How to Run a Complete Windows 11 Hardware Check?

Why do you need a complete Windows 11 hardware check?

When Windows 11 was just released, Microsoft made it clear that it had higher hardware requirements than Windows 10. No matter whether you have a laptop or desktop computer, only when your devices meet all conditions, you can upgrade to this new OS. Therefore, determining the technical specifications of the hardware and software will be quite helpful. It can judge whether the device is eligible for an update to a new version of Windows 11 or not.

The hardware specs can help you determine whether a component needs to be upgraded or if you need to purchase a new computer. If the equipment stops operating, understanding the technical specifications might help you solve the issue.

Use Windows 11 compatibility tool from Microsoft

To help users do a quick check of their devices, Microsoft offers a tool called PC Health Check. You can download it from the official website and do a quick check for your computer.

Step 1. Click "Check now" on the main console, then it will automatically check your system.

Step 2. When the check finishes, you will get two different results. One is "This PC can run Windows 11". It refers that your computer is compatible with Windows 11.

However, if the note shows "This PC can't run Windows 11" or "This PC doesn't currently meet Windows 11 system requirements", you can click "see all results" to see which aspects are not available and click the links to get more information.

Use Windows 11 hardware check alternative tool to do a complete check

PC health check can offer you a basic and easy check, but if you want to see more check results or some system advice, we suggest you choose a free Windows 11 hardware check tool AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard. The Windows 11 update checker of this tool can not only check if your machine is compatible with the Windows 11 operating system, but it also gives extensive instructions on how to fix it. More significantly, you may use it to resolve any disk and partition problems you may have had, such as USB not recognized, UEFI Bootloader corrupted, etc.

Step 1. Install and launch AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard. Click "Tools"> "Windows 11 Update Checker" on the top of the main console.

Step 2. Click "Start Check" to begin checking.

Step 3. After a while, you can get the results. If you receive the red warning: This PC Can't Currently Upgrade to Windows 11, you can click the blue button to get more information.

Step 4. You can click "Fix it" to see the detailed tutorial about how to update the incompatibility configuration.

Easy solutions to meet Windows 11 system requirements

After the Windows 11 compatibility check, you can directly upgrade AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard to the Professional Edition to fix the unsatisfied problems. It can help you extend the C drive to fix the system drive having no sufficient space for Windows 11 and convert your system disk from MBR to GPT to compatible with UEFI boot mode requirements.

1. Extend system drive for Windows 11 upgrade

If your C drive doesn’t have enough free space, you can’t successfully upgrade your PC. But AOMEI Partition Assistant can easily fix this problem. You can merge nonadjacent unallocated space to the C drive via “Merge Partition” feature, or directly share free space from one drive to the C drive.

Step 1. Install and open the AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional, right-click the partition that has enough space, and choose "Allocate Free Space".

Step 2. Here you can set the allocated size as you wish to C drive, and click "OK".

Step 3. Click the "Apply" in the main interface to start allocating free space to the C drive.

2. Convert system disk to GPT without data loss

Because UEFI is required for the Windows 11 update, you must ensure that your motherboard can handle it. And because UEFI is for GPT partition schemes, you must switch your system disc to GPT if you are using an MBR partition scheme.

Diskpart and Drive Management can convert the disk from MBR to GPT, but you must erase all partitions. To avoid data loss, you can use AOMEI Partition Assistant to convert your system disk with no need to delete anything.

Step 1. Launch AOMEI Partition Assistant. Right-click the system disk and choose "Convert to GPT".

Step 2. Click "OK" to confirm your operation.

Step 3. Click on "Apply" to commit the pending operation.

Now, you can change the boot mode from BIOS to UEFI and upgrade to Windows 11.

Ending lines

It’s necessary to do a Windows 11 hardware check before you set out to upgrade to Windows 11. If you’re not familiar with using Windows built-in tools to solve disk and partition issues, you can choose AOMEI Partition Assistant, since it’s a user-friendly tool with easy operations.

What’s more, it can also clone disk/partition, migrate OS only, move installed programs, etc. And there’s the Server Edition for Windows Server 2025/2022/2019/2016/2012(R2)/2008(R2)/2003.