screenshots: https://www.ammdiy.com/upgrade-windows-10-to-windows-11-on-unsupported-pc

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JimR43
Copper Contributor
Jan 14, 2026

I think I followed your instructions properly, but Microsoft still says my computer isn't compatible

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Fisko53
Copper Contributor
Feb 10, 2026

Me too, I think Microsoft have shut down that workaround now. I've used it in the past.

The only way I can get Windows 11 onto unsupported hardware now is to use a USB boot drive setup for installing Windows 10 and replace the sources folder with one from a Windows 11 USB boot drive.

So far I've only tried it with an early version of Windows 11 (21H2) which is end of life.

This won't upgrade to a newer version of Windows 11 without the unsupported error.

If I ever find time I'll test with a newer version of Windows 11