Upgrade to Windows 11 for unsupported devices, a new method using Rufus without formatting, ub or dvd
Upgrading to Windows 11 for unsupported devices via Rufus is one of the special things, as in the latest update in Rufus you can upgrade to Windows 11 without USB or DVD, and the special thing is that the matter is not complicated, and as a result you will be able to Upgrade Windows 11 for free and without any errors or problems.
Usually, the Rufus program must have a USB in order to work, but through the method that we will explain today, you do not need that, as you can upgrade Windows 10 to Windows 11 for unsupported and even supported devices with the same steps only, not to mention that everything in this process is free.
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Updating to Windows 11 for unsupported devices will be done through simple steps, and most importantly, you do not need to modify the Windows 11 disk, as this file will remain intact, which is what most users prefer, and which we will explain in detail in this article and the video below it.
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We will need to download Windows 11 and Rufus, which I will provide to you for free through the links at the bottom of this article.
First: Create a virtual disk and burn Windows 11 on it
You will go to the Windows search box and type Disk Management, and Disk Management will open.
Here you go to the Action box, open it and choose Create VHD.
Click Browse and go to the system disk C.
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After going to the system disk C, select it and then write as shown in the box VHD USB, then choose Save.
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And again choose Save.
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In virtual hard disk format, type 8 and choose GB, and finally click Ok and wait for the virtual disk to be created.
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A new partition will be created. Click as shown in the image and choose Initialize Disk. Then choose MBR and finally Ok.
The last step is to click on the disk you created and choose New Simple Volume, then Next several times and finally Finish.
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You will notice that the partition has been created successfully.
Second: Burn Windows 11 to a virtual disk on the computer
Open Rufus and follow the steps below.
In device you will choose the new disk you created, and often you will find it selected automatically.
As for the Select option, you will go and choose the version of Windows 11 that you downloaded.
Regarding the partition scheme, I choose MBR because I chose MBR at first.
Finally, you will click on Start and check all the options in front of you and finally Ok, and wait until the process of burning Windows 11 on the virtual disk that we created is complete.
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Upgrade to Windows 11 for unsupported devices Rufus program without formatting and without ub or dvd
Here you go to the virtual disk we created.
Open it and double-click on the Setup file and wait for the Windows 11 upgrade file to open, then yes.
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At this point you choose Change how setup download updates.
Then Not right now, right after that Next.
Here Accept or agree to Microsoft's Terms of Use.
Again select Accept for this message telling you that you will be upgrading on an unsupported computer.
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Here, click on Install to start the upgrade process to Windows 11.
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The computer will restart several times to install all updates, the process of updating to Windows 11 may take some time.
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