Hello! want to upgrade to Windows 11, but I’m unsure if my computer can actually do that. A few months ago, tired enabling Secure Boot by converting my boot device from MBR to GPT, but ended up with a BSOD. I had to factory reset. Is it even possible for my computer to enable Secure Boot and upgrade to Windows 11? Pc Specs: Motherboard - ASUS PRIME B450M-A II CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 5600G GPU - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super Boot Drive - Inland QN322 1 TB
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You need to back up all your data for a conversion. It will remove all partitions and you’ll have to reinstall Windows and everything else.
Microsoft made a tool that converts it live, no format required. Of course it does corrupt the OS 1-2% of the time requiring a format and reinstall.
If you used the MBR2GPT tool and immediately started crashing, chances are that it corrupted the OS. This happens some of the time.
This computer is more than capable of running Windows 11, you just need secure boot and fTPM enabled in the BIOS. As you just reset I would do a clean install of Windows. Our Windows 11 install guide has instructions for converting the drive to GPT if that was changed with the factory reset. You will get an error during the install telling you that you need GPT. The change is done from within the installation.
Note that this does delete everything on the OS drive. When installing, we recommend that you only have the OS drive connected as Windows will put the EFI partition which has the boot files on whichever drive the motherboard designated as Disk 0. So if the drive that is Disk 0 is not your OS drive and that drive dies or needs to be replaced, you might have to reinstall the OS. With only one drive connected, we guarantee that it’s on the OS drive.
if you converted your boot device from mbr to gpt you also need to reformat your hard drive to work on gpt.