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Re: OT - change to Windows 11

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On Mon, 7/28/2025 12:44 PM, scbs29 wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 07:40:27 -0400, Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:
> 
> Thankyou for your reply.
> My system disk has only 2 partitions, one of just under 500 Mb and the remaining 465.35 Gb of the disk
> occupied with the o/s, 24% free space. Most programs, data etc are on my D, E or G (USB) drive.
> According to Microsoft PCHealthCheck my PC meets all of the requirements for Windows 11
> with the exception of Secure Boot. This of course I can set up in BIOS. 
> SInce my PC will then meet all of the Win 11 requirements I thought I could then do an 'in-place'
> change through the normal Microsoft Windows Update service. After cloning the system disk to
> another disk naturally.
> I can convert to GPT with AOEMI Partition Assistant.
> Will the Microsoft Update change the partition setup on my system disk for me ?
> Should I approach Microsoft with the question ?
> 

Here is a simulation of what I think you have on your disk.

I started with a 17763 install, to match what you seem to be describing for W10.

I install 19045 Win10 over top of that, which adds the Recovery Partition.

I bumped up the size of the Recovery Partition using gparted on Linux
(as the Microsoft tools won't allow it and the recipe on the Windows
side is to delete and re-create the partition and this is a lot more
work for me).

I prepared a Rufus stick, where only the tick box for "not needing an MSA"
was ticked. And the upgrade install over top of the 19045, to 26100,
did not stop and ask me any questions.

   [Picture]

    https://i.postimg.cc/nc5Qgyyw/Approximate-Upgrade-W10-Fred.gif

The reason I did it that way, is I suspect if you check your "winver.exe"
output, you're not running 19045 right now, and your updates stopped
at some point. Maybe at the moment, *no* inplace-upgrade will work,
but you'll just have to wait and see whether it fails and rolls back.
As I'm not 100% positive we're on the same wavelength on terminology.
I might be misinterpreting your description of what those other partitions
are for.

  Paul

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Re: OT - change to Windows 11 scbs29 <scbs29@fred.talktalk.net> - 2025-07-28 09:16 +0100
  Re: OT - change to Windows 11 Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-07-28 07:40 -0400
    Re: OT - change to Windows 11 scbs29 <scbs29@fred.talktalk.net> - 2025-07-28 17:44 +0100
      Re: OT - change to Windows 11 MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2025-07-28 18:58 +0100
      Re: OT - change to Windows 11 Jack <Jack@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-28 23:25 +0000
        Re: OT - change to Windows 11 "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-29 00:53 +0100
          Re: OT - change to Windows 11 Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-07-29 11:57 -0400
      Re: OT - change to Windows 11 Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-07-29 16:28 -0400
  Re: OT - change to Windows 11 "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-07-28 10:41 -0400
    Re: OT - change to Windows 11 "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-07-29 19:23 +0200
    Re: OT - change to Windows 11 "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-29 23:01 +0100

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