SSD failed, replaced, now PC that was fine with W11 before no longer meets spec


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geoanik

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Trying to install W11 on a new SSD. New SSD is replacing failed System SSD on a PC that had been running latest version of W11 just fine. Attempted to install from latest installation media downloaded from Microsoft website, and it tells me PC does not meet specs? Huh? It was doing just fine on same W11 version before SSD failed. What gives?
Suggestions?
Thank you.
 

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  • OS
    W11
Hello @geoanik and welcome to ElevenForum.


There are work-arounds for installing Windows 11 on unsupported hardware.
It seems like those work-arounds might have been used for the previous Windows 11 install.

Now, since you're reinstalling, you'd need to use those work-arounds to be able to install Windows 11?
Without knowing what hardware you have, it's difficult to help with this issue.



Many of the various work-arounds can be found in this thread...
www.elevenforum.com

Let's install Windows 11 on incompatible hardware

Inspired on this thread: Let's run Win10 on really really old hardware - Windows 10 Help Forums Most of our machines are unsupported on Windows 11, why not force it? --------- Run Windows 11 on unsupported machines --------- 1. How to Bypass Windows 11's TPM, CPU and RAM Requirements 2...
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But, without knowing what hardware we're discussing... it's hard to recommend the correct work-around.









RUFUS may work for you, as it has built in work-arounds...


pureinfotech.com

How to create Windows 11 bootable USB to bypass requirements with Rufus - Pureinfotech

To create a bootable USB to install Windows 11 bypassing system requirements use the Rufus extended option. Here's how.
pureinfotech.com pureinfotech.com
 

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    Win 11 Home ♦♦♦26100.3037 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦24H2 ♦♦♦non-Insider
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    Built by Ghot® [May 2020]
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    Firefox 3.x ??
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    Symantec (Norton)
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    Still assembled, still runs. Haven't turned it on for 13 years?
I used RUFUS and install was successful. But I was still puzzled as to why normal install didn't work since it did before. Turned out TPM 2.0 was disabled in bios. I don't recall ever having disabled it, but guess I did, or something else happened. In my PC's bios, switch is sort of deep in advanced menu, and is referred to as PTT. I had gone looking for it, but forgot to look for PTT instead of TPM-something.

Also, just FYI to others who may be scratching their heads like I was: Read that 8GB USB was good enough for installation files. I used 16GB, and it ran out of space. (Formatted both before using.) 128GB worked.

Thanks for the reply.

ASUS WS X299 Pro SE
i9 7900X
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    W11
You might want to do another fresh install now you have TPM enabled. See @Bree 's post in the supplied link by @Ghot

www.elevenforum.com

Let's install Windows 11 on incompatible hardware

Yes, you can install on a VHD, but if you have a spare disk you can install there. If the spare disk is large enough, I would clone my current system and upgrade to Windows 11 (if it was Windows 10 or earlier) to see how it is going with the applications I use every day.
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  • OS
    Win 11 Home & Pro
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    Laptop
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    ASUS Vivobook
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    AMD Ryzen™ 7 7730U
    Motherboard
    M1605YA
    Memory
    15.0GB Dual-Channel DDR4 @ 1596MHz (22-22-22-52)
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    512MB ATI AMD Radeon Graphics (ASUStek Computer Inc)
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    Generic PnP Monitor (1920x1200@60Hz) - P1 PLUS (1920x1080@59Hz)
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    1920 X 1200
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    953GB Western Digital WD
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    45 Watts
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    Lenovo Bluetooth.
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    500 Mbps
    Browser
    Edge
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    Defender
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    Windows 11
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ACER NITRO
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 5800H / 3.2 GHz
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    CZ Scala_CAS (FP6)
    Memory
    32 GB DDR4 SDRAM 3200 MHz
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    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 6 GB GDDR6 SDRAM
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    Realtek Audio. NVIDIA High Definition Audio
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    15.6" LED backlight 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) 144 Hz
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    1920 x 1080 (Full HD)
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    Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2TB NVMe M.2
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    180 Watt, 19.5 V
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    Lenovo Bluetooth
    Internet Speed
    500 Mbps
    Browser
    Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender
I'd be curious to know, the brand name of the SSD that failed.
I've been using SSD's now for several years, and I have many of them, and the only one that ever failed was my very first one from "PNY". They refused to help me, so I bought a "Crucial" SSD and never looked back.
Now I have at least six Crucial SSD's running in desktops and Laptops alike. Never a problem.
TM :cool:
PS: Every OS I install has been "Rufusized" because all my equipment is way too old to meet MS's specifications.
 

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System One

Samsung 960 Pro 1TB from about 5 years ago. Went through all the troubleshooting steps before replacing, so pretty sure it was not something else. Bios and a partition manager app unable to see it. New drive flew right up. Replacement 980 Pro at $60 quite at bit cheaper than original. :-)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    W11
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