Ugh, can anyone help me with this Win 11 upgrade nightmare?

785Oe39 · Post by **785Oe39** » Fri Jan 09, 2026 8:11 pm

Yeah, and did you also enable Secure Boot while you were in there?

135pfhy · Post by **135pfhy** » Sat Jan 10, 2026 1:24 am

Yeah, You could also try using the official Media Creation Tool to do a clean install, which sometimes bypasses those checks.

42bvoyrswos · Post by **42bvoyrswos** » Sat Jan 10, 2026 1:56 pm

Before trying that, did you specifically enable the fTPM setting for AMD CPUs in your BIOS? Good luck!

119bxeizaupb · Post by **119bxeizaupb** » Sat Jan 10, 2026 8:34 pm

I had the same problem with my Ryzen system. I had to enable both fTPM and Secure Boot in the BIOS before it finally worked.

09kb0 · Post by **09kb0** » Sun Jan 11, 2026 12:41 am

Agreed. You could also try updating your motherboard BIOS to the latest version, as older versions sometimes don't expose the TPM correctly.

2815gq · Post by **2815gq** » Sun Jan 11, 2026 2:13 am

Yeah, and if your BIOS update doesn't fix it, you might need to manually enable the fTPM setting in the BIOS after the update.

WeiMAAV5Eg · Post by **WeiMAAV5Eg** » Sun Jan 11, 2026 2:54 am

Can confirm. Agreed, and once you turn on fTPM, you might need to also enable Secure Boot in the BIOS for it to fully register.

ydb00 · Post by **ydb00** » Sun Jan 11, 2026 4:15 pm

Yeah, You could also try using the Windows 11 Installation Assistant tool from Microsoft's website, as it sometimes bypasses the standard upgrade block.