should i do clean install of win 11 if im installing on unsupported cpu or can i keep my files

[benjamin41]

im on win 10 and want to upgrade to win 11 via rufus and i wanted to know if keeping my files would cause any problems

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

If you want to keep your programs, files and settings, you want to run the W11 Rufus v.3.18 installation flash drive from the Windows explorer.

The only time I clean installed W11 on my unsupported PC's was on the two of them that would not let me do the in-place upgrade.

It got to a certain point 80-something percent and then just went right to the W10 desktop.

No errors, no nothing.

Those are the only PC's I did a clean install of W11 on.

The rest I kept my programs and files and they have worked great now for over two years.