While that 5.1GB image is downloading, let’s move to step two. Open the Select Download dropdown, pick Windows 11, hit the Download button, select your product language from the Choose one dropdown that appears below, hit Confirm, then click 64-bit Download. On this Microsoft page, scroll down to Download Windows 11 Disk Image (ISO). In our testing, this trick doesn’t work with the Windows 11 Install Assistant, it doesn’t trigger Windows Update, and it doesn’t fool Microsoft’s PC Health Check tool.
Here’s the whole process from start to finish in three easy steps. (We’ve tested this method working on a Dell XPS 15 with Core i7-7700HQ and a Microsoft Surface Go with Pentium Gold 4415Y, neither of which are on Microsoft’s compatibility list.)
You can go from “doesn’t meet requirements” to “ready to install” in mere minutes.