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‎10-07-2025 02:40 PM

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Trying to update my HP smarttouch 520 PC

to windows 11.

 Getting a message that PC doesn’t meet minimum system requirements to run windows 11 .

what should I do?

 

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‎10-07-2025 03:55 PM

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If your PC has an Intel 1st Gen core processor or newer, you can upgrade to W11 on your PC as is, but you would have to use a workaround that bypasses the W11 hardware checks so you can do an in-place upgrade from W10>W11.

 

This video shows an easy way to do that.

 

How to Install Windows 11 on Unsupported PCs (2025) – Easiest Updated Method!

 

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