Many users have already installed Windows 11 on their computer for the first time. Some will have left their devices on overnight waiting for the operating system to install properly. Depending on the model and the power it takes more or less, but if you already have it installed it is quite an achievement. The problem is if your device has not been selected because it does not have the minimum requirements to install Windows 11. If it has been your case, do not despair, there is a way to install Windows 11 on your unsupported computer.
How to know if my computer meets the minimum requirements of Windows 11
You may not know it, but Windows 11 has some minimum requirements to ask your computer. Some have caught users unexpectedly, who have seen how a small security chip became an indispensable element for the installation of the software.
We talk about TPM version 2.0, a small connector that what it does is store security data. But this is something very specific and if you are a handyman you can place it yourself on the board of your machine, but there is a connector that needs a little more attention.
And is that the processor of your computer has much to give or take away when installing Windows 11. It turns out that sIf you have a 2016 or 2017 processor like the latest generation Intel or AMD Ryzen 2,000 from now on you will be one of the lucky ones to install Windows 11. But there is still hope if you do not comply with these requirements and you want to install Windows 11.
How to install Windows 11 on unsupported computers
Luckily, there is a way to install Windows 11 on your system even if it is not supported. Everything goes through an official solution that you will find on the Microsoft page that goes through download the official ISO image of the operating system. If you follow the link you just have to click on the section Download the Windows 11 ISO and move on. You will download the image first, but you will need a memory USB or DVD with at least 8 GB of space available to burn the disc image.
You can also skip the fact of saving it to external storage, and for that you will have to mount the ISO image. For that we follow the steps proposed by those from Redmond:
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Go to the location where you downloaded the ISO file. Then right-click on the ISO file and select Properties.
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On the “General” tab, click “Change …” where it says “Opens with:” and select Windows Explorer as the program you would like to use to open ISO files and select Apply.
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Right-click the ISO file and select Mount.
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This will create a “virtual” boot disk. Double click on it to see the files inside. Double click setup.exe to start Windows 11 setup.
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