**Upgrading to Windows 11: A Step-by-Step Guide**

Just like the first method, this will keep all of your files, apps, and settings, and you can proceed using Windows 10 just like you were using Windows 11. The only thing that's different is you might need to re-enter a few passwords if your computer isn't compatible with Windows 11. Microsoft says you should stick with Windows 10 for now; they're supporting the operating system through 2025, so you'll still continue to receive Windows updates for the next few years.

However, there is a way to install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware by modifying the registry. Before I continue, you really shouldn't use this route unless you know what you're doing. Microsoft has suggested that unsupported Windows 11 installs won't receive critical security updates, and messing around with your registry without knowing what you're doing could mess up some stuff on your computer. Microsoft explicitly says not to install Windows 11 this way, so proceed at your own risk.

**Creating a Windows 11 Installation Media**

To start, you need the media creation tool. Go to the Windows 11 installation page linked in the description below and scroll down to create Windows 11 installation media. Under there, click "Download now," and while you're waiting for it to finish, grab a spare USB drive with at least eight gigabytes of storage. You can technically install Windows 11 by burning it to a disk, but I'll be using a USB drive for this example. Using a USB drive will remove everything on the drive, so make sure to remove any files or back them up somewhere else if you want to keep them after the media creation tool has finished installing.

Go ahead and run the media creation tool while the USB drive is plugged into your computer. It'll ask you if you either want to burn Windows 11 to a disk or if you want to use your flash drive. Select your flash drive, wait about 10 minutes, and everything will be good to go once you finish creating your Windows 11 installation media.

**Modifying the Registry**

Once you've created your Windows 11 installation media, it's time to add a new value in the registry. Open it up by using Windows key plus S and searching for the registry editor. Navigate to the path listed below and create a new DWORD value by clicking and selecting "New" DWORD 32-bit value. Name it "Allow upgrades with unsupported TPM or CPU," exactly as it's spelled, and set the value to one.

That's all you need to do in the registry so you can go ahead and close out of it. Then, go to File Explorer and find the USB drive where you created your Windows 11 installation media. Click "Setup" there and wait while it automatically searches for any new updates that might be available after that's done. You'll see a warning that says you shouldn't install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware stressing once again that you may not receive critical security updates if that's okay with you, go ahead and click "Agree" and continue through the process.

**Choosing Your Installation Options**

After that, you'll get to choose what you want to keep in your Windows 11 installation. You can choose to do a full upgrade which will keep your apps, files, and settings. You can choose to do a keep data only installation which will keep your files but not your apps or settings. Or, you can just do a clean install and remove everything. Install a Windows 11 from scratch.

**Installing Windows 11 on Unsupported Hardware**

Finally, you can do a clean install of Windows 11 by booting to the installation media. This will remove all of your files, apps, and settings, so make sure to backup anything you want beforehand. Just like the previous method, you need to download the media creation tool using the link in the description below, grab a spare USB drive with at least eight gigabytes of storage, and go through the process to create your installation media. It'll take about 10 minutes to finish once you're done.

Leave your USB drive installed and restart your computer while it's booting spam the delete key not the backspace key to enter your motherboard's bios. The goal here is to change the boot order or boot priority to load your USB drive first instead of your main hard drive. Every motherboard's a little bit different, but you'll generally find the boot order under some boot sub-menu. Change the order so that you boot from your USB drive first. Save your changes and restart your computer.

Once you restart your computer, you'll be met with the Windows 11 installation screen instead of your normal Windows 10 install. Follow the process here, choose your keyboard layout, choose your language, all that fun stuff in about an hour you'll have a fresh version of Windows 11 installed.

**Support and Upgrade Options**

There are a ton of new features to try out, but if you decide it's not for you, you can always downgrade to Windows 10. However, there is no official downgrade process from Windows 11 yet. Microsoft will likely provide support and upgrade options in the future, so keep an eye on their website for updates.

**Conclusion**

Upgrading to Windows 11 is a simple process that keeps all of your files, apps, and settings. If you're not sure if you can install it on your computer or have any questions about the process, refer to Microsoft's official support pages. Upgrading to Windows 11 will make your computer faster, more secure, and compatible with many new devices and software.

