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The time is upon us where Windows 10 will no longer be supported by Microsoft and you will be forced to either upgrade to Windows 11, stay on an unsupported operating system, or move to a new OS such as Linux or macOS.
The problem that many people have when trying to upgrade to Windows 11 is that their computer does not meet the system requirements and the upgrade fails as seen in the image below.
You can use tools such as Rufus to create a bootable USB flash drive that will bypass the Windows 11 requirements such as needing to have a TPM 2.0 installed in your computer. But if you want to upgrade Windows from Windows itself, there is an easy way to do so. In this article, we will be showing you how to bypass the Windows 11 requirements when upgrading your computer from Windows 10.
If you are not sure if your computer meets the Windows 11 system requirements, you can use a tool such as the Windows 11 PC Health Check tool or something even easier such as WhyNotWin11 which is shown in the image below. As you can see, this computer doesn’t have the required amount of CPU cores and is missing the TPM (Trusted Platform Module) altogether.
The tool we will be using to bypass the Windows 11 requirements when upgrading your computer from Windows 10 is called Flyby11 and can be downloaded here from the Assets section of the page.
Once you download the zip file and extract it, you will need to run the Flyby11.exe file to start the process. You may see a blue warning box appear telling you that Windows protected our PC. From here you can click on More info and the Run anyway.
Flyby11 will then check your computer to tell you what chances you have of successfully upgrading to Windows 11 using the tool. Then you can click Start Upgrade Now at the bottom of the window.
To perform this Windows 11 upgrade, you will need to have a Windows 11 ISO file that you can download from the Microsoft website or via Fido. You can do so from within the Flyby11 tool or on your own.
Then you can select the ISO file and Flyby11 will then mount the ISO image file and give you a UAC PowerShell admin prompt and you will need to click the Yes button to continue. Once it does its configurations, you will see a box that says Success, Windows 11 installation can now proceed. You can then click the OK button.
You will then see a box that says Windows Server Setup\Install Windows Server. You can ignore this since you will not be installing Windows Server on your computer.
You can then click the Next button, and you will then need to accept the Windows license agreement to continue.
Then you will have the option to keep your files, settings and apps or just your personal files. There is also an option to keep nothing which means you will need to restore your files from a backup and also reinstall any software you need on the computer that does not come with Windows itself. Whatever option you choose, you should always backup your personal files before doing any type of Windows upgrade.
Next, you will see a summary screen and can click the Install button to begin the process. Your version of Windows will be upgraded to the same edition as it was on Windows 10. So if you are running Windows 10 Home, you will be upgraded to Windows 11 Home.
Once again, it will say Installing Windows Server even though it’s actually installing Windows 11.
Setup will reboot your computer several times and also install updates throughout the process. Then you will be brought to the Windows login screen where you can login with the same user that you used in Windows 11 and start your Windows 11 journey!
Here is another method you can try to bypass the Windows 11 requirements when upgrading your computer from Windows 10.
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