Installation and Upgrade Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft

Dru2 · Aug 19, 2021

Yeah, I got that message when I first installed on both my backup and laptop. I just ignored it as it didn't tell me anything I didn't know.... 7th gen CPU.

ICIT2LOL · Aug 25, 2021

I tried UUP dump and found it so confusing so am trying this method the only thing I could not do was save it to the desktop. It is in downloads and I want o make it into a bootable drive with Rufus.
Any help would be really appreciated.

CornishRattler · Aug 25, 2021

ICIT2LOL said:
I tried UUP dump and found it so confusing so am trying this method the only thing I could not do was save it to the desktop. It is in downloads and I want o make it into a bootable drive with Rufus.
Any help would be really appreciated.

Which bit is confusing?

ICIT2LOL · Aug 25, 2021

Well I get to point 6 and then it doesn't go any further like finding a site to put the ISO-like desktop as suggested.
At the moment I am finding even this method is just not functioning by following the tutorial.
I should have said too that trying to get the save window in this tutorial and it is just downloading it.

CornishRattler · Aug 25, 2021

ICIT2LOL said:
Well I get to point 6 and then it doesn't go any further like finding a site to put the ISO-like desktop as suggested.
At the moment I am finding even this method is just not functioning by following the tutorial.

So you've downloaded the file and it's in your downloads? If so, right click on the file and unzip it. Open the unzipped folder and you'll see the Windows command file, right click and run as admin. It'll automatically open a CP window and start downloading and compiling itself, it'll take a while but it does it all for you. When it's done press 0 to exit, the ISO will be in the folder. Then just use something like Rufus to stick it on a Usb

ICIT2LOL · Aug 25, 2021

Ok well I am trying to download it yet again and the message that it is downloading keeps disappearing on me so I guess it is going into downloads??

ashleyg · Aug 25, 2021

Hi ICIT2LOL

I found this recent video very helpful. It explains the process from start to finish including creating the boot USB from .iso using Rufus.
I managed to create it and start the upgrade from windows as well as boot from it. I was already upgraded to Win 11 so did not perform the entire upgrade from the iso but it certainly appears to be good to go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4D6Uo4MtYQ&ab_channel=KevinStratvert

Hopefully it's what you are after.

CornishRattler · Aug 25, 2021

ICIT2LOL said:
Ok well I am trying to download it yet again and the message that it is downloading keeps disappearing on me so I guess it is going into downloads??

Yes, from the UUP site it will appear in your DL folder when you select 'create package' This bit is very quick as it will only start doing the funky stuff after you have opened that small file and followed my previous reply

ICIT2LOL · Aug 25, 2021

Thanks, Ashleyg mate I am just about at my wit's end I have tried Rufus but all I get is what is in the pic. I cannot select anything for the stick to install

ashleyg · Aug 25, 2021

Here's the Rufus parameters I used to write the USB Boot drive - note they are different to yours in some places but importantly I am selecting an .iso image from the official MS download site mentioned in that video. I am not familiar with the UUP site download that CornishRattler was guiding you through but it may be you do not have an .iso output file on your system for Rufus to select as the input.

The other thing of note is that your Partition Scheme is showing as MBR and Target System as BIOS (or UEFI-CSM) whereas my settings show GPT and UEFI (non-CSM) which is how my system is configured. It may be that your system has to be configured for GPT/UEFI.

Here's the Rufus settings I used with the .iso downloaded from the MS Site:
(note that Brink has done a tutorial on downloading the .iso from the MS site)

Xploit Machine · Aug 25, 2021

Try Win11 before install ? .. here u go Win 11 in React

:)

ICIT2LOL · Aug 25, 2021

Am trying to make the stick on my newest computer and I still cannot get past point 4 there is just no way that it gives me a choice of where to save it as in point 5? It looks like it is just saving it to Downloads.
Plus I cannot get Rufus to select the boot selection or partition type etc or the downloaded file from Downloads?

Stigg · Aug 25, 2021

@ICIT2LOL
Why don't you just download the ISO from here.
It was posted in the opening post. It's a bit easier than UUP Dump.

Edit: Direct download link removed.

ICIT2LOL · Aug 25, 2021

Yes Stigg it is the same old story it just saves to Downloads as in the pic and prompts me to open the file and the same goes for the Rufus I cannot get it to select the ISO from downloads??

Either I am doing something terribly wrong or it is just not going to work for me

Here is what I am getting with Rufus

Stigg · Aug 25, 2021

OK. I think I know what your problem is. It's not a download problem.
I don't think you're using Rufus properly.

Close Rufus and open it again so we're on the same page.
Click on "Select" and browse to your ISO. Do NOT click on the dropdown arrow.

Is that Chrome that you're using download?
Regardless. It's probably in the Windows default downloads folder. Not my preferred folder for working with files.
I don't use Windows system folders, but you can still browse to it.

martyfelker · Aug 25, 2021

I think I've bought the last DVDs I going to buy. Enterprise Class Linux distros are up to 8GB. Sadly, considering how much money I spent on them, they are about as obsolete as floppy disks. I just use rufus with 1 16GB USB drive but mostly just use any bootable ISO in a VM,

ICIT2LOL · Aug 25, 2021

Update I have managed to play around with Rufus and have now got the ISO onto a stick. Now all I have to do is wait for a TPM module for my older computer as I have found one on eBay from New Zealand.:)

Thank you for all of the replies regarding my situation.

Stigg · Aug 25, 2021

ICIT2LOL said:
Update I have managed to play around with Rufus and have now got the ISO onto a stick. Now all I have to do is wait for a TPM module for my older computer as I have found one on eBay from New Zealand.:)

Thank you for all of the replies regarding my situation.

ICIT2LOL · Aug 25, 2021

Yes Stigg I just hope my oldie will accept the install because the CPU is only a 3rd gen Ivy Bridge one the only thing missing is that TPM module.
I don't see why it shouldn't work because the CPU is really fast and reliable.

ashleyg · Aug 25, 2021

@Stigg
Well spotted Stigg

@ICIT2LOL
Great news and hope the install goes ok!

Just a caution - Hope that NZ supplier can get that tpm chip to you in a timely manner.. New Zealand is in lockdown here (Covid-19) maybe for another 1-2 weeks with most businesses shut down which will likely interfere with its passage.

btw I have 2 x laptops running G7 Intel (with UEFI/Secure Boot and TPM 2.0) but not on the list of CPU's eligible for Win 11 upgrade on release and 1 x laptop Intel G6 (with UEFI/Secure Boot and TPM 1.2-which is apparently firmware upgradeable to TPM 2.0) but also not on the list of eligible CPU's. Like you, I am hoping MS lower their eligibility criteria for the upgrade.

Plan B - I have an Intel G2 onto which I have loaded Linux Mint as a distraction in the meantime :)

ashleyg