2022年11月20日 星期日

Install Windows 11 on incompatible computers

After I retired, I got away from Windows system and started to use Zorin OS for almost 8 years. I did not pay any attentions to the Windows system until recently. One person told me that his computer can not install Windows 11 as it is a bit too old and I found my computer also did not meet the requirements. Then, I came across an article from a IT man in Taiwan, it stated that it is able to get around the limitation imposed by MS to install Windows 11 to those computers.

His method is by replacing the install.wim file of a Windows 10 installation ISO by that of a Windows 11 installation ISO and use the modified Windows 10 installation ISO for installation.

The detailed procedures are list as follows:

  • get a Windows 10 installation ISO
  • get a Windows 11 installation ISO of the same language
  • use Rufus to flash the Windows 10 installation ISO onto an USB stick
  • delete the install.wim file from the sources directory of the USB stick
  • extract the install.wim file from the sources directory Windows 11 installation ISO (you may use 7zip or else to do that)
  • put the extracted install.wim file into the sources directory of the USB stick
  • use the USB stick to install Windows 11

I followed the steps exactly and it worked. I used my MS a/c to start Windows 11 and it can update. 

I do not intended to make Windows 11 the OS of the computer I used daily. I tried to install it this way, just want to check whether the method works or not.  

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