Windows 10: How do I install upgrade to windows 11 if my hard disk is NTFS?

My understanding is that all components are capable of upgrading from windows 10 to windows 11 except secure boot which I already have enabled with the most up to date bios but when I run PC health check it says This PC must support Secure Boot.

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Windows Disk FAT32 or NTFS

no, only ntfs.

ntfs utilizes disk space and improve its performance.

 

Upgraded to Windows 11. Can't install Printshop 23.1 disk in D drive. "virtual hard disk files cannot be mounted from image files, or from removable media that formatted with NTFS file systems"

Upgraded to Windows 11. Can't install Printshop 23.1 disk in D drive. "virtual hard disk files cannot be mounted from image files, or from removable media that formatted with NTFS file systems"

 

Error "Windows can not to be installed on this hard disk, if other media available install window to another hard disk".

Hi Andre,

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

I understand that you are unable to install the Windows 10. I will certainly help you.

You might experience this kind of issues in Windows for a number of reasons. Some common issues that can cause these problems are:

• This issue might be caused due to the incorrect partition on the hard disk which would be the case the hard disk that the operating system was installed on.
  
• The hard disk or partition might not be in NTFS format.

(The NTFS file system provides better performance and security for data on hard disks and partitions or volumes than the FAT file system used in some earlier versions of Windows).

I suggest you to format the hard drive and then try installing Windows 10.

Hard disks, the primary storage devices on your computer, need to be formatted before you can use them. When you format a disk, you configure it with a file system so that Windows can store information on the disk.



Warning:


Make sure you take the backup of the data and then try formatting.

Formatting erases any existing files on a hard disk. If you format a hard disk that has files on it, the files will be deleted and can't be retrieved.