Preparing for Insider Preview Builds of Windows 11 - ***UPDATED 6/28***

Anonymous
2021-06-24T16:00:22+00:00

Hello Windows Insiders! Today we announced Windows 11, and we know you are excited to get your hands on it. You can check out all the details on how to prepare for Windows 11 Insider Preview builds on our blog post.

Once you've reviewed the blog, please use this post to ask any related questions you may have.

We are excited to hear your feedback!!

-The Windows Insider Team

***UPDATE***

For users who are receiving the following message in your Windows Insider Settings:

Your PC does not meet the minimum hardware requirements for Windows 11. Your device may continue to receive Insider Preview builds until Windows 11 is generally available, at which time it is recommended to clean install to Windows 10.

We've made an update to Settings to resolve some issues. Please reboot your device to ensure you have the latest update.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-06-26T04:38:13+00:00

    You might want to shift your channel to Beta as its a default recommended channel!

    Thank you!

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-06-26T04:42:44+00:00

    How to check that?

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-06-26T04:59:00+00:00

    I think Secure Boot require your system to boot with UEFI which requires the disk partition type to be "GPT" instead of "MBR". You can check that in DISKPART then type "list disk" . You must see the asterisk under GPT column of your system (boot) disk. If it's not you can convert it using MBR2GPT utility. After that, you must boot your computer using UEFI (Not UEFI-CSM nor Legacy mode)

    Also, do not forget to check Secure Boot mode, in my computer there are 2 mode "Windows" and "Other OS", you must select "Windows".

    Also, I think it required TPM at least 1.2 to be enabled, if your system don't have dedicated TPM module, try to check weather you have firmware TPM which is called PTT on Intel system and fTPM on AMD system.

    Hope this help . Both of my computer "Surface book 2" and "i7 7700k, 32GB DDR2, NVIDIA RTX3080 PC" don't meet the minimum requirements of Windows 11 because of they equipped with 7th gen Intel CPU (Kaby-Lake) which is stupid as they are both able to run leaked version of Windows 11 perfectly. But from what I've known, the CPU generation is a soft limit , they should prevent the installation of Windows.

    Suttisak, I think you have identified the problem: GPT vs. MBR. I had set up all my storage volumes as GPT, but had forgotten to do the same with the OS drive. Yeah, that may be it. Thanks. TPM and all other settings seem to be in order, ready, that is.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-06-26T05:00:00+00:00

    Hi

    As SuttisakDenduangchai said, You need your disk to be in gpt and not mbr, secure boot doesn't support gpt. see here for more info.

    Follow his directions to do it.

    You can find out what are the system requirements for win11 at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11, scroll to the bottom.

    Regards

    Mazen Gohar.

    I am not a microsoft employee or a MVP, I am a normal Win 10 user.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-06-26T05:03:16+00:00

    What's going to happen to installed programs/apps if you install the Insider build of Windows 11? Nothing? Or will every program/app be deleted like on a Windows 10 refresh?

    It should allow to upgrade keeping all the files and programs even if you do it from an ISO file or Installation Media.

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