Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: Ed Bott [ZDNET] - When Installing/Upgrading Win11 Fails https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/475562 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: Ed Bott [ZDNET] - When Installing/Upgrading Win11 Fails en-US Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:18:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.2 mikiem2 on "Ed Bott [ZDNET] - When Installing/Upgrading Win11 Fails" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/475562#post-598101 Thu, 18 Sep 2025 02:43:18 +0000 mikiem2 598101@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

zdnet[.]com/article/windows-11-upgrade-failed-these-are-my-4-most-powerful-troubleshooting-secrets/

Number 3 on his list is the one that frankly I've used most often -- try again, *and MAKE SURE the Box To Check For Updates in setup Is CLEARED. Number 1 is to check for updates to drivers and firmware [BIOS], number 2 is to check Microsoft's list of known incompatibilities, and number 4 is to use Microsoft's SetupDiag tool -- learn.microsoft[.]com/en-us/windows/deployment/upgrade/setupdiag