Upgrade to Windows 11 for Expired HP Pavilion 15

[Yonko63]

I had to replace the harddrive in my  HP Pavilion 15-cs1065cl.     I used a tip from this community to get Windows 10 installed.  I had Windows 11 upgrade before my old Hard drive crashed, but I do not see how to access the Windows 11 upgrade.  Windows Update only says to "visit your PC manufacturer's website".

[NonSequitur777]

@Yonko63,

Welcome to our HP Community forum!

No problem, just follow this easy-to-follow YouTube instructional video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSrmhhigEhY&t=332s&ab_channel=Tips2Fix, and you'll be running Windows 11 in no time flat.

This method uses a clever Microsoft (Server) backdoor Windows 11 install method.

This works great: I have used it myself on a number of legacy HP desktops without any issues whatsoever.

In the off-chance you don't like W11, you have 10 days to roll back to Windows 10. After 10 days, unless you follow the steps outlined in this instructional video, you may need to do a fresh install of Windows 10. Either way, this video will show you what to do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v9_-4JCh_U&ab_channel=Tips2Fix.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi, @Yonko63 

Since your PC fully meets Microsoft's minimum hardware requirements to run W11 according to the product specs, if you are not getting the update from Windows Update, simply click on the blue Windows 11 Installation Assistant button at the link below (1st option) to do an in place upgrade from W10>W11:

Download Windows 11

[NonSequitur777]

@Paul_Tikkanen,

Yea, my bad: the OP's processor is an 8th gen Intel Core processor (i5-8265U) -missed that!

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777