Unable to install W11 Home on Hyper-v VM

Question

Hello,

First here's my Windows Version Information:

Now my problem:

I am unable to create a Hyper-v VM. I keep getting all sorts of crazy errors. My situation is wacky and unusual. I have 2 vastly different laptops.

HP DV7 which is 12 yrs old and running W10 Pro
MSI Katana GF66 which is 1.5 years old running W11 Pro

Both have everything enabled for the Hypervisor to run and it does run on both.

The 12 yr old HP has ZERO and I mean ZERO problems creating and running VMs
BUT THEY ARE RUNNING WINDOWS 10 OS
The 1.5 yr old MSI Katana is able to get through the initial config process of creating the VM themselves but they are not able to install W11 Home

I am picking Generation 1 for the generation of the Hyper-v machine and assigning 6096MB RAM along with setting virtualization for the memory (I gave myself a buffer on the size) and picking a random storage size of 250G for the VHD. I get through the VM setup process perfectly. When I start and connect to the machine it loads the setup file from the .iso I created through MS's media creation tool and when it gets to the point in the process of starting the actual installation process it gives the error that the machine doesn't meet the minimum requirements.

Now here's my VM Settings:

I tried doing a Generation 2 VM and got different and multiple errors. I checked and I have TPM 2.0 enabled and I did enable the appropriate security for the multi-cores but it still fails miserably for that. I get black screens that freeze along with this error when I tried to create a Gen 2 again from scratch:

I do not understand why my ancient 12 yr old HP can seamlessly successfully create VMs and my new Katana can't and keeps coughing up furballs! (sorry I am a long time cat owner).......This is frustrating.

All help appreciated.........

Sincerely,

WonderWoman

Answer 1

Hi,

Please open Settings for the Generation 2 virtual machine in the Hyper-V Manager and check if the Secure Boot is enabled. If yes, make sure the current template is Microsoft Windows.

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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