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You could also check out the Windows 11 Installation Assistant, as it sometimes bypasses the standard installer's checks.

Same here. You could also try a clean install from a USB drive, as the installer sometimes bypasses those checks.

Yeah, and sometimes you gotta uninstall the old driver in Device Manager first before the new one will take properly. Hope that helps.

Yeah, that's a good call. Also, make sure your drive's firmware is up to date through WD's dashboard. Let me know if that works.

Agreed. You could also look into using a modified Windows 11 ISO that bypasses those checks, but that's an unofficial workaround.

I had the same problem keeping track. For my old laptop, end of support just meant no more security updates, which made me upgrade sooner.