Upgrade to Win11

[Jeem25]

Hi.

This HP Pavilion All- In- One with Win10 and with an AMD Ryzen 5 2600H processor with Radeon Vega Graphics has the following specs:

- The PC supports Secure Boot.

- TPM 2.0 enabled on this PC.  TPM: TPM 2.0

- There is at leastb4GB of system memory available (RAM).  System memory 16Gb.

- The system disk is 6GB or larger. System storage: 256GB.

- The processor has two or more cores. Processor cores:4.

As the PC is only 4 years old the questions are :-

1.  can it be upgraded to run Win11? and

2. if so, would the costs be exorbitant?

Thanks.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

The processor is an integral part of the motherboard and cannot be upgraded and it does not meet Microsoft's minimum mobile processor requirements of an AMD Ryzen 3xxx series or newer.

It would cost less to buy a new PC rather than to try to upgrade yours to meet the processor hardware requirements.

If you are happy with your PC, and if you are interested in installing W11 24H2 on your PC as is, watch this video, which is the easiest way to do it in my opinion, and I have tried many different ways to do this during the last 3 years -- and it won't cost you anything .

How to Install Windows 11 on Unsupported PC in 2025 (New Easiest Method, No CMD)

Download the W24H2 ISO file and use that (3rd option).

Download Windows 11

You can download the free 7-Zip file utility from the link below. The top line is for 64 bit.

7-Zip

You'll have to repeat this procedure each October when Microsoft rolls out the new builds because a PC that does not meet Microsoft's minimum W11 hardware requirements will never automatically get the update to the next build.

Other than that, your PC will continue to get the monthly cumulative and other updates.

That's only a minor inconvenience to have continued OS support beyond October of 2025.

If things don't work right on W11, you have 10 days to easily go back to W10 as long as you don't delete the W1 upgrade files or the Windows.old folder.

How to Go Back to Windows 10 from Windows 11 (Tutorial)

[Jeem25]

Thanks Paul

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.