I have a HP Envy with i5 + processor Windows 10 will not update to Windows 11

[NanaD99]

I have a pretty high spec HP ENVY Laptop 17-ae0xxl running on Windows 10 that will not update to Windows 11...   Any idea what I can do?  It is in really good condition and I do not want to replace it as I simply could not afford the equivalent now. It definitely does not deserve to be scrapped Surely there is something that can be done.  Any ideas welcome.  Thanks

[banhien]

@NanaD99 

Its specs

            https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c05553021

It has an Intel Gen 7 processor namely Intel® Core™ i5-7200U (2.5 GHz base frequency, up to 3.1 GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, 3 MB cache, 2 cores). Windows 11 requires Intel Gen 8 up or on the following list

            https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-int...

If you wish to run Windows 11 before buying newer machine please use the following way:

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

Regards.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi, @NanaD99 

If you are interested in installing W11 on your PC as is, you can read this discussion for how I upgraded several HP and Dell notebook and desktop PC's that did not meet the W11 hardware requirements to W11 22H2/22H3

This is by far the easiest way to upgrade to W11 on an unsupported PC:

You have to use the version of the Rufus utility that I zipped up and attached in the discussion (v3.18).

Re: Issues upgrading to windows 11 - HP Support Community - 8517912

If the in-place upgrade fails, you should be able to clean install W11 using the bootable W11 installation flash drive you made with Rufus.