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is basically just a standard windows update so you'll get to keep all of your files apps settings all that stuff most pcs don't have this option at the time i'm recording this video but since it lives in the immortal shell of the internet it's possible that the update is waiting for you as it stands now new pcs purchase after october 5th will either come with windows 11 pre-installed or with a free upgrade waiting you probably came to this video for the secret route though which is the windows 11 installation assistant to use this route you need to meet windows 11's minimum hardware requirements which calls for either a ryzen 2000 or intel 8th gen processor or newer tpm 2.0 uefi secure boot 4 gigabytes of ram and 64 gigabytes of storage if half of that was technobabble to you don't worry microsoft offers its pc health check app which you can find in the description below this app will automatically scan your computer and tell you if it's compatible with windows 11. if it's not it will offer solutions if they're available before getting started make sure to finish up any pending windows updates that you have again you can use windows key plus s to just search for that and then install the installation assistant which you can also find in the description below once installed run it as an administrator by right-clicking and choosing run as administrator it will automatically scan your computer to make sure that it's compatible and if everything checks out you'll see a box that says restart now to install the update just like the first method this will keep all of your files apps and settings and you can proceed using windows 10 just like you were using windows 11. the only thing that's different is you might need to re-enter a few passwords if your computer isn't compatible with windows 11 microsoft says you should stick with windows 10 for now they're supporting the operating system through 2025 so you'll still continue to receive windows updates for the next few years however there is a way to install windows 11 on unsupported hardware by modifying the registry before i continue you really shouldn't use this route unless you know what you're doing microsoft has suggested that unsupported windows 11 installs won't receive critical security updates and messing around your registry without knowing what you're doing could mess up some stuff on your computer microsoft explicitly says not to install windows 11 this way so proceed at your own risk to start you need the media creation tool go to the windows 11 installation page linked in the description below and scroll down to create windows 11 installation media under there click download now and while you're waiting for it to finish grab a spare usb drive with at least eight gigabytes of storage you can technically install windows 11 by burning it to a disk but i'll be using a usb drive for this example using this as an installer will remove everything on the drive so make sure to remove any files or back them up somewhere else if you want to keep them after the media creation tool has finished installing go ahead and run it while the usb drive is plugged into your computer it'll ask you if you either want to burn windows 11 to a disk or if you want to use your flash drive select your flash drive wait about 10 minutes and everything will be good to go once you finish creating your windows 11 installation media it's time to add a new value in the registry open it up by using windows key plus s and searching for the registry editor there navigate to the path listed below and create a new dword value by clicking and selecting new d word 32-bit value name it allow upgrades with unsupported tpm or cpu exactly as it's spelled below and set the value to one that's all you need to do in the registry so you can go ahead and close out of it then go to file explorer and find the usb drive where you created your windows 11 installation media click setup there and wait while it automatically searches for any new updates that might be available after that's done you'll see a warning that says that you shouldn't install windows 11 on unsupported hardware stressing once again that you may not receive critical security updates if that's okay with you go ahead and click agree and continue through the process after that you'll get to choose what you want to keep in your windows 11 installation you can choose to do a full upgrade which will keep your apps files and settings you can choose to do a keep data only installation which will keep your files but not your apps or settings or you can just do a clean install and remove everything install a windows 11 from scratch finally you can do a clean install of windows 11 by booting to installation media this will remove all of your files apps and settings so make sure to backup anything you want beforehand just like the previous method you need to download the media creation tool using the link in the description below grab a spare usb drive with at least eight gigabytes of storage and go through the process to create your installation media it'll take about 10 minutes to finish once you're done leave your usb drive installed and restart your computer while it's booting spam the delete key not the backspace key to enter your motherboard's bios the goal here is to change the boot order or boot priority to load your usb drive first instead of your main hard drive every motherboard's a little bit different but you'll generally find the boot order under some boot sub-menu change the order so that you boot from your usb drive first save your changes and restart your computer once you restart your computer you'll be met with the windows 11 installation screen instead of your normal windows 10 install follow the process here choose your keyboard layout choose your language all that fun stuff in about an hour you'll have a fresh version of windows 11 installed so those are all the ways that you can install windows 11. there are a ton of new features to try out but if you decide it's not for you you can always downgrade to windows 10 for 10 days after you install microsoft says it will continue supporting windows 10 until 2025 so you don't need to upgrade now leave me a comment letting me know your favorite new feature in windows 11 and also a little bit about how the installation process went also make sure to like and subscribe to stay up to date with all the latest from digital trendswindows 11 is finally here kind of microsoft technically released the operating system on october 5th but it's rolling out the update in cycles and that's not going to be done until the middle of 2022. however there is a secret way that you can install windows 11 right now as well as a few ways to get around the minimum hardware requirements and in this video i'm going to show you every single one of them before i get into it make sure to like and subscribe