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chris.pielkenrood

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Feb 24, 2018
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I have a legacy Win10 installation dedicated on its own NVME ssd drive in my MP4.1 converted 5.1.

With Tiny11 I created a new Win11 installation DVD.

Can I just simply remove all drives from my MP except the windows drive and then use the dvd to install Win11? Do
I need anything else?
Obviously I will wipe the windows drive during the installation.
 
You can do a straight upgrade, however, make sure your Win11 installation has TPM 2.0 disabled. I used Rufus to make the installation USB from the Win11 ISO downloaded from Microsoft.com and it has a feature to disable that.
 
Make a firmware backup in case you catch certificates. Run Uefi Windows thru OpenCore if you need to run it in Uefi, for example when you use a NVMe.

If you can do it on a Sata SSD, then install in bios/csm mode.

For firmware backups see my signature.
 
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