A Guide to Making a Windows 11 ISO File for PCs That Don’t Meet the Requirements

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This instructional guide demonstrates how to create a Windows 11 ISO file for unsupported hardware using Rufus, a utility that formulates bootable USB flash drives. Creating an ISO file allows installation of Windows 11 on hardware that doesn’t meet standard requirements. Note that possessing a valid product key is critical, as there are no free…

This post shows students and new users steps to create a Windows 11 ISO file for unsupported hardware.

The official Windows 11 will not be installed on PCs that do not meet its straight requirements. However, with the help of Rufus, a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, you can now create ISO files that bypass TPM and Secure Boot checks to install Windows 11.

You can create an ISO file to install on hardware that does not meet Windows requirements. However, you must still own a product or the activation key to use it. If you don’t have a valid product key, you cannot use Windows 11.

There are no free versions of Windows 11.

You’ll need Windows 11 ISO and use Rufus to create a modified ISO that works on unsupported hardware.

To download the Windows 11 ISO file, go to Download Windows 11 ISO, and scroll down until you see the ‘Download Windows 11 Disk Image (ISO)‘ section.

There, click on the Select Download drop-down and choose Windows 11.

How to use Windows 11 on older PCs

As mentioned above, Windows 11 has straight hardware requirements. However, if your PC does not meet these requirements, you can use Rufus to create a Windows 11 ISO file to skip these requirements and install it on unsupported hardware.

Once you’ve downloaded the official Windows 11 ISO, go to the link below and download the Rufus (beta) version.

Index of /downloads (Rufus.ie)

Future versions might be different.

After downloading, open Rufus, then insert the USB drive you want to use to create the ISO image. Next, browse for the official Windows 11 ISO file and select.

Then, use the highlighted options in the image below to match yours.

  • Image option: Extended Windows 11 Installation (no TPM/no Secure Boot/8GB – RAM)
  • Partition scheme: GPT
  • Target system: UEFI (non CSM)

Once the settings are correct, click START to create the ISO image for unsupported PCs.

Please wait for the process to complete, then eject the USB drive and use it to install Windows 11.

That should do it!

Conclusion:

This post showed you how to use Rufus to create a bootable USB drive to install on unsupported PCs. Please use the comment form below if you find any errors above or have something to add.

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One response to “A Guide to Making a Windows 11 ISO File for PCs That Don’t Meet the Requirements”

  1. Gary Powell Avatar
    Gary Powell

    Was reading somewhere that if you don’t have the UEFI and Legacy only then on the Partition Scheme use the MBR instead, I tried it with the GPT and it didn’t work for me, so now I’m redoing it and using the MBR scheme and hopefully it will work this time, and it takes a long time for Rufus to complete the image on the USB, on my system anyhow, Dell workstation T3500 with an Intel Xeon 6580 I recently installed.

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