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Hello
Currently I have PCs with windows7 or 8 installed. May I know can they be updated to windows11 directly at the time windows 11 is released?
Thankyou!
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Unfortunately you can't. You first need to upgrade to Windows 10 and then you can upgrade to windows 11.
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I have windows 7 and have installed windows 10 Pro working perfectly. I am in process of installing windows 11. So I am hoping to install . so I think it is possible
Hi there,
Yes if your PC meets the Hardware requirement you can try the In-place update or the Clean install to directly update to Win 11. But you will be needing the ISO for this and you cannot update to Win 11 from the settings.
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i have installed Seagate ONE TOUCH portable storage....for backup and HIGH capaacity can I upgrade my E Machine windows 7 to WINDOWS 11 ?
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This data may change after the October 5 release:
Possible paths for Windows 7:
7 > upgrade to 10 (2004 or 20H1 or higher) > 11
7 > clean install to 10 > 11
7 > clean install to 11
Possible paths for Windows 8:
8 > 8.1 > upgrade to 10 (2004 or 20H1 or higher) > 11
8 > 8.1 > clean install to 10 > 11
8. 1 > clean install to 11
Possible paths for Windows 10:
10 (2004 or 20H1 or higher) > upgrade to 11
10 > clean install to 11
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/upgrade/windows-10-upgrade-paths
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/23354-clean-install-windows-10-directly-without-having-upgrade-first.html
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/139745-upgrade-windows-10-windows-7-free.html
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According to Microsoft Support, you are only able to upgrade Windows 10 devices which are meet the minimum requirements for the Windows 11, take a look at:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/can-i-upgrade-to-windows-11-14c25efc-ecb7-4ce6-a3dd-7e2e24476997
Direct upgrade from other version of Windows , including Windows 7 is not available and you have to perform a clean install or upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 10 and then upgrade Windows 10 to Windows 11.
Only Windows 10 can be updated to Windows 11.
