Windows 11 upgrade

[Dave808]

My computer does not have all the elements to upgrade to windows 11. Primarily TPM is not detected .  It does support Secure Boot has plenty of RAM and storage capacity.  All the information I've received from elsewhere suggests I can't upgrade this PC. New ones however, don't have DVD re-writers or memory card readers any more and I find these useful as is the 2 TB storage which nothing but the most expensive have now. 

Before I go and get a new one and purchase external DVD re-writers and memory card readers does anyone know if its possible to upgrade this computer.  For info it has the following installed :

Processor : AMD A10-8750 Quad Core 3.6Ghz / $.0Ghz and 4MB Cache

Motherboard: AMDA78 FCH

Graphics : Integrated AMD Radeon R7 graphics   PLUS   a dedicated AMD Radeon R5-330 (GB DDR3)

Storage 2TB HDD  128Gb SSD

Windows 10 (64bit)

[Bill_To]

Greetings @Dave808 

@Paul_Tikkanen provided a W11 upgrade option for the 550-103na PC in a previous Forum thread.

Have you tried this method?

Regards

[Paul_Tikkanen]

@Dave808 

IMHO, this is currently the easiest way to do an in-place upgrade from W10>W11:

How to Install Windows 11 25H2 on Unsupported PCs (New Easiest Method)

[Dave808]

Thanks for this. It looks good but I'm not very computer savvy and some of the things mentioned I don't understand fully and the process looks a bit complicated. If it goes wrong where do I go from there? 

Some people have also mentioned issues with this type of work around including the setting of language , security, ongoing updates etc. I've seen similar videos where people assume you have a certain level of knowledge  and skip over or don't mention things that are important to know. So while it seems a great work around I feel nervous in trying this out since I don't know enough to put things right if it doesn't go to plan.  

I'd be more comfortable if it were possible to change some of the components in the computer so I don't have to do a work around. If you or anyone has experience of my particular computer and the components I would need to change in order to enable Windows 11 that would be also helpful to know. 

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

There are no hardware upgrades you can do to your PC to have it meet Microsoft's minimum W11 hardware requirements.

If you don't feel comfortable following the procedure, then don't do it.

I've done in on no less than a dozen different PC's with a 100% success rate and had no issues whatsoever.

Some of the PC's I upgraded were considerably older than yours.

Unfortunately, I can't simplify the video any easier than the person who made it.

There is another method you can use that is also easy to do if you want to watch this one:

Windows 11 24H2 Install on Unsupported Hardware with Rufus

Otherwise, your only option as I see it would be to purchase a PC that is fully supported to run W11.

[Bill_To · Accepted solution]

Greetings @Dave808 

Microsoft has offered a W10 one year security update extension if you enroll in the ESU program.

Have you enrolled in this program?

I'm doing this on some of my PCs since I like W10.

This would give you some breathing space.

I would buy a new PC at the end of next year when the W10 one year security update extension expires.

Regards

[Dave808]

Thanks. I was not aware of the extension but have looked it up and enrolled so has taken the urgency away somewhat. I'm guessing from your answer that  it either may not be possible to upgrade mine successfully and / or it may cost as much as getting a new one.  Will look around for a suitable replacement sometime next year. Thanks again. 

[Dave808]

Saw your reply after replying to Bill_To.  Thanks for this. It has clarified my query on upgrading mine.  Thanks for also clarifying that the work around does work without issues.  I will have another look at it and the other one you recommended to see if I feel confident to try but as mentioned my main concern is that I am not confident enough to fix something if I get it wrong, unlike yourself..

Regards 

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

I doubt anything would go wrong, but in the very unlikely event that it did, you can reinstall W10 by using the Microsoft media creation tool to make a bootable USB installation flash drive to install W10.

Make the 64 bit installation media.

Download Windows 10

If the upgrade goes well, but for some reason there are driver issues that can't be solved by using W10 drivers, or you don't like W11, you have 10 days to easily go back to W10 as long as you don't delete the W11 upgrade files or the Windows.old folder that will be created as a result of the upgrade.

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