I'm attempting to upgrade to Windows 11, and my computer meets all the hardware requirements. My BIOS is set to UEFI, with Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 enabled. I ran the PC Health Check tool, which confirmed that my system surpasses the necessary specs. I have an 8176MB ATI AMD Radeon RX 5700 graphics card and 32GB of DDR4 RAM, while the Windows website mentions needing 16GB of DDR5 RAM. However, when I try to update, I receive an error stating, "Your PC doesn't currently meet the minimum system requirements to run Windows 11." Any advice on how to resolve this?
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You're not alone! Many others are facing issues with Windows 11 installations, particularly around the time Windows 10 support ended. It's likely a bug on Microsoft's end. Don't worry, just keep looking for updates or solutions. Hang in there!
Don't stress about the RAM type! Windows 11 can run on systems with any generation of i3 or newer. It seems Microsoft isn't keen on helping users upgrade these days. Since you meet the requirements, consider downloading the Windows 11 ISO directly from the Microsoft site and performing a manual installation. This often goes smoother than trying to update via Windows updates.
That sounds like a plan! I'm going to try the manual install now.
Your RAM isn't the problem. I've got 64GB of DDR4 running Windows 11 without issues. One potential snag could be your drive partitioning. Windows 11 requires a GPT partition style instead of the older MBR. You might need to convert using MBR2GPT.
I tried converting, but it failed. Looks like I'll have to consider a manual install of Windows 11.
Good to know it's a widespread issue! I'm currently on hold with their customer support to see if I've overlooked something.