Windows 11 not compatible

[Matchelsea]

Hi I have an HP X7G64EA notebook and I think less than 3 years old, the BIOS Version states 20/12/19 build date but it has come up as not Windows 11 compatible. I have checked the processor AMD A6-7310 APU and that has not come up on a list of compatible processors I found online at Microsoft. 
is this right does anyone know, it seems a bit off not being able to upgrade to windows 11. 
many thanks for any help given 

[banhien]

@Matchelsea 

Well, that is a call from Microsoft. But if you wish, you can

              Installing Windows 11 on devices that don't meet minimum system requirements

Regards.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi, @Matchelsea 

Microsoft drew the AMD w11 processor cutoff line at the Ryzen 3xxx series processors.

I found a new and relatively easy way to do an in-place upgrade to W11 on most unsupported PC's that have a UEFI BIOS like yours...

I would make a system image of your current W10 installation prior to updating to W11, so you can easily reinstall W10 in the future.  I used the free Macrium Reflect software to do that, under the Backup at Home section. 

Along with the system image, make sure you create the bootable DVD or USB rescue drive you boot from to access the system image stored on your portable hard drive.

Macrium Software | Reflect Free Edition

First make this registry change...

https://www.hellpc.net/how-to-bypass-tpm-and-cpu-requirements-windows-11-upgrade-unsupported-pc/

Then download the Windows 11 ISO file (3rd option), not the W11 installation assistant.

Download Windows 11 (microsoft.com)

Use Rufus and make a bootable USB installer with the ISO file you downloaded.

There is a new option to create an installer that is supposed to bypass the W11 hardware checks. 

After you make the installer, open the file contents, and double click on the setup application and see if that works.

Here is the link to the Rufus download.  You want the version 3.17 portable.

Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way

Here is a screenshot for how you should let Rufus set up the ISO file...

[WAWood]

@Matchelsea 

Understand -- as I have the same situation with an old laptop that meets almost none of the Win11 hardware requirements.

But -- we're living on "borrowed time" -- let me explain ...

MS has relented, for now, in enforcing Win11 hardware requirements -- but they already have the code to check hardware because they provide that as a downloadable utility.  It would take little effort to package that as a Security Update, push it to the PCs, and after a reboot, we get messages that our PCs are disabled and we have to reinstall Win10 from scratch to get a working PC back.

I'm OK because I have a full image backup of the laptop running Windows 10 -- which would take me 5 minutes to restore. Most folks don't even know what that means and will end up with a nonworking PC -- and no simple way to restore it.

So, enjoy it while you can -- but do not expect it to last long.