Question Windows 11 upgrade 32bit problem

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Background first, as it will hopefully make more sense. I had a faulty SSD a couple of years ago stopping window booting, so I brought a new one as I needed a larger capacity, and installed a fresh version of windows 10 onto it and kept the old SSD as a slave to access files as the bulk of the drive was ok.

Unbeknown to me at the time I installed the 32 bit version not the 64 .I know it was a silly mistake and I didn't realize until several months later when I tried to install some software and kept getting an error saying there was no supported version for my operating system.

I was busy doing other stuff and just needed the pc working so left it and worked with what I had. Just recently, every time I try and download and install anything new I get the 32bit incompatibility error.

So I thought I'd bite the bullet and get a new SSD do a clean windows 10 64bit install and just turn the old SSD into a slave again so I can still access all the stuff on it.

I then realized why stick with windows 10 when support has been dropped I might as well go straight with windows 11 this time (save having to upgrade again in the near future), but I needed to check hardware compatibility before.

This is where the problem is all the compatibility checker tools won't run on 32bit windows 10! So I'm stuck.
 
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jamesbenstead6 said:
Background first, as it will hopefully make more sense. I had a faulty SSD a couple of years ago stopping window booting, so I brought a new one as I needed a larger capacity, and installed a fresh version of windows 10 onto it and kept the old SSD as a slave to access files as the bulk of the drive was ok.

Unbeknown to me at the time I installed the 32 bit version not the 64 .I know it was a silly mistake and I didn't realize until several months later when I tried to install some software and kept getting an error saying there was no supported version for my operating system.

I was busy doing other stuff and just needed the pc working so left it and worked with what I had. Just recently, every time I try and download and install anything new I get the 32bit incompatibility error.

So I thought I'd bite the bullet and get a new SSD do a clean windows 10 64bit install and just turn the old SSD into a slave again so I can still access all the stuff on it.

I then realized why stick with windows 10 when support has been dropped I might as well go straight with windows 11 this time (save having to upgrade again in the near future), but I needed to check hardware compatibility before.

This is where the problem is all the compatibility checker tools won't run on 32bit windows 10! So I'm stuck.
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Hello!

You should format the main partition, then install Windows 11 clean!
(Remember to save all of your personal data before proceeding).
 
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There is no converting a windows 32 bit to 64 bit.
A new clean install is needed.
When you do the install, do not have any other drive connected.
You can attach them later.

As to 10 vs.11, install 11 if there is some feature that you want/need.
There are very few.
 
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SkyNetRising said:
Can you list specs of your hardware?
It's quite easy to tell, if it is supported or not.
For Intel cpus - anything older than 8th gen is not supported.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/w...pported/windows-11-supported-intel-processors
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/w...supported/windows-11-supported-amd-processors
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OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Version 10.0.19044 Build 19044
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name
System Manufacturer ASUS
System Model All Series
System Type X86-based PC
System SKU All
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 1801, 15/05/2015
SMBIOS Version 2.8
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode Legacy
BaseBoard Manufacturer ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
BaseBoard Product X99-A
BaseBoard Version Rev 1.xx
Platform Role Desktop
Secure Boot State Unsupported
PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume5
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.19041.2251"
User Name James-PC\James
Time Zone GMT Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 32.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 2.90 GB
Available Physical Memory 460 MB
Total Virtual Memory 11.4 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.49 GB
Page File Space 8.46 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Kernel DMA Protection Off
Virtualization-based security Not enabled
Device Encryption Support Reasons for failed automatic device encryption: TPM is not usable, PCR7 binding is not supported, Hardware Security Test Interface failed and device is not Modern Standby, Un-allowed DMA capable bus/device(s) detected, TPM is not usable
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware No
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes
 
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I was going to do a clean install of windows 10 onto a new hard drive as I'm running out of space anyway, and i will re connect the old drives as slaves before i start. I know this is the only way to upgrade from 32 to 64 bit. I was wondering if I could check the systems hardware compatibility for windows 11 before I started, you can't seem to do it with a 32bit version. I guess i can get the new install 64bit windows 10 working on the new drive then do a system check and upgrade to 11 if possible?
 
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