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| How to Upgrade to Windows 11 for FREE (Official Method) |
Today I want to show you how you can upgrade to Windows 11
entirely for free, and also whether or not your PC meets the minimum system
requirements. Obviously it's better if your PC meets these system requirements,
but if it doesn't, there's a workaround.
Windows 11 officially released on October 5th and you can
now upgrade to the release build. All right, let’s check this out. Before we
upgrade to Windows 11, you'll probably want to check is your computer even
capable of running Windows 11.
To find out, head to the following website. I’ve included a
link right up above and down below in the description. Once you land on this
website, scroll all the way down to the bottom and there you’ll see a link with
the system requirements. You can
manually check that, but it's easier just to download the PC health check app.
When you run the app, it'll tell you if your PC qualifies.
Here I downloaded and opened up the PC health check app and
it looks like my pc qualifies. If your PC does not qualify, don't worry, it's
not the end of the world. You have two different options. The first option, you could simply stay on Windows
10. Microsoft has stated that they're going to continue supporting Windows 10
through 2025.
So that's one option but let's say that you really want
Windows 11. You can get Windows 11 even if
it states that your hardware is not capable of running it and the work around is you
download the ISO.
When you download the ISO, that'll bypass these system
requirement checks. So are there any downsides? Well Microsoft has stated that you
might not get security or driver updates if you take this path. Now it could be
that Microsoft just said that to limit
any liability by saying hey we'll
support all PCs so it's a risk you'll
have to take but there is a path to get Windows 11 and I'll walk you through how you can get
the ISO at the end of this video. When
you upgrade to Windows 11, it'll keep all of your different apps and files so
you shouldn't lose anything.
That said though, before upgrading it's always a good idea
to make sure that you have a backup in place. You can simply backup all your files
to an external hard drive or as an alternative and probably the easiest
approach is to use Microsoft’s OneDrive. That's a cloud storage solution. If
you're interested in how OneDrive works, you can check out the video right up
above. With that now all out of the way,
let's upgrade to Windows 11.
To upgrade to Windows 11, click on your start menu then
select settings, then select update and security, and right up at the top you
should see whether you can upgrade to Windows 11. Simply click on download and
install and it’ll take a few hours, but at the end of that, you’ll have Windows
11. If your PC qualifies and you don’t see a download and install option or if you’re
PC doesn't qualify, head to the following website.
I've included a link right up above and once again down
below in the description. On this
website, you have three different options for installing and upgrading to
Windows 11. The first one uses an
assistant. This is probably the easiest path to take to install Windows
11. I'd recommend going with that
approach. The second option allows you to create installation media. So let's say you want to have a USB stick that
you can use to install Windows 11 on a machine, you can go down that path. And
the third option is to create an ISO. So if let's say your hardware does not
support or is not capable of running Windows 11, you can go down this
path. When you download an ISO, it'll
just be a file with the extension ISO. You can then click on that file and
that'll kick off the installation process. All right, well hopefully you were able
to upgrade your PC to Windows 11.
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