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How to run In-place upgrade in Windows 11

Lester Bernard Reyes 63,535 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2021-11-13T15:30:36+00:00

How to run an in-place upgrade in Windows 11

In-place upgrade is a process wherein it will upgrade the device to the latest version and repair many issues without deleting any files. Usually, it is used to repair corrupted system files, apps, and even incompatible drivers on the system.

You can watch a quick guide on how to perform an in-place upgrade below or continue to follow the steps as listed below. <This line added by Moderator>

How to perform a Windows 11 In-place upgrade | Microsoft - YouTube

Go to Windows 11 website: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11

Under Download Windows 11 Disk Image (ISO) select Windows 11 (multi-edition ISO)

  1. Once done downloading the ISO, kindly right-click on ISO then click Mount> then Click Setup.exe
  2. You may be prompted by User Account Control. If so, click on Yes.
  3. In the Install Windows 11 dialog, click Next.
  4. Setup will check your PC and show a license agreement. Click on Acceptin the license terms dialog.
  5. Wait for the setup program to check for the available free space.
  6. On the Ready to install page, make sure Keep personal files and apps has been checked.
  7. Then click Install and just follow the prompt.
  8. Windows 11 will restart your device several times, and lead you to the lock screen. Depending on the options you set, it will keep all your files, apps, and user accounts.
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  1. Anonymous
    2022-01-21T23:04:17+00:00

    Got an update. So I installed the pending updates after running the ISO file, and as expected my start menu and search has broken.

    The updates that installed that caused this is one of these:

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    Unfortunately it doesn't give me an option to install them one by one, so I can't narrow it any further, but I am 100% certain that this is the cause.

    EDIT: I'm back on W10 now (absolute shame), but everything is working without a hitch. I really didn't want this, but there must be some kind of incompatibility with my hardware, bios, etc combination.

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  2. Craig Long 15,880 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2022-01-22T05:04:10+00:00

    I wish I knew. Did you install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware?

    Did you have issues like this?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-ba-7yHHsI

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-01-22T13:26:17+00:00

    I wish I knew. Did you install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware?

    Did you have issues like this?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-ba-7yHHsI

    Fully supported hardware, no dodgy workarounds. It was verified from the Windows Update panel in settings, and it was a upgrade keeping files and settings. I've got TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, a new supported CPU etc etc etc. And no. The issue I had was when you click the start menu, it will not open at all. I could not click any search box neither. I could see them, just not click them. I thought that it could have been because I kept files and settings, so last night I did a clean install, but once I installed all updates it was broken again.

    I am back on W10 Pro now, and although I do not like the cosmetic side of things as much, the stability side is brilliant. (Windows 10 still had more issues for me than W8.1 (the reason that is my favourite haha)).

    Thank you for your time working on this, I know it's been an unsolvable issue, but still thank you.

    Just in-case you're curious, and see others with this issue, below are my PC specs for if anyone else has issues. My bios/chipset etc etc are on the most recent updates.

    CPU: Ryzen 7 3800x
    MOBO: Asus X570-P
    RAM: 32GB 3200 MT/s (D.O.C.P On & off had the issues)
    GPU: RTX 3080
    Storage: C: Samsung NVMe Gen4 - D: WD Black HDD - E: Samsung Gen4 NVMe
    Network: Ethernet -> To Switch -> To Network

    EDIT: To reiterate. I installed Windows 11 on launch day, and up until the past week everything was fine.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-01-26T13:54:11+00:00

    Hi,

    I was sent here by microsoft support fix a side-by-side configuration issue. My only problem is, there isn't another browser installed on the PC I'm trying to fix. So how do I go about downloading this?

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-01-26T14:01:53+00:00

    Hi,

    I was sent here by microsoft support fix a side-by-side configuration issue. My only problem is, there isn't another browser installed on the PC I'm trying to fix. So how do I go about downloading this?

    Any browser can be used, be that Internet Explorer or Chrome etc. As long as you've got access to the internet, you will be able to do this.

    EDIT: If you mean the computer has no browser at all for some reason, then you can download the ISO file and put it on a USB device. Once that's done, then you will be able to launch that via the BIOS then system startup.

    EDIT #2: You will need access to a computer with a working browser to download this.

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