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How to bypass windows 11 system requirements during installation on an old Laptop?
Apparently, the CPU and RAM don't meet the Windows 11 system requirements. The CPU should be Intel 8th Gen and RAM should be 8GB or more.
One of the easier methods to install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware is to modify the Windows Registry during the installation process. This method involves creating a Windows 11 installation media, booting from it, and then making a registry change before the compatibility check.1. Go to the official Microsoft website to download the Windows 11 ISO file.
2. Use tools like Windows Media Creation Tool to create a bootable Windows 11 USB drive from the ISO file.
3. Boot your PC from the USB drive and start the Windows 11 installation process. Follow the prompts until you reach the screen where it says your PC can't run Windows 11.
4. Press Shift + F10. This key combination opens a Command Prompt window during the installation process.
5. In the Command Prompt, type regedit and press Enter to open the Registry Editor. Now, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup.
6. Right-click on the Setup key, select New > Key, and name it LabConfig. Inside the LabConfig key, create new DWORD (32-bit) Value entries with the following names and values:
BypassTPMCheck and set its value to 1.
BypassSecureBootCheck and set its value to 1.
Create BypassCPUCheck and set its value to 1.7. Close Registry Editor and the Command Prompt, then continue with the installation process. The setup should now bypass Windows 11 system requirements.
Karl-WE I just ran into the same problem while finishing setting up a pc for my son and I was wondering if there anything I can do to fix it. I already upgraded the Bios
MB: primez390-a
GPU 2070 super
CPU I9-9900kf
16gb ram
I would really appreciate it if I can get some help with this
Anubis10 the HW does qualify in all aspects. If your BIOS is updated still some settings are not conform.
This is usually
- Enabling Virtualization
- Enabling vTPM 2.0 (in CPU security), SHA-256 and higher
- Enabling Secure Boot (correctly)
please run WhynotWin11 and post your result also the results from Microsoft W11 checker has a drawback once you are flagged incompatible it will not check again after changes made. It will around 30 days before it will realize changes. So WhyNotWin11 is a faster approach.
- You misuderstood my question. Can you boot Windows 10 from the current storage (not meant booting Windows 11 setup)?
Again a new SSD does not necessarily improve the situation, which is complicated to explain in a forum. the goal would be to disable VMD / RST and install Windows 11 on your existing disk. I cannot rate without screenshots or remote access why you cannot see the drive.
Likely this is because Windows Setup does not see the drive because it is marked hidden / offline as mentioned before to check via diskpart, or again you need the mainboard driver for stoage and load it to the setup.
If you need a driver for storage in setup though, it is clear it is not AHCI - which it should be.
As your issue is not very related to the topic I would rather ask you to contact me via DM. - It boot up and let me put my window 11 keys and then say that there’s no storage space so I assume a new ssd might change that
- Now if I get a new ssd and replace the old ones would that fix the issue or would I run into the same problem
Anubis10 this is getting a bit deep for Remote Assistance through this forum.
Seems like you accidently created a JBOD or RAID set with one or more SSDs.
Again I prefer to disable VMD or RST as I believe the AHCI driver is superior and more flexible. Especially if you are changing a mainboard (platform upgrade).
If you are sure what you are doing and do not need any data enable VMD / RST, delete the RAID / JBOD set and disable the feature.
The the SSD should show up as empty in the setup screen.
This will delete any data. Worst case it can also be that the SSD is marked offline. The new Windows 11 24H2 setup has more accessible options to change this. For prev Versions you need to press Shift+F10 in setup and use
diskpart
Lis dis
Sel dis number of your ssd
online
You can use
Det dis
To check more details about the selected drive.
If you do not see anything in diskpart you need to add the driver or remove the set. If you cannot delete the set, you will need to load the RST /VMD driver in the setup. This former called "floppy disk" or F6 driver is found in the support section of your. Mainboard vendor or OEM. Today can be provided by usb pen drive.
Hope this helps, please consider to leave a like.
- Fresh install and it not showing my ssd but when I switch to raid mode it shows my ssd but it only boot to the BIos screen and when I switch back to normal it doesn’t show the ssd, so I was wondering if there’s any way around it
Anubis10 I wonder how you get there?
If you are trying a fresh installation please make sure that you are seeing the storage devices in UEFI setup like SSD, HDD or NVMe.Sometimes I had the point that a UEFI update enabled Intel VMD (newer mainboards) or Intel RST (older mainboards), an artificial RAID driver. This feature is usually not helpful. I would disable VMD and this will fallback to AHCI which then leads to Windows Setup showing your SSD, HDD or NVMe drives again.
Do not change this if your Windows is installed with these settings activated, otherwise you will render them non bootable and receive a STOP 0x7B error INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE
- I did everything you recommended, and it says there's no storage found, and I'm stuck on the window installation page and can't finish setting it up