I downloaded the ISO file for Windows 11 Pro 24H2 from the Microsoft site. I downloaded Rufus 4.9. I used Rufus with the ISO file to create a bootable flash drive. I booted from the flash drive and successfully installed Windows 11 Pro 24H2. My question is: Is there a method for creating a bootable disc from the bootable flash drive? My third party disc burning app is Ashampoo Burning Studio 2025 (1.26.0). I use it regularly, and it works fine with double layer discs.
If rufus only was used for skipping the win 11 system requirements you could simply use this MDL tool to fix the ISO and burn it to a DVD by your DVD burning software.
Why not use the iso you've downloaded and burn that image to the blank dual layer DVD. Or do as @Enthousiast suggested if you want bypass the restrictions MS put in place.
I have no idea how to use that MDL tool with the current flash drive that I created. I used Rufus for the purpose of bypassing the hardware requirements so I can install 24H2 in my 6th/7th generation Dell towers. I prefer having an install disc instead of an install flash drive, which is why I want to create one.
The whole purpose of using my tool is that you don't have to use the flashdrive, skipping that part, just fix the ISO and burn it to dvd9.
During the time between now and my last reply, I downloaded the tool and extracted its contents and placed these 9 files: from my bootable Windows 11 24H2 flash drive inside the Source ISO folder of the tool and then ran the command script. It displayed a "no ISO detected" message, so I pressed 9 and exited. I'm going to re-download the 5.42 GB size ISO file and place it inside the Source ISO folder. Where do I go from there so I can create a bootable disc which contains the hardware bypass features?
One more attpempt, when using my tool you DO NOT have to use RUFUS nor the flashdrive it created, just get yourself the ISO and run it as described in the tool. And never delete an ISO after you made something with it, just keep it somewhere safe for later (re-)use.
I'm sorry for the long delay in getting back to you. The power went out here because of a bad thunderstorm. The power is back on now, so I've downloaded the 5.42 GB size ISO file. I've placed the ISO file inside the Source ISO folder. I wanted to get back to you before I run the command script. This will be "learn as I go", so wish me luck.
That was a lot easier than I expected it to be. I ran the command script, then selected the recommended option, then let it go through the process of creating a "fixed" ISO file. I then used Ashampoo Burning Studio 2025 to create a bootable DVD+R DL install disc. I'll be testing the disc in a few days in a refurbished Dell Precision Tower 3620 which came with Windows 10 Pro 64-bit. Thanks for your amazing tool and for your help.
Is your processor supported in v24H2, as MS has put in some hardware blocks on certain CPU's that don't support the SSE4.2 instruction set. You can find out by using CPU-Z tool.
The cpu's mentioned are from the 7th gen, should be fine for installing windows 11 after fixing the ISO to circumvent the requirements.
Enthousiast: I got impatient and decided to test the 24H2 disc in an even older 4th generation Dell OptiPlex 9020. The install and setup process went fine - no error messages, no hiccups. Again, many thanks for your help and your tool.
All CPU from intel core ix and up are still supported (and their AMD equivalents), to make it simple, all CPUs from 2010 and up. This is the deciding factor: If the CPU doesn't support that instruction set you won't be able to install Win 11 24H2 on it.
This particular Dell OptiPlex 9020 has an Intel Core i7-4790 processor and 32 GB of DDR3-1600 RAM and a 240 GB SATA3 2.5" SSD. It had Windows 10 Pro previously installed before I started using it for a Windows 7 Pro test machine, so I guessed its hardware would support Windows 11 Pro 24H2. By the way, I took your advice and saved the Windows 11 Pro 24H2 ISO and the fix tool so they are available if I need them again.
javaspain: I use MBR and legacy BIOS in all of my 3rd/4th/6th/7th generation Dell towers and laptops. I don't use GPT or UEFI. This thread can be marked as being solved.