Let's install Windows 11 on incompatible hardware

Try3 · Oct 15, 2025

patrickdrd said:
so what to do with tpm?
is there still a working method or am I stuck in 23h2?

I gave you the link to the forum tutorial covering what you need to do - post #2911

Good luck,
Denis

PCUser · Oct 15, 2025

patrickdrd said:
it's a Toshiba satellite with Intel Celeron 1000M @ 1.80GHz,
as far as I remember it has instructions set for SSE4.2

@patrickdrd
Yes, it absolutely has SSE4.2 and will support Windows 11 25H2

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Dronix · Oct 15, 2025

patrickdrd said:
this key:

Haven't you tried it?

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHC]
"UpgradeEligibility"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\LabConfig]
"BypassTPMCheck"=dword:00000001
"BypassSecureBootCheck"=dword:00000001
"BypassRAMCheck"=dword:00000001
"BypassStorageCheck"=dword:00000001
"BypassCPUCheck"=dword:00000001
"BypassDiskCheck"=dword:00000001

Link - How to install Windows 11 version 23H2 on unsupported hardware

Recently, about a week ago, I installed it. It all worked.

patrickdrd · Oct 15, 2025

it started with shortcut of setupprep and /product server

spapakons · Oct 15, 2025

patrickdrd said:
it's a Toshiba satellite with Intel Celeron 1000M @ 1.80GHz,
as far as I remember it has instructions set for SSE4.2

Use Rufus to create the USB flash drive. Once it detects is a Windows 11 ISO, it will show you check boxes to bypass compatibility check. Check them all and proceed to create the USB.

spapakons · Oct 15, 2025

patrickdrd said:
it started with shortcut of setupprep and /product server

That works only for upgrade. For a new installation you have to boot from the USB flash drive and import the keys in the Registry, unless it is already patched by Rufus.

patrickdrd · Oct 15, 2025

I think even that failed in the past at the end,
so I'm not sure yet, let's see

PCUser · Oct 15, 2025

patrickdrd said:
I think even that failed in the past at the end,
so I'm not sure yet, let's see

I always use Jensd_be techniques and they are flawless. ZERO problems . . . EVER.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONywTBNc1Fs

spapakons · Oct 15, 2025

patrickdrd said:
I think even that failed in the past at the end,
so I'm not sure yet, let's see

To improve chances of success, disconnect from the internet until the upgrade is complete. Also disable or uninstall any third-party antivirus, antimalware and firewall. Disable all startup apps and non-Microsoft services to make sure none interrupts the upgrade. Also if you have more than one GPT hard disks (over 2TB), disconnect them and leave only the Windows disk.

patrickdrd · Oct 15, 2025

I even created bootable USB with Rufus (bypass options enabled)

Despite all this, the in-place upgrade still fails.

When running with /product server, the setup started but failed at the SAFE_OS / MIGRATE_DATA phase with error:

0xC1900101 – 0x2000D
The installation failed in the SAFE_OS phase with an error during MIGRATE_DATA operation

When using Rufus USB, it still complained about TPM 2.0 (unless I do a clean install, but I need to keep apps).

Event Viewer shows TPM-WMI errors related to Secure Boot variables failing to update.

So at this point, every method either blocks at TPM 2.0 check or rolls back with the 0xC1900101-0x2000D error.

Does anyone know a reliable way to perform an in-place upgrade on unsupported hardware (no TPM 2.0, legacy CPU) for 24H2/25H2?
Or is clean install the only option left now?

spapakons · Oct 15, 2025

Have you disconnected from the internet? Have you disconnected all other disks and leave only the Windows disk? Also remove any external devices.

Mount the ISO (aka Open with File Explorer). See which drive letter is the virtual DVD with the files. Say it is D. Open a Command Prompt as Administrator and execute this command:

D:\setup /product server

Replace D with the appropriate drive letter. Make sure you type \ and / correctly or it won't work.

