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Windows 11 requires clean install when upgrading from Windows 7/8/8.1

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Friday, July 09, 2021 3:00 PM (permalink)
Windows 11 requires clean install when upgrading from Windows 7/8/8.1 | KitGuru
 
If your system is running any of the previously mentioned Windows versions and you decide to upgrade to Windows 11, you can say goodbye to all of your apps and settings. That’s according to Windows Latest, which has found a support document from Lenovo stating that users on Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 will be allowed to upgrade by clean installing or re-imaging (reinstall) the upcoming OS.
 
On the other hand, Windows 10 users will be allowed to upgrade Windows 11 through Windows Update, Media Creation Tool, and so on, without clean installing the new OS. You’ll still new to meet the system requirements, which include support for TPM 2.0.
 
Windows Insiders already have access to the early preview builds of Windows 11, and as it seems, Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 can already be upgraded to Windows 11 for free. We expect this policy will remain unchanged until sometime after the official launch of the OS.
 
This is not entirely unexpected, but I'm glad the upgrade from older Windows versions is supported.
Windows 11 is set to release in late 2021, although the free upgrade for Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 is not coming until early 2022.

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    Re: Windows 11 requires clean install when upgrading from Windows 7/8/8.1 Friday, July 09, 2021 4:23 PM (permalink)
    No surprise here. Microsoft did not have an upgrade path for Windows 10 from 7/8/8.1 either.

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    Re: Windows 11 requires clean install when upgrading from Windows 7/8/8.1 Friday, July 09, 2021 11:24 PM (permalink)
    jonkrmr
    No surprise here. Microsoft did not have an upgrade path for Windows 10 from 7/8/8.1 either.


    I sure seem to remember they did. What with the whole gwx debacle and one step away from forced upgrades.

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    Re: Windows 11 requires clean install when upgrading from Windows 7/8/8.1 Saturday, July 10, 2021 5:25 PM (permalink)
    Microsoft definitely had an upgrade path from 7/8/8.1. There were lots of computers that were force upgraded. 
     
    I am guessing someone who really wants to upgrade can do 7/8/8.1>10>11. 

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    Re: Windows 11 requires clean install when upgrading from Windows 7/8/8.1 Sunday, July 11, 2021 4:30 AM (permalink)
    At this point, I dont see the point of upgrading. I'd been in different big businesses where they are still using Windows 7 

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