Solved Does my Bios supports booting from an USB?


Wanna bet?
It just depends on where you get your Win-11 ISO from.
I'm happily running Win-11 on a PC with a BIOS date of 2008. (actually, several PC's of comparable age)
The only REAL hurdle for installing Win-11 is that the CPU MUST be 64 bit capable.

Now, as for the question about the Flash Drive booting up a PC. It only demands that the USB device be set up to be a "Bootable" drive.
That takes a little doing. They don't come out of the box, "Bootable".
I have many bootable Flash Drives, and even one SD card that is bootable. Some of my USB's will boot to DOS and some to Windows.

Cheers!
TM :cool:
From the official site works?

Code:
https://www.microsoft.com/es-mx/software-download/windows11

Thanks
Came
 

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  • OS
    Windows 10
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    PC/Desktop
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    Self buit custom
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. X58A-UD7
    Memory
    24.0GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
    Sound Card
    Microsoft High Definition Audio Device
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    HPFl905e
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    1280x1024
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    TOSHIBA DT01ACA050
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    Cooler Master 1000w
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    Cooler Master Cosmos 1000
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    Fan
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    HP wired
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    HP wired
    Internet Speed
    Download 25.96 Mbps - Upload 2.25 Mbps
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    Firefox
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    EIS
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    QuadCore Intel Core i7 920, 2833 MHz (21 x 135)
    Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 (rev. 1.0)
Wanna bet?
We have to consider the OP's level of technical knowledge when it comes to this. Otherwise, the USB question will not even come up.
We all know Windows 11 will run on any PC. The OP probably means Windows 11 won't run without any work around which she is not probably aware of.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro
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    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
    Motherboard
    MSI MPG Gaming Edge Wifi (X570)
    Memory
    32GB Adata XPG DDR4
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS GTX 1070 8GB ROG
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    LG Ultrawide 34"
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    3440x1440
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    Main Boot Drive : 512GB Adata XPG RGB Gen3x4 NVMe M.2 SSD
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    EVGA 600 Watts Gold
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    Deepcool Genome II
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    Deepcool Fryzen
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    1Gbps
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    Chrome
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    "Moderna"
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
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    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i7-4790K
    Motherboard
    ASRock Xtreme6 Z97
    Memory
    16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro
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    MSI R9 290
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG Ultrawide 34"
    Screen Resolution
    3440x1440
    Hard Drives
    Samsung M.2
    PSU
    Thermaltake 475 Watts 80 Bronze
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    Thermaltake Commander I Snow Edition
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    Deep Cool Archer Air Cooler
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    Logitech G402
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    Armageddon MKA-5R RGB-Hornet
    Internet Speed
    1Gbps
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    Chrome
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My System can not run Windows 11 😭 😭 😭

That may not be absolutely true. It won't officially support 11, but there are simple means of circumventing the hardware security checks required for a supported installation. (X58 machines were high-end, when they were new.) It's discussed in detail in the Installation, Updates and Activation forum.

Windows 10 included most (not all) of the security features that are used in Windows 11, but they were disabled on many PCs.

Recent Win 11 installations give a watermark on unsupported hardware, but there's a single Registry key that has to be unset (set to 0) to get rid of that.

Some people at Microsoft have suggest that unsupported machines may not receive updates in the future, but over the more than a year that 11 has been released, the updates continue.

If you're on Windows 10, it will continue to be on support until October of 2025. If you're on something older, perhaps you should upgrade to 10 or 11.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 11 22631.2861
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    homebuilt
    CPU
    Amd Threadripper 7970X
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte TRX50 Aero D
    Memory
    128GB (4 X 32) Kingston DDR5 5200 (RDIMM)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte RTX 4090 OC
    Sound Card
    none (USB to speakers), Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Philips 27E1N8900 OLED
    Screen Resolution
    3840 X 2160 @ 60Hz
    Hard Drives
    Crucial T700 2TB M.2 NVME SSD
    WD 4TB Blue SATA SSD
    Seagate 18TB IronWolf Pro
    PSU
    eVGA SuperNOVA 1600 GT
    Case
    Lian Li 011 Dynamic Evo XL
    Cooling
    Alphacool Eisbaer Pro Aurora 360, with 3 Phanteks T30 fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech K120 (wired)
    Mouse
    Logitech M500s (wired)
    Internet Speed
    1200 Mbps
  • Operating System
    windows 11 22631.2861
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    homebuilt
    CPU
    Intel I9-13900K
    Motherboard
    Asus RoG Strix Z690-E
    Memory
    64GB G.Skill DDR5-6000
    Graphics card(s)
    Gigabyte RTX 3090 ti
    Sound Card
    built in Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Asus PA329C
    Screen Resolution
    3840 X 2160 @60Hz
    Hard Drives
    WDC SN850 1TB
    8 TB Seagate Ironwolf
    4TB Seagate Ironwolf
    PSU
    eVGA SuperNOVA 1300 GT
    Case
    Lian Li 011 Dynamic Evo
    Cooling
    Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX Liquid CPU Cooler
    Mouse
    Logitech M500s (wired)
    Keyboard
    Logitech K120 (wired)
I agree is the USB-HDD options. I also have seen some old BIOS that don't have USB-HDD, but consider a USB flash drive or USB hard disk as a standard disk. This means you choose Hard disk in the boot list, but make sure the USB has higher priority than the internal to boot from USB. Regarding installing Windows 11 on X58, yes it can be done. The oldest system I have successfully installed Windows 11 was an Intel Pentium 4 640 3.2GHz single-core CPU with Hyperthreading, 2GB RAM, IDE (aka PATA) hard disk. Rather slow, the X58 should be WAY faster.
 
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  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2 64-bit (build 22631.3235)
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Extensa 5630EZ
    CPU
    Mobile DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 2000 MHz
    Motherboard
    Acer Extensa 5630
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Mobile Intel(R) GMA 4500M (Mobile 4 series)
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC268 @ Intel 82801IB ICH9 - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB SATA Device (250 GB, SATA-III)
    Internet Speed
    VDSL 50 Mbps
    Browser
    MICROSOFT EDGE
    Antivirus
    WINDOWS DEFENDER
    Other Info
    Legacy MBR installation, no TPM, no Secure Boot, no WDDM 2.0 graphics drivers, cannot get more unsupported ;) This is only my test laptop. I had installed Windows 11 here before upgrading my main PC. For my main PC I use everyday see my 2nd system specs.
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro v23H2 (build 22631.3235)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom-built PC
    CPU
    Intel Core-i7 3770 3.40GHz s1155 (3rd generation)
    Motherboard
    Asus P8H61 s1155 ATX
    Memory
    2x Kingston Hyper-X Blu 8GB DDR3-1600
    Graphics card(s)
    Gainward NE5105T018G1-1070F (nVidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4GB GDDR5)
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD audio (ALC887)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Sony Bravia KDL-19L4000 19" LCD TV via VGA
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900 32-bit 60Hz
    Hard Drives
    Patriot Burst Elite 480GB SSD as system disk, Western Digital Caviar Purple 4TB SATA III (WD40PURZ) as second
    PSU
    Thermaltake Litepower RGB 550W Full Wired
    Case
    SUPERCASE MIDI-TOWER
    Cooling
    Stock Intel CPU Fan, 1x 8cm fan at the back
    Mouse
    Sunnyline OptiEye PS/2
    Keyboard
    Mitsumi 101-key PS/2
    Internet Speed
    100Mbps
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Windows Defender
    Other Info
    Legacy BIOS (MBR) installation, no TPM, no Secure Boot, WDDM 3.0 graphics drivers, WEI score 7.4

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