Ben Myers · Oct 15, 2025

Open an admin command prompt, type or paste

Code:

reg.exe add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\HwReqChk" /f /v HwReqChkVars /t REG_MULTI_SZ /s , /d "SQ_SecureBootCapable=TRUE,SQ_SecureBootEnabled=TRUE,SQ_TpmVersion=2,SQ_RamMB=8192,"

into it and press "Enter".

Ben

OldManT60 · Oct 15, 2025

patrickdrd said:
I even created bootable USB with Rufus (bypass options enabled)

Despite all this, the in-place upgrade still fails.

When running with /product server, the setup started but failed at the SAFE_OS / MIGRATE_DATA phase with error:

0xC1900101 – 0x2000D
The installation failed in the SAFE_OS phase with an error during MIGRATE_DATA operation

When using Rufus USB, it still complained about TPM 2.0 (unless I do a clean install, but I need to keep apps).

Event Viewer shows TPM-WMI errors related to Secure Boot variables failing to update.

So at this point, every method either blocks at TPM 2.0 check or rolls back with the 0xC1900101-0x2000D error.

Does anyone know a reliable way to perform an in-place upgrade on unsupported hardware (no TPM 2.0, legacy CPU) for 24H2/25H2?
Or is clean install the only option left now?

Hi
I'm sorry to jump in, have you had a look at Flyoobe
if this has been mentioned apologies

garlin · Oct 15, 2025

SAFE_OS errors typically indicate an incompatible device driver can't be migrated.

spapakons · Oct 16, 2025

In that case disconnect all external devices, then open Device Manager and disable all non-essential devices such as sound, network, WiFi, Bluetooth, webcam etc. You can enable them again after the upgrade.

zbook · Oct 16, 2025

patrickdrd said:
0xC1900101 – 0x2000D

Please open a new thread.

In the new thread post share links:

a) upgrade_failure_info

https://www.tenforums.com/attachments/bsod-crashes-debugging/353454d1638278360-batch-files-use-bsod-debugging-upgrade_failure_info.bat

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b) Tuneup plus:

https://www.tenforums.com/attachments/bsod-crashes-debugging/360137d1645183388-batch-files-use-bsod-debugging-tuneup_plus_log.bat

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c) V2 log collector:

BSOD - Posting Instructions

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d) whynotwin11

Download WhyNotWin11 2.7.0.0 - MajorGeeks

WhyNotWin11 lets you know if your machine is Windows 11 compatible by running a small script. WhyNotWin11 is a simple way to find out if your machine is ready for Windows 11. We have a write-up that goes over the various reasons why your Windows 10 machine may not be compatible.

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patrickdrd · Oct 16, 2025

why redirect me to tenforums? I've already got windows 11 23h2 and I'm trying to update it to 25h2,
still trying, I'll post results when I have

spapakons · Oct 16, 2025

According to Microsoft, the error code 0xC1900101 – 0x2000D means the installation failed due to some incompatible driver. Do as I suggested in my previous post. Remove all external devices and disable all other devices not needed to upgrade, so Setup won't try to install any drivers for them and won't fail. There is a reason we suggest these precautions. Don't overlook them. Been there done that before you, so I share my experience. Just do it, nothing to lose.

Error: 0xC1900101-0x2000D installation failed at SAFE_OS Phase when trying to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 - Microsoft Q&A

i am trying to update my virtual parallels machine on my mac from windows 7 to windows 10 and i keep getting the following error; 0xC1900101-0x2000D failed in the SAFE_OS phase etc etc After numerous attempts of reloading nothing seems to work! i have…

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zbook · Oct 16, 2025

patrickdrd said:
why redirect me to tenforums? I've already got windows 11 23h2 and I'm trying to update it to 25h2,
still trying, I'll post results when I have

That's where the files originated.

As fewer and fewer members use TF the files may be able to be available on EF.

patrickdrd · Oct 16, 2025

couldn't this error be related to "/product server"?
normal installation (without server) started with Ben Myers's suggestion,
let's see how this goes

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