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.

Windows Insider program | Windows Insider preview | Install, activate, and Windows update

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments

2,500 answers

Sort by: Oldest
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. Anonymous
    2021-06-25T04:01:24+00:00

    Really? Spill the beans!

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  2. Anonymous
    2021-06-25T04:01:39+00:00

    Perhaps, Microsoft made the PC Health Check app err on the side of caution and fail older hardware that otherwise satisfy the required hardware specs to limit the possible disappointment by some of those users when their system don't work quite right under Win11, because the software wasn't specifically designed to work on their hardware.

    And perhaps, Microsoft is letting dev channel insiders test Win11, even if their hardware doesn't meet the requirements according to the PC Health Check app, with the caveat that they may not be able to continue using Win11 after general availability and therefore have to revert back to Win10, so they can see what, if any, problems may be encountered on these systems the software wasn't specifically designed to run on.  That way, they may be able to adjust their system requirements, before general availability, to better reflect the optimum systems requirements, while still adequately warning testers that they have no guarantee that they'll be able to run Win11 in the future.

    Have a good one!

    ~Azrael's Kiss~

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  3. Anonymous
    2021-06-25T04:02:03+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

    Hi Eddie: I have 1 SSD Dell Insider laptop that can run Windows 11, but this laptop evidently cannot run Windows 11 per the PC Health at a Glance checker. This is a Dell HDD Insider laptop Inspiron 15 5566 that has run Insider builds since it came out of the box. Both run Dev Builds. We definitely did not have these issues when we started testing Windows 10.

    Feedback Hub: https://aka.ms/AAd17dw

    Edit: Found TPM info in Windows Security, Not Bios!

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  4. Anonymous
    2021-06-25T04:10:08+00:00

    I have a i5-6200U. It easily meets the requirement of 1 GHz and 2 cores.
    Why isn't it listed in the list of supported processors?
    Windows Processor Requirements Windows 11 Supported Intel Processors | Microsoft Docs
    Please provide details.

    I meet all other system requirements as well. I am on beta channel. Will I be allowed to upgrade to Windows 11? Will I have any problems once I do?

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  5. Anonymous
    2021-06-25T04:11:36+00:00

    I Am not sure this will work and you need windows 10 pro or higher and an office 365 subscription but if you have those

    you can create a hyper v VM enable virtual tpm and then install windows 11 on the VM and then last of all copy everything in the internal disk of that VM and upload it to one drive or mount it to windows copy everything in the vhd and rewrite whatever is in your local machine this will delete your data and has not been tested I will let you know once I have tested id

    DISCLAIMER THIS METHOD HAS NOT BEEN TESTED YET ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR DEVICE IS MY RESPONSIBILITY

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments