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‎07-17-2024 05:43 PM

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Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-bit)

I have an older HP laptop that I used to use for work but an now transitioning for personal use. As such, I want to see if it's possible to install Windows 11 on this machine. I recently contacted Windows support, and the indication was I needed to contact the manufacturer to see if the BIOS version can be updated.

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‎07-17-2024 05:55 PM

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Your PC does not meet Microsoft's hardware requirements to run W11 with or without a BIOS update.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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