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“My friend told me that Windows 11 is available as a free upgrade for eligible Windows 10 PCs. I want to check if Windows 11 is compatible with my computer but do not know how to do? Do you have any idea?”
Windows 11 has been released officially on October 5th, 2021. Many users are eager to experience the great improvements on Windows 11 but do not know whether their computers are compatible with Windows 11 or not. As a matter of fact, Microsoft has released the minimum system requirements for installing Windows 11 on a PC. You can easily check computer compatibility for Windows 11 with the below methods.
To check whether your PC can run Windows 11 or not, Microsoft released Windows PC health checker for users to check the computer compatibility for Windows 11. But this app can only install and work at Windows 10, version 1803 or later.
Step 1: Download PC Health Check app from Microsoft official website.
Step 2: Double-click the downloaded installation app and then install it on your computer.
Step 3: Check the option Open Windows PC Health Check and then click the Finish button.
Step 4: In no time, PC Health Check app is running. You can click the Check now button at the top of the right menu to check whether this PC meets the system requirement or not.
Step 5: Get the compatibility result. If your PC is compatible, you will get the prompt “This PC meets Windows 11 requirements”.
If your PC does not meet the requirements, you will get “This PC doesn't currently meet Windows 11 system requirements” pop-out. You can click See all results button to check more details.
WhyNotWin 11 is the free software which is using the LGPL-3.0 license. Everyone can free download to use it on your Windows computer.
Step 1:Go to website: https://github.com/rcmaehl/WhyNotWin11 and then skip mouse down to reach Download section. Click Download latest stable release.
Step 2: Double click the downloaded WhyNotWin11 application.
Step 3: Then this app will run automatically to check whether your PC meets Windows 11 system requirement or not. If your computer is ready for Windows 11, you will get the Supported pop-out.
If your computer does not meet Windows 11 system requirement, you will get the Not Supported prompt.
No matter which the result is, you need to click the OK button and close the software to end the detection.
If your computer is compatible with Windows 11, how can you upgrade to Windows 11. You can do it with the following steps.
Step 1: Download Windows 11 Disk Image from Microsoft website.
Step 2: After the downloading, go to find this ISO image file on your computer and then double click to mount it.
Step 3: Go to the mount drive to find Setup file and double-click it.
Step 4: Follow the Windows 11 Setup wizard to install Windows 11.
