Win 10 Home - Upgrade to 11 failed

[Blindman]

I finally went for the win 11 upgrade. I clicked download and install under Windows Update.

It reached 8% of the download, then suddenly changed its mind about the while idea. Then I saw 'You're up to date!' and the nag to go to 11 was gone.

There must be conditions for the upgrade to work so at first I thought the machine doesn't meet the conditions but I didn't think it would discover that until it was trying to install. How does this work?

Thanks - rev

[Midknyte]

You can try checking Event Viewer or the installation log files, but I'm not sure it would be that helpful.
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/log-f...ion-of-windows

Instead of doing the upgrade via Windows Update, you could download the installer iso and put it on a flash drive. This would wipe the flash drive, so don't use one that has data on it.

I would probably go with Win11 23H2. I've heard of issues with 24H2.
https://www.windowslatest.com/2023/1...h2-iso-images/

Windows 11 23H2 English (all editions) 64-bit – 6.24 GB. January 2025 update: We’ve replaced the original link with a mirror link of 23H2, so you can go back to 23H2 if you’re on 24H2 or newer.