Microsoft officially released Windows 11 on October 5, 2021, followed by a Windows 11 system requirements update. According to Windows 11 system requirements, the target computer must support TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot. Legacy BIOS computers do not have TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot support at all, and even some UEFI computers do not have TPM 2.0. For such demanding system upgrade requirements, analysts estimated that nearly two-thirds of computers may be unable to upgrade to Windows 11. Although Microsoft offered a free Windows 11 upgrade for Windows 10 users, most computers will fail to upgrade due to Windows 11 system requirements. These users may either buy a new computer compatible with Windows 11, or use some technical means to bypass the Windows 11 system requirements.
This tutorial details how to use technical means to bypass Windows 11 system requirements, allowing Windows 11 installation on unsupported computers (UEFI/Legacy BIOS). To bypass Windows 11 system requirements, press SHIFT + F10 to open cmd.exe during installation, then open regedit.exe in cmd.exe. Create the "LabConfig" registry key after navigating to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup". Then create registry values such as "BypassTPMCheck" and "BypassSecureBootCheck" under the LabConfig key, and set these registry values to 1.
If you find modifying the registry too complicated, or if you are unfamiliar with both command-line (cmd.exe) and registry editor (regedit.exe), you can try the method we will explain below: using Hasleo WinToUSB to create a Windows 11 installation USB drive that can bypass system requirements to install Windows 11 on unsupported computers (UEFI/Legacy BIOS). You only need to prepare a USB falsh drive and Windows 11 installation ISO file, then you can easily install Windows 11 on an unsupported computer (UEFI/Legacy BIOS). Please refer to the explanation below for specific steps.
Step 1. Download and install Hasleo WinToUSB. Then download a Windows 11 installation ISO file manually or use the built-in Windows ISO download feature in Hasleo WinToUSB.
Step 2. Connect the USB drive to your computer, then run Hasleo WinToUSB. Click the "Windows Installation USB" option.
Step 3. Click "Select installation source", then click "Browse image file". Then choose the Windows 11 installation ISO file from the dialog box as installation source.
Step 4. Click "Select destination drive", then choose the target drive from the pop-up list. If Hasleo WinToUSB fails to detect the drive, click the 
button to initiate drive recognition.
Step 5. Select your preferred partition scheme and tick the "Bypass Windows 11 system requirements" checkbox.
* Partition scheme:
* Bypass Windows 11 system requirements: This allows you to create a Windows 11 installation USB drive that can bypass Windows 11 system requirements.
* Bypass Microsoft account requirements: This allows you to create a Windows 11 installation USB drive that can bypass the Microsoft account requirement. That means you don't need to create an account through Microsoft account authentication to install Windows.
Step 6. After clicking "Proceed", a confirmation dialog will appear asking whether to continue formatting the drive. Click "Yes" if you accept the operation.
Step 7. After clicking "Yes", Hasleo WinToUSB begins creating the Windoes installation USB drive.
Step 8. Click "Finish" when the creation is complete.
Step 9. There are two ways to install Windows 11 using the Windows 11 installation USB drive created by Hasleo WinToUSB.
Method 1: Insert the Windows 11 installation USB drive into the target computer. Open File Explorer, locate and run setup.exe file from the USB drive, then follow the instructions to complete the installation.
Method 2: Insert the Windows 11 installation USB drive into the target computer. Restart the computer and access the UEFI/BIOS settings. Set the UEFI/BIOS to boot from the USB drive, then follow the instructions to complete the installation.
This tutorial introduces how to create a Windows 11 installation USB drive using Hasleo WinToUSB, bypassing Windows 11 system requirements on an unsupported computer (UEFI/Legacy BIOS). Please note that Windows 11 may be incompatible with some older CPUs or motherboards. We cannot guarantee that the Windows 11 installation USB drive created by Hasleo WinToUSB will work on all computers. For example, you will be unable to use it to install Windows 11 on systems with 32-bit x86 CPUs.
As a professional bootable Windows USB drive creation tool, Hasleo WinToUSB can easily create both Windows 11 installation USB drives and Windows 11 To Go.