to our channel we're almost to a million subs but we need your help to get there also make sure to leave me a comment below after the video if you enjoyed this type of content windows 11 is a free upgrade to windows 10 that will eventually be available to all eligible pcs through windows update to check if your update is ready use windows key plus s and search for windows update there click on check for updates and if windows 11 is available you'll see a small pop-up that allows you to upgrade this is basically just a standard windows update so you'll get to keep all of your files apps settings all that stuff most pcs don't have this option at the time i'm recording this video but since it lives in the immortal shell of the internet it's possible that the update is waiting for you as it stands now new pcs purchase after october 5th will either come with windows 11 pre-installed or with a free upgrade waiting you probably came to this video for the secret route though which is the windows 11 installation assistant to use this route you need to meet windows 11's minimum hardware requirements which calls for either a ryzen 2000 or intel 8th gen processor or newer tpm 2.0 uefi secure boot 4 gigabytes of ram and 64 gigabytes of storage if half of that was technobabble to you don't worry microsoft offers its pc health check app which you can find in the description below this app will automatically scan your computer and tell you if it's compatible with windows 11. if it's not it will offer solutions if they're available before getting started make sure to finish up any pending windows updates that you have again you can use windows key plus s to just search for that and then install the installation assistant which you can also find in the description below once installed run it as an administrator by right-clicking and choosing run as administrator it will automatically scan your computer to make sure that it's compatible and if everything checks out you'll see a box that says restart now to install the update just like the first method this will keep all of your files apps and settings and you can proceed using windows 10 just like you were using windows 11. the only thing that's different is you might need to re-enter a few passwords if your computer isn't compatible with windows 11 microsoft says you should stick with windows 10 for now they're supporting the operating system through 2025 so you'll still continue to receive windows updates for the next few years however there is a way to install windows 11 on unsupported hardware by modifying the registry before i continue you really shouldn't use this route unless you know what you're doing microsoft has suggested that unsupported windows 11 installs won't receive critical security updates and messing around your registry without knowing what you're doing could mess up some stuff on your computer microsoft explicitly says not to install windows 11 this way so proceed at your own risk to start you need the media creation tool go to the windows 11 installation page linked in the description below and scroll down to create windows 11 installation media under there click download now and while you're waiting for it to finish grab a spare usb drive with at least eight gigabytes of storage you can technically install windows 11 by burning it to a disk but i'll be using a usb drive for this example using this as an installer will remove everything on the drive so make sure to remove any files or back them up somewhere else if you want to keep them after the media creation tool has finished installing go ahead and run it while the usb drive is plugged into your computer it'll ask you if you either want to burn windows 11 to a disk or if you want to use your flash drive select your flash drive wait about 10 minutes and everything will be good to go once you finish creating your windows 11 installation media it's time to add a new value in the registry open it up by using windows key plus s and searching for the registry editor there navigate to the path listed below and create a new dword value by clicking and selecting new d word 32-bit value name it allow upgrades with unsupported tpm or cpu exactly as it's spelled below and set the value to one that's all you need to do in the registry so you can go ahead and close out of it then go to file explorer and find the usb drive where you created your windows 11 installation media click setup there and wait while it automatically searches for any new updates that might be available after that's done you'll see a warning that says that you shouldn't install windows 11 on unsupported hardware stressing once again that you may not receive critical security updates if that's okay with you go ahead and click agree and continue through the process after that you'll get to choose what you want to keep in your windows 11 installation you can choose to do a full upgrade which will keep your apps files and settings you can choose to do a keep data only installation which will keep your files but not your apps or settings or you can just do a clean install and remove everything install a windows 11 from scratch finally you can do a clean install of windows 11 by booting to installation media this will remove all of your files apps and settings so make sure to backup anything you want beforehand just like the previous method you need to download the media creation tool using the link in the description below grab a spare usb drive with at least eight gigabytes of storage and go through the process to create your installation media it'll take about 10 minutes to finish once you're done leave your usb drive installed and restart your computer while it's booting spam the delete key not the backspace key to enter your motherboard's bios the goal here is to change the boot order or boot priority to load your usb drive first instead of your main hard drive every motherboard's a little bit different but you'll generally find the boot order under some boot sub-menu change the order so that you boot from your usb drive first save your changes and restart your computer once you restart your computer you'll be met with the windows 11 installation screen instead of your normal windows 10 install follow the process here choose your keyboard layout choose your language all that fun stuff in about an hour you'll have a fresh version of windows 11 installed so those are all the ways that you can install windows 11. there are a ton of new features to try out but if you decide it's not for you you can always downgrade to windows 10 for 10 days after you install microsoft says it will continue supporting windows 10 until 2025 so you don't need to upgrade now leave me a comment letting me know your favorite new feature in windows 11 and also a little bit about how the installation process went also make sure to like and subscribe to stay up to date with all the latest from digital trends\n"