Hello youki,
Yes, you can download the latest windows 11 ISO image on this website: Download Windows 11 (microsoft.com)
Besides, you can also try download it from VLSC at:
https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/servicecenter/default.aspx
Best Regards,
Wesley Li
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Answer from Wesley Li on learn.microsoft.comHello youki,
Yes, you can download the latest windows 11 ISO image on this website: Download Windows 11 (microsoft.com)
Besides, you can also try download it from VLSC at:
https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/servicecenter/default.aspx
Best Regards,
Wesley Li
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Oh Ok,
I selected the 2nd option and downloaded the Media Creation Tool. That gives me the option to create the ISO for any language.
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I have VMware Workstation installed and I have downloaded Windows 11 ISO file directly from the Microsoft website. I keep getting different types of errors. As of now I am taken to the boot manager.
https://i.imgur.com/zoIJz3M.png
If I select boot normally it takes me back to this same window.
Hello folks!
I just noticed that Microsoft removed the Windows 11 Eval virtual machine download in October 2024 from this page:
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/virtual-machines/
Does anyone happen to have a link where an archive of that might be kept? I'm in need of it to test something and of course with my luck it "just" became unavailable!
Keeping my fingers crossed that one of you good folks on this great sub can help. Thanks!
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EDIT: I found the direct link to the zip file. Thank you all for your feedback!
https://download.microsoft.com/download/1/4/6/1468925f-d912-4436-8582-4cfdc66e18fc/WinDev2407Eval.VirtualBox.zip
EDIT - Solved! After months of working on this I finally solved it! It was indeed that there was no recovery partition. There were only two partitions - OS and System Reserved, but in order to convert into GPT, a Recovery partition must be present, so I manually had to create a recovery partition.
Also did the conversion directly inside the VM and booted back into it after changing into EFI mode
Used a winre.wim file to create recovery partition using the command.
Copy the “winre.vm” file to – “C:\Windows\System32\Recovery”
After copying, run CMD as Administrator and run the command “reagentc.exe /enable”
Once this is done, you can proceed to converting disk to GPT using mbr2gpt
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We’re currently using VMware for our virtual machines. Currently we have around 20 VMs that need to be upgraded from Windows 10 to Windows 11. I am aware that Windows 11 requires TPM 2.0 and Secure boot to be enabled in order to qualify for upgrades. However, there are some issues I’m facing:
All of our VMs are in ‘BIOS’ mode and not ‘EFI’. ‘EFI’ is required in order to enable Secure Boot.
After switching the Boot Mode to EFI, the VM does not recognize the OS/HDD because it was initially formatted as MBR and not GPT. I believe EFI requires the HD to be ‘GPT’.
Furthermore, I have created Native Key Provider in the Cluster, and I am able to Add TPM as a hardware device in the VM once I switch it to EFI Mode and enable secure boot.
Some additional information:
Compatibility: ESXi 7.0 U2 and later (VM version 19)
Hypervisor – EXSi 7.0.3
What is the procedure to convert the HD to GPT? I’ve attempted via MBR2GPT.exe but this doesn’t not work on VM. I have also attempted to boot into recovery mode, but it doesn’t allow CMD to be launched.