Want to upgrade Windows 10 to Windows 11 on a old laptop?

Willy · Jul 7, 2022

Hi i have a laptop having processor core i5 currently running Windows 10 pro. Now i want to download Windows 11 but there's a message that keep saying me that my PC doesn't meet the minimum system requirements to run Windows 11.

Is there any way to download Windows 11 n laptop? Any tweak that one can apply to use this latest Windows OS.

glasskuter · Jul 7, 2022

I am one who does not suggest running on incompatible hardware, but one's choice to do so is their own. There are tons of posts on this forum and on line with various methods used to bypass the requirements.. You can use the forum's advance search to find them
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IMO the Rufus method would by far be the easiest. How to create Windows 11 bootable USB to bypass requirements with Rufus - Pureinfotech
Once the bootable media is made using Rufus, if you want to perform an upgrade, from within Windows mount the usb drive and run setup.exe as administrator .
If you want to do a clean install, boot from the media Rufus creates.

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Here's a current article with several other methods How to install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware - Pureinfotech

Whatever method you use be sure to make a full system backup first. Install on incompatible hardware at your own risk.

Willy · Jul 7, 2022

glasskuter said:
I am one who does not suggest running on incompatible hardware, but one's choice to do so is their own. There are tons of posts on this forum and on line with various methods used to bypass the requirements.. You can use the forum's advance search to find them
OR
IMO the Rufus method would by far be the easiest. How to create Windows 11 bootable USB to bypass requirements with Rufus - Pureinfotech
Once the bootable media is made using Rufus, if you want to perform an upgrade, from within Windows mount the usb drive and run setup.exe as administrator .
If you want to do a clean install, boot from the media Rufus creates.

OR
Here's a current article with several other methods How to install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware - Pureinfotech

Whatever method you use be sure to make a full system backup first. Install on incompatible hardware at your own risk.

The two articles that you have mentioned i will read them now and if i face any problem i will ask you.

Bree · Jul 7, 2022

Willy said:
i want to download Windows 11 but there's a message that keep saying me that my PC doesn't meet the minimum system requirements to run Windows 11.

I have a Dell/Latitude E7440 like the one in your specs. It should have no problems running Windows 11, I have it running on a couple of machines with far lower specs than that.

You have to bear in mind though that that it is officially an unsupported device. While unsupported machines have had all the updates so far, the risk is that at some point in the future MS may stop updating an unsupported device through Windows Update.

Willy · Jul 7, 2022

Bree said:
I have a Dell/Latitude E7440 like the one in your specs. It should have no problems running Windows 11, I have it running on a couple of machines with far lower specs than that.

You have to bear in mind though that that it is officially an unsupported device. While unsupported machines have had all the updates so far, the risk is that at some point in the future MS may stop updating an unsupported device through Windows Update.

Really that a bit relief after hearing you. When i first saw message that my laptop can't run Windows 11 i thought there's no way i can use this OS until i upgrade my PC.

Bree · Jul 7, 2022

Willy said:
When i first saw message that my laptop can't run Windows 11 i thought there's no way i can use this OS until i upgrade my PC.

With the various workarounds you'll find on this site you can upgrade virtually anything that can run Windows 10 to Windows 11. Once installed it should run without issues.

Just as a test, I have taken that to a ridiculous extreme.

Bree said:
When W11 was first leaked I tested installing it on the least appropriate hardware I could find, my little Acer Aspire One D270 netbook, see post #37.

Today I revisited that using the current latest RTM build 22000.527. Still works fine, albeit a little sluggish - no 64-bit OS should be asked to run in just 2GB of RAM

Let's install Windows 11 on a incompatible hardware - post #717

FreeBooter · Jul 7, 2022

In this video, i will upgrade Windows 10 to Windows 11 on unsupported computer hardware. Although Windows 11 has a higher system requirement, you may still be able to perform an upgrade on an unsupported computer. The Windows setup has an “appraiser” service that checks to see if your computer meets the minimum hardware requirements for that version. It’s possible to replace the appraiserres.dll file in the Windows 11 setup with one from an older build of Windows 10. In order to replace the Windows 11 DLL with one from Windows 10, you’ll actually need the setup files for Windows 10.