{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/install-windows-11-on-old-hardware#CollectionPage","headline":"install windows 11 on old hardware Tag","description":"","url":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/install-windows-11-on-old-hardware","hasPart":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/windows-11-for-old-pc","headline":"Simple trick to install Windows 11 on an old PC","url":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/windows-11-for-old-pc","datePublished":"2021-07-24","dateModified":"2022-07-19","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/windows-11-for-old-pc","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/author\/guangpeng#Person","name":"Always Smile","url":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/author\/guangpeng","description":"I am Guang, a freelancer and a blogger. 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The link is down. Many thx in advance.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"John Miller","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/windows-11-for-old-pc#Comment2","dateCreated":"2026-01-10 10:17:08","description":"why are you modifying a w10 file when you want w11?","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jared Reimer","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/windows-11-for-old-pc#Comment3","dateCreated":"2025-12-26 10:31:10","description":"I have a question. Can I use your guide to upgrade from windows 10 to windows 11 on my old laptop without doing a fresh install so that my old desktop files, settings etc remain unchanged?","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"smile","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/windows-11-for-old-pc#Comment4","dateCreated":"2025-12-10 20:08:37","description":"saves alot of hassle..\r\nbuy a license key then few years windows is at the end of its lifecycle....\r\n\r\nalteast with windows 10 ltsc iot 2021 its good til 2032, which is a long time...\r\ni cant stand windows 11, too much bloatware in it that is just about worhtless....","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"michael","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/windows-11-for-old-pc#Comment5","dateCreated":"2025-12-04 00:51:39","description":"why after a few days install my pc blue scren and my file broken.\r\nany guide for save my beoken file ?","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"amir","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/windows-11-for-old-pc#Comment6","dateCreated":"2025-06-17 17:03:04","description":"Help to install Photoshop 2025","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jhon Mick","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/windows-11-for-old-pc#Comment7","dateCreated":"2025-05-24 23:15:35","description":"I tested the procedure with the install.esd instead of install.wim , and it worked aswell","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Anonmymous","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/windows-11-for-old-pc#Comment8","dateCreated":"2025-05-04 15:10:38","description":"Greetings,\r\n\r\nFirst I want to thank you for writing the Windows activation code.\r\n\r\nYou are my last hope. I have tried everyone's ideas as to how to activate my Windows 10 Pro but have had no luck.\r\n\r\nI have followed your directions using the text code many time and each time I get that the connection to your server failed and once it fails to connect to the servers I get a message stating the server is busy and can't respond to my request.\r\n\r\nPlease advise me on how to solve this issue.\r\n\r\nThank you for your time and the code.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Peter Piper","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/windows-11-for-old-pc#Comment9","dateCreated":"2025-03-07 20:48:43","description":"Will this install as a win 10 file or windows 11 file. When i run the one you already build its only installed windown 10 and not a windows 11","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Randy","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/windows-11-for-old-pc#Comment10","dateCreated":"2024-06-09 09:27:53","description":"hello i cannot find install.wim in either iso files i downloaded. there is install.esd can i copy that from win 10 to win 11","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Paul","url":""}}]}]}