Question Re-installing Win 11, showing does not meet requirements.

[i6pwr]

After dealing with an issue with our Lenovo Win 11 laptop which was purchased new, we had to perform a fresh Win 11 install. Upon attempting to reinstall from a creation tool USB drive, we received an error that it was not meeting requirements.

So per the recommendation of Microsoft, we downloaded and installed Windows 10, with plans to upgrade to Windows 11... but now my Wi-Fi does not work because the hardware is set for Windows 11 so now we have a USB Wi-Fi adapter connecting us to the internet but we cannot get Windows 11 until we get the TPM.
It looks to be an issue with not having TPM and it's not showing that we have it, but we cannot find out how to download it,

Would this actually keep us from installing Windows 11?

 

[beyondlogic]

After dealing with an issue with our Lenovo Win 11 laptop which was purchased new, we had to perform a fresh Win 11 install. Upon attempting to reinstall from a creation tool USB drive, we received an error that it was not meeting requirements.

So per the recommendation of Microsoft, we downloaded and installed Windows 10, with plans to upgrade to Windows 11... but now my Wi-Fi does not work because the hardware is set for Windows 11 so now we have a USB Wi-Fi adapter connecting us to the internet but we cannot get Windows 11 until we get the TPM.
It looks to be an issue with not having TPM and it's not showing that we have it, but we cannot find out how to download it,

Would this actually keep us from installing Windows 11?

this is more board related then actual not suitable for windows 11.

contact lenovo for bios update for the motherboard had similar issue with microcode on a motherboard not being updated.

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht500008-how-to-update-system-bios-windows

this is more a intel being a pain in the rear end then actual not supported.

as for wifi issue thats more board related to laptops.

i lost full use of the mouse pad and wifi on my laptop had to reinstall all the drivers from lenovo to get it functioning.

 

[stonecarver]

After dealing with an issue with our Lenovo Win 11 laptop which was purchased new, we had to perform a fresh Win 11 install. Upon attempting to reinstall from a creation tool USB drive, we received an error that it was not meeting requirements.

This is interesting.

Just for full understanding your Laptop came factory sealed with Windows 11.

And now trying to put a fresh downloaded virgin ISO from Microsoft and it now spits out an error of the TPM chip.

I would contact Lenovo and ask how you can obtain a factory restore install of windows 11 FROM THEM.

Let them know the original SSD died and than there usually are more helpful.

I bet there image restore will get Windows 11 onto the machine. Because there image is a baked finished install of Windows 11 not from ground zero.

My guess is at the factory they used slave machines to install Windows 11 onto 100's of hard drives at the same time than install those now baked drives into machines.

That would have bypassed the actual " your " laptop from ever dealing with the TPM chip while Windows 11 is being installed.

 

[beyondlogic]

This is interesting.

Just for full understanding your Laptop came factory sealed with Windows 11.

And now trying to put a fresh downloaded virgin ISO from Microsoft and it now spits out an error of the TPM chip.

I would contact Lenovo and ask how you can obtain a factory restore install of windows 11 FROM THEM.

Let them know the original SSD died and than there usually are more helpful.

I bet there image restore will get Windows 11 onto the machine. Because there image is a baked finished install of Windows 11 not from ground zero.

My guess is at the factory they used slave machines to install Windows 11 onto 100's of hard drives at the same time than install those now baked drives into machines.

That would have bypassed the actual " your " laptop from ever dealing with the TPM chip while Windows 11 is being installed.

that sounds like a total pain in the rear for end user down the line if the laptop os goes belly up.

 

[COLGeek]

The TPM is part of the CPU. Make sure the fTPM is enabled in the BIOS.

Have you contacted Lenovo at all about these issues?

 

[steveb1976]

go into bios and reset your ftpm.. .. and check "secure boot". or when in bio to to f10, and select "setup/ load defaults. it should turn in on...

you have win10 setup.. have you run the "windows 11 system requirments" check.. you could download win 11 and just run the setup from withing windows.. it should allow you to setup. even if it says you fail. it should let you setup still ..