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Can I use the Windows 11 ISO to upgrade an existing Windows installation without losing files?
Can I install Windows 11 from any other PC?
Is it safe to use an external USB DVD drive to install Windows 11?
This is incorrect. I tried this and I get zero option to choose edition. My story:
Had Windows 10 (physical key) -> Upgraded to Windows 11 Home -> Then paid for a 11 Pro Upgrade. I upgraded my hardware and did a fresh install.
I thought it would auto detect the version of the key. It did not. I tried multiple times, agonizingly multiple times to get this to upgrade to 11 Pro like I had paid for, even going to my order history on my MS Account (all this gave me was an invoice - no keys no nothing).
Got in contact with MS Support only to tell me to download the ISO for Mult-version. He have me a whole lot of instructions, but nothing I wouldn't have known in the first place. Ran setup, went through all the rigmarole and options for keeping apps and files, and what does it tell me?
"To re cap you have chosen to:
- Install Windows 11 Home
-Keep personal files and Apps?
I made no such choice. No boxes, no ticking, no nothing. There is literally no option for choosing your version.
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