Windows 10: Unable to upgrade to windows 11, I do not think my surface is eligible.

Hello everyone. I recently heard that windows 11 has been released. However I did see what surface devices were eligible for an upgrade and unfortunately I don't think mine is eligible. I own a surface laptop 1st gen. I do not think they will allow that to upgrade to windows 11. In fact I do not know. When I go to the PC health check app, it just tells me "your organization manages updates on this pc". I haven't gotten the message that my PC cannot upgrade to windows 11. I do not think it can anyways since it is a 1st Gen surface laptop. Can someone please help me confirm that I definitely can

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Boot Surface Laptop to USB - no Volume button

Hello Jimmy,

This doesn't list the "Surface Laptop", but you might give it a try to see.

*Arrow Boot Microsoft Surface from a USB device

Otherwise, you should be able to use OPTION ONE below to boot from the USB from advanced startup.

*Arrow Boot from USB Drive on Windows 10 PC Windows 10 Installation Upgrade Tutorials

 

Problem updating Windows Surface Pro 4 with Windows 10 feature updates

Hi,

I have manage to install image for Microsoft Surface Pro 4 by going to https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...erecoveryimage and download a recovery image for Microsoft Surface Pro 4.

What I did to reset your Surface from a USB recovery drive was:
Step 1: Make sure your Surface is turned off and plugged in (hold down the power
button for 30 seconds).
Step 2: Insert the USB recovery drive into the USB port on your Surface.
Step 3: Press and hold the volume-down button while you press and release the
power button on your Surface.
Step 4: When the Surface logo appears, release the volume button.
Step 5: When prompted, select the language and keyboard layout you want.
Step 6: Select Troubleshoot > Reset your PC.
If prompted for a recovery key, select Skip this drive at the bottom of the
screen.
Step 7: Select the target operating system you wish to reset. This
refers to the current operating system installed on your Surface.
Step 8: Select Yes, repartition the drives, and on the next page, select Next.
Step 9: Choose Just remove my files.
Step 10: Select Reset.
Surface restarts and the Surface logo displays while the reset process continues
(this can take a while).

This always fails and I have to do the below which continues installation.
Windows 10 Installation Media:

1. Insert the Media (DVD/USB) in your PC and restart.
2. Boot from the media.
3. Select Repair Your Computer.

Select Troubleshoot.

1. Choose Command Prompt from the menu:

Type in the command:
Diskpart
Type in the command:
List disk (Note which disk is your Boot drive number mine is 0)
Type in the command:
Sel disk 0
Type in the command:
List vol (Note which volume is the EFI partition mine is 4)
Type in the command:
Sel vol 4
Type in the command:
assign letter=V:
Type in the command:
Exit
Type in the command:
V:
After you have assigned a drive letter Using Diskpart You can format the EFI partition:
Example: if you assigned a letter V to the partition the command would be:
format V: /FS:FAT32
Type in the command:
bcdboot C:\windows /s V: /f UEFI


Now I have an issue that I cannot install Feature Updates. They keep failing to install.
Any ideas how to resolve issue?

 

Surface 3 thinks it's a cell phone

So you're saying the issue seems to be that Google Play thinks my Surface 3 is an Android device? I can see that. However, I don't know the steps I took originally to modify my Surface 3.

I deleted the GoToWebinar app on my Android phone, then went into Google Play with my Surface 3 and found GoToWebinar. As you said, there's a green "Installed" button and, when I click on it, it gives the devices to which I can install it. However, the dropdown
menu only shows my LGE LM-G710 phone, my Surface 3 is not listed.

So it appears Google Play thinks my Surface 3 is my LG phone.