Upgrading to windows 11 on unsupported hardware


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I have a AMD Phantom which is 12 years old and a i5 that is 9 years old that has windows 10 and I put the ISO in the C:\windows11\setup.exe /product server in DOS under administrator and I got a message that said "The system can not find the path specified" so what am I doing wrong?
 

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lostsoul70 said:
I have a AMD Phantom which is 12 years old and a i5 that is 9 years old that has windows 10 and I put the ISO in the C:\windows11\setup.exe /product server in DOS under administrator and I got a message that said "The system can not find the path specified" so what am I doing wrong?
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Right click on the .iso file and mount it, it will open explorer where your installation media is.
Open the command prompt from there.

Please beware:
www.neowin.net

Windows 11 no longer fooled by this system requirements bypass trick on old unsupported CPUs

There has been an interesting trick, a single command, that allows unsupported CPUs to bypass Windows 11's system requirements check during setup. That has seemingly stopped working on very old chips.
www.neowin.net www.neowin.net
 

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    Acer Nitro ANV15-51
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    AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS 3200-4500 Mhz 8 cores x 2
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    Sportage_RBH
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    32 GB DDR5
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    Windows 11 Beta
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    Asus X751BP
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    AMD A9-9420
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    8 GB of DDR4
    Graphics card(s)
    AMD Radeon R5
    Screen Resolution
    1600x900
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 1 TB
OK, I'm thoroughly confused! What are you trying to accomplish?
You DO understand that DOS and NTFS (Windows) don't mix. Right?

I can read an NTFS partition in DOS, but only after I run the program "NTFS4DOS".
More information on your part, would be nice. Eh?
 

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TechnoMage2021 said:
OK, I'm thoroughly confused! What are you trying to accomplish?
You DO understand that DOS and NTFS (Windows) don't mix. Right?

I can read an NTFS partition in DOS, but only after I run the program "NTFS4DOS".
More information on your part, would be nice. Eh?
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The OP means command prompt, and is just running the command line from the c:\ drive instead of the mounted media in an attempt to install 11 on an old PC running 10.
 

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  • OS
    All Branches but Release
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Nitro ANV15-51
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS 3200-4500 Mhz 8 cores x 2
    Motherboard
    Sportage_RBH
    Memory
    32 GB DDR5
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon Graphic / NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB GDDR6
    Sound Card
    AMD/Realtek(R) Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Integrated Monitor (15.3"vis)
    Screen Resolution
    FHD 1920X1080 16:9 144Hz
    Hard Drives
    KINGSTON OM8SEP4512Q-AA 1TB
    Western Digital 256GB
    PSU
    19V DC 6.32 A 120 W
    Cooling
    Dual Fans
    Mouse
    MS Bluetooth
    Internet Speed
    Fiber 1GB Cox -us & 1GB Orange-fr
    Browser
    Edge Canary- Firefox Nightly-Chrome Dev-Chrome Dev
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Beta
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Asus X751BP
    CPU
    AMD A9-9420
    Memory
    8 GB of DDR4
    Graphics card(s)
    AMD Radeon R5
    Screen Resolution
    1600x900
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 1 TB
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