Switching from Windows 10 to Windows 11 is a bit tricky and can cause problems for some people.
Switching from Windows 10 to Windows 11 is a bit tricky and can cause problems for some people.
I need to upgrade my computer from Windows 10 to Windows 11, but I'm worried it might not work. This PC says I must have TPM 2.0 and secure booting enabled for this reason: https://imgur.com/ldjGW9R View: https://imgur.com/ldjGW9R
Turn on both "Secure Boot" and "fTPM" (Fast TPM) when you open your BIOS settings, because this lets you upgrade to Windows 11. You can find Secure Boot on the main BIOS menu page, but it might only appear if CSM Support is turned on; in that case, switch it off. If your hard drive uses an old MBR format instead of GPT, turning on Secure Boot could stop the computer from booting at all. The disk needs to be changed to GPT first before you enable anything related to security. The TPM 2.0 feature comes built into some AMD chips but is usually turned off by default; go look under the "Peripherals" tab to turn it on if needed.
It was harder than I thought. I managed to end the fTMP thing, restart my PC, then try BIOS again to turn on secure boot. But Windows wouldn't start; it just kept sending me to that bois section. I tried resetting the factory settings but nothing worked. I couldn't even get into windows. Had to disable secure boot first and then enable command line mode instead.
If Windows is set up in a way that needs old-style settings (legacy mode), just turning off the compatibility shortcut won't work. You must change your hard drive setup from the old Master Boot Record style to the new GUID Partition Table style using a tool called mbr2gpt, before you try anything else.