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Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path?

From Windows 11 24H2 User <fvgtgfrf@juiklopjhy.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path?
Date 2025-01-13 22:40 +0000
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Message-ID <vm45pn$35746$1@paganini.bofh.team> (permalink)
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On 13/01/2025 21:42, Chris wrote:
> 
> So 2025 will be win10 upgrade year, so what's the cheapest/simplest upgrade
> path for hardware and software?
> 
> I have a home desktop PC based around a Coffee Lake i3 which isn't win11
> compatible. It's not often used, but I don't want to get rid of it so
> what's the sweet spot cpu/mobo these days? I'd like to keep the RAM,
> SSD/NVMe, PSU, etc.
> 
> Can I transfer my win10 pro license key to win11? What do I lose if just
> use an unlicensed version of windows?
> 

The cheapest/simplest upgrade path is to use the same machine but to use 
the Windows 11 24H2 ISO file to upgrade. Even if your machine is not 
compatible, the command I'll give you below will upgrade your machine 
and the Windows 10 license will post no problems at all.

The method to upgrade is this:
1) Make a full backup of the hard disk to an external drive if possible 
or to a separate partition;

2) Download the full ISO from this official link:

<https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11>

Scroll down and look for: "Download Windows 11 Disk Image (ISO) for x64 
devices"

You want to make sure to download the correct ISO. For English UK you 
need multi edition ISO. USA have their own ISO. This is important 
because you want to keep all your Apps and personal documents. Wrong ISO 
won't allow you to keep any of the Apps but personal docs will remain safe.

3) Now mount the ISO using Windows explorer and note down the drive 
letter in the location bar.

4) Launch cmd prompt as Administrator

5) run this command:

E:\setup /product server

This assumes that the drive in step 3 is E:\ but change to whatever you 
get on your system;

6) Just follow the online instructions and in about 30 minutes you'll 
have Windows 11 up and running.

7) I forgot to mention above that make sure Internet is disabled while 
you do this because you don't want updates to clog your machine.

8) When the system is upgraded and booted 2 or three times, you can go 
online and download the updates.

9) This will work for you because it worked on my potato machine. You 
have the full backup so you are not losing anything.

10) In step 5, although we are using the word server, you only get 
either home or professional version NOT SERVER so don't worry about it.

Good luck and post back.

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Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-01-13 21:42 +0000
  Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-13 17:45 -0500
    Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-01-15 07:00 +0000
      Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Hank Rogers <invalid@nospam.com> - 2025-01-15 07:56 +0000
        Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-15 10:12 -0700
          Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-15 10:54 -0700
          Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-01-15 18:10 +0000
      Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-15 03:30 -0500
  Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2025-01-13 16:54 -0600
  Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Windows 11 24H2 User <fvgtgfrf@juiklopjhy.com> - 2025-01-13 22:40 +0000
    Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? john@jeasonNoSpam.cix.co.uk (John K.Eason) - 2025-01-14 00:41 +0000
      Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-14 03:52 -0700
        Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? john@jeasonNoSpam.cix.co.uk (John K.Eason) - 2025-01-14 12:05 +0000
          Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-14 12:39 -0700
    Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-01-15 07:00 +0000
  Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-13 19:45 -0500
    Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2025-01-13 19:09 -0600
      Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-13 22:48 -0500
        Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-14 03:28 -0700
          Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-14 08:43 -0500
            Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-15 10:28 -0700
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