Windows 11 Upgrade by a Different PC or Laptop Interesting thought, so had a windows 10 laptop die on me the other day which was not windows 11 compatible (hardware) and have plugged in the SSD (PCIe NVMe) drive...

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On kev2021 said

Found this article which looks to imply it should be removed as its EOL?

 

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-uk/000204902/dell-data-vault-control-device-is-not-able-to-be-uninstalled-due-to-blue-screen-during-supportassist-installation-uninstallation-or-upgrade

Kev

So I removed the Dell Data Vault Control Device driver from System devices and have rebooted laptop a couple of times and Dell Data Vault Control Device driver entry has not re-appeared

Thanks for good guidance

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No problem, glad it worked :)

Kev

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[Grisu]

Now there is an much easier way to install Win11 on unsupported HW.

Just open the downloaded iso with Windows, it will create a new DVD-path with drive-letter.

Open cmd, change to the new drive e.g. “L:” and run “setup.exe /product server”.

It will install the new Win11 with no differences but without hw-checks.

You have to do it every year after a new yy-h2 is published, as it will do all updates, but not upgrade to a new Win11 release.

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Nice workaround!  has anyone tried using setupprep.exe /product server from the Sources folder? I’ve heard it works on some of the newer 11 builds. Would be interesting to know if anyone here has had success with it.

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Dont know the difference, but setup.exe works well for me.

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