How to Create Windows 11 Bootable USB Drive with Hardware Requirements Check Disabled

If you already have Windows 11 offline ISO file and want to create a bootable USB drive for clean or fresh installation in your computer system, this article will help you. The USB drive created using the method given in this article will also skip or disable all hardware requirements check by Windows 11 setup, so you’ll be able to install Windows 11 in your device even if it’s unsupported or incompatible with the new operating system. This is the easiest and quickest way to make Windows 11 bootable USB along with disabling all installation requirements check.

Many people have downloaded original Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft website. Microsoft is providing Windows 11 offline ISO file for free to public and anyone can download the ISO file officially from Microsoft. Following tutorial will help you in getting a copy of Windows 11 ISO file in case you haven’t downloaded the file yet:

[Tip] How to Download Windows 11 Offline ISO Files

After downloading the ISO file, you might want to create bootable USB drive (or pen drive) to clean install Windows 11 in your computer system or other devices.

Microsoft provides an official tool called “Windows 11 Media Creation Tool” (MCT) to create Windows 11 bootable USB drive or DVD but it first downloads full offline ISO file for Windows 11 from Microsoft servers as mentioned in following article:

How to Create Bootable USB Drive to Install Windows 11

The tool might be useful for people who don’t have Windows 11 ISO file but if you already have Windows 11 ISO, you won’t want to waste your time and Internet bandwidth in downloading the ISO file again.

Related: Create Bootable USB Drive from Windows ISO without Using Any Software

In such case, a 3rd party tool will become very handy. In this article, we are going to use “Rufus” utility which allows users to create bootable USB drive using ISO files. If you have Windows 11 ISO file, you can use Rufus and it’ll create a bootable USB drive from the ISO file within few minutes.

The developer has released a new version of Rufus which also allows users to disable all hardware requirements check (such as TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, RAM) while creating bootable USB drive for Windows 11 operating system.

Related: Windows 11 System Requirements or Hardware Specifications

If you are also trying to create a Windows 11 bootable USB drive from ISO, following steps will help you:

STEP 1: Download and Install Rufus in Your Computer System

First of all we’ll need Rufus tool. You can read full review of Rufus and download the tool from following article:

Rufus: Free Software to Burn ISO to USB Drives and Make Them Bootable

Download and install the tool in your machine. There is also a portable version available of the tool which doesn’t need any installation. You can direct run the portable version.

STEP 2: Create Bootable USB Drive from Windows 11 Offline ISO

Run Rufus tool and it’ll automatically detect the attached USB drive. If you haven’t attached the USB drive yet, insert your USB drive into USB port.

Make sure “Boot selection” option is set to “Disk or ISO image” and then click on “SELECT” button.

It’ll open Browse window asking you to select Windows 11 ISO file. Select the ISO file and click on “Open” button.

Now you can click on “START” button (before clicking on START button, read the Bonus Tip given below if you have an unsupported device and want to disable hardware requirements check at Windows 11 installation time). The tool will start formatting and creating bootable USB drive for Windows 11.

BONUS TIP: Disable Windows 11 Hardware Requirements in USB Drive

The Rufus tool also allows users to disable hardware checks by Windows 11 setup wizard such as TPM 2.0, Secure boot and 8 GB RAM. If you have an old and unsupported computer which doesn’t meet these system requirements but you still want to install Windows 11 in your system, you can use following steps in Rufus to disable all kind of hardware requirements check:

Before clicking on “START” button, select “Extended Windows 11 Installation (no TPM/no Secure Boot/8GB- RAM)” option from the drop-down box given under “Image Option“.

Now click on “START” button and the tool will create Windows 11 bootable USB drive with all hardware requirements check disabled.

IMPORTANT NOTE for Old Computer Users:

If you are going to use Windows 11 bootable USB drive created by the tool in an old computer, you should select “MBR” under “Partition scheme” section as most of the old devices use MBR partition scheme. If your computer is new, you can select “GPT” option from drop-down box.

You can check which partition scheme is current in use in your device by entering into BIOS settings.

How to Enter BIOS Settings on Your Windows PC?

Manually Bypass or Disable Windows 11 Hardware Requirements Check

If you don’t want to use Rufus tool but want to bypass hardware requirements check at Windows 11 installation time in your unsupported device, Microsoft has provided an official working way to disable these checks.

Following article contains the official method as well as other workarounds to help you:

[Tip] Bypass Windows 11 TPM and Secure Boot Requirements Check to Install on Unsupported Hardware

Also Check:

How to Check Your Computer has TPM 2.0 for Windows 11?

How to Enable TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot to Install Windows 11?

Should You Install Windows 11 on Unsupported Hardware Devices?

[Tip] How to Complete Windows 11 Setup Without Internet Connection

[Tip] How to Install Windows 11 With Local User Account