Windows 11 install error: Windows cannot be installed to this disk

Windows 11 can be only installed to GPT disk. MBR is not supported. Fortunate, Windows 10 comes with a command line tool for converting MBR to GPT. If you are comfortable with commands, then it is a quite good option to solve Windows cannot be installed to this disk problem when installing Windows 11 from USB.

Step 1: Restart the Windows 10 computer and press the appropriate key (e.g., F8, F12, DEL, or ESC) to access the boot menu.

Step 2: Select ​​Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Command Prompt​​.

Step 3: In the Command Prompt, type the following commands one by one to list and select disks:

list disk
select disk X

Replace X with the number of the disk you want to convert. Usually, it is disk0 or disk1.

Step 4: Clean the disk and convert to GPT.

clean
convert gpt
exit

Warning: This will erase all partitions and data on the disk. Please backup the data first.

Step 5: Reboot the Windows 10 computer and start upgrading Windows 10 to Windows 11 from a bootable USB now!