Windows 11
Windows 11 in a virtual machine
Which immediately
appears to work differently than with Windows 10
Install Windows 11 on a desktop or laptop with a Legacy BIOS without Secure Boot
and TPM 2.
To install Windows 11 on a PC or laptop it
is required that you have a UEFI bios (secure boot) and a
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) on the motherboard.
Many somewhat older machines have a normal Legacy bios and
no TPM.
If you run the systemcheck to find out if your
machine is suitable for Windows 11 you may see this.
There is a way to get around that.
You can
download an iso of Windows 11 to make a bootable USB
stick with Rufus.
You cannot upgrade the existing
installation.
Only perform a new clean install.
Use a
different hard drive if you have one.
Or copy the files
you want to keep first and then use the existing disk
Go to
https://rufus.ie/en/
You don't have to install Rufus.
It's a self executable.
Put it on your desktop.
Put a USB stick of at least 8
GB into your machine.
Click on Rufus (this is version
4.4).
Here you choose normal MBR, master boot record,
for a machine without secure bios.
If you do have a
secure bios then you need to change MBR to GPT.
You can
still use MBR for a machine with secure bios.
Then you
have to set secure boot to disabled in the bios itself.
And find out if you can click on legacy somewhere.
If the
machine indicates no bootable device found after
installation, you should see if you need to change anything
else until W11 starts properly.
There can be the problem
that the bios battery runs out and then everything is reset
to the default option.
Therefore, it is recommended to
indicate that information on the side of the dektop or the
bottom of the laptop.
If no bootable device found
Bios: Secure boot disabled
Legacy enabled.
Start
Rufus
Select, browse to that
downloaded iso.
Click start, select what you want and
choose username and OK.
If that USB flash drive is ready then you can boot the
machine from that.
When you get here:
Do
not upgrade, but click on the 2nd option below (custom)
After the installation, you will have another chance to
set the correct region and install the correct keyboard.
If that should be English, choose US keyboard.
You
may still have to enter an M$ account to continue.
We
need to bypass that.
When you get to the point of
having to specify a Microsoft account.
Shift + F10
Type CMD in the search box
Right mouse over that black
square and run as administrator
Type: ooBeBypassNRO (all
letter, no numbers)
Reboot.
Then you get to the
point again where you have to specify a Microsoft account
But then you can specify: i have no internet
Continue
with limitid options.
