Windows 11 on unsupported hardware...

[Scania]

Maybe I'm being a bit dumb here (not unheard of!) but I've just come to reinstall Windows 11 on an old PC of mine , 4790k, 32Gb DDR3, Gigabyte Z-97 motherboard, I'm using Rufus as I have numerous times before on both this machine and others that are not supported but now I'm not getting the option in Rufus to bypass the hardware requirements nor will it let me download an iso of 11 from within Rufus as I've done previously...

I spent most of last night trying different versions of Rufus etc but with no success.

I'm guessing something fundamental has changed here in either how this is now done, or indeed how my mind works!

If the Rufus method is no longer a thing, I'm assuming there's a new workaround and if so, what is it?

The machine was previously running 11 - via Rufus to install - with no problems until its Windows SSD decided to die.

Any help appreciated.

 

[Scania]

No idea what I was doing wrong, I've tried again today with no joy...

Thankfully I remembered I had a copy of WinBootMate which allowed me to set up the 11 install as required without any requirement checks and the machine is up and running again just fine...

Just wish I knew what I am doing wrong with Rufus!?!

Anyway, appreciate the feedback guys, thanks.

 

[Scania]

Think they have moved some stuff around since last used rufus:

Have you clicked on the dropdown next to 'SELECT' and changed to 'DOWNLOAD' then click on 'DOWNLOAD', this should be up all the os to download.

The requirements removal options box appears when you click on START

Yes but it didn't let me download anything, the weird thing is I subsequently tried going back to a much older version of Rufus thinking that may be the issue and it was no different, no ability to download even though I was selecting it....

 

[Scania]

Which rufus, installer or portable?

Are there any errors in rufus.log?

Tried both, various versions unfortunately with no luck.

 

[Scania]

Any possibility firewall is blocking it
Downloading the iso?
Lost track will it work if you already have an iso?

Don't think so, I downloaded the iso from the M$ website without any problem.

Regardless, I've sorted it via other methods, just weird I can't seem to use Rufus now where previously I've used it many times without any issues..

Oh well!