Installing Windows 11

Question

Hello everyone,

I'm having issues installing Windows 11.

I've got a Windows 10 Pro license, which used to be a Windows 7 Pro license.

I'm running a MSI Z370 Motherboard with updated BIOS firmware to enable TPM 2.0 and Windows 11 support. On it I've got an i7 8700K and 32GB of RAM. There's an empty 1TB SSD in the system, so disk space should not be an issue either. This should pass the requirements easily, however when I try to install Windows 11 using a USB Stick created with the media creation tool, it says "This system does not pass the system requirements." or something along those lines.

Could the problem be the key? (It's a legit one that got upgraded over the years)

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Hi LutzSFX,

I am Dave, I will help you with this.

I need more information about your system,

1

Click your Start Button, then just type msinfo and press Enter

Please provide a screenshot of the resulting System Information window.

2

Download the tiny utility from the link below, then run that utility and please provide a screenshot of the result of tunning that scan

https://github.com/rcmaehl/WhyNotWin11/releases...

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Answer 2

Works. Such a silly setting ruining my entire day... I love computers...

Thanks a lot! Imagine me treating you to a coffee/beer/soda/water/whatever you like!

Cheers!

Answer 3

Glad to help, I will be here.

Answer 4

The tool says secure boot is disabled... will try again now! Going to let you know whether it worked.

Answer 5

Its not the key, unless a clean upgrade it requires the 'Convert MBR to GPT'