Windows 10: Activating a brand new PC build with Windows 11

I currently have windows 10 installed on my pc. I will be upgrading my motherboard, cpu, gpu, psu etc. I want to install windows 11 on the new pc build. Can I use my windows 10 key to activate windows 11 on the new build even though I never upgraded the current windows 10 to 11?

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Installing Windows 11 on New PC Build

Hello - I am running into an issue while trying to install Windows 11 on my new PC build.

I am able to get to the step where Windows wants to connect to a network in order to continue with the installation. However, I am not identifying any networks whatsoever. I have tried WiFi as well as having the PC plugged directly into the router via an ethernet cable. However, I continue to get stuck on this screen (screen shot below).

Here is a link to the parts used to build the PC in case that helps identify the issue: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kWRmxs

Does anyone have any insights to the steps I need to take to resolve this issue?

Thanks for your help!

 

New PC, old drive. Will Win 11 activate ?

My old OEM branded PC died just out of Warranty and I replaced it with an exact model with exact specs.. Rather than go through setup I want to simply install my old drive into the new PC. Will Windows 11 activate if I do this. The replacement PC is brand new retail, not used, never activated.

 

Brand new PC build - Windows 10 will not load - ACPI Bios Error

May I ask why you gave me a bad rating before I had the chance to reply to help you further?

Newer UEFI firmware doesn't have the AHCI setting because it is standard now as the SATA controller default.

If you tried everything in the list including re-enabling UEFI and turning off CSM to use the new features of the UEFI BIOS, what is the exact failure behavior now? Normally when someone does the troubleshooting steps, they report results to give us clues.
Normally when someone says they tried everything, they haven't really even read through the dozen or more steps. I say this as someone who has far more experience on the web troubleshooting install failure than anyone else.

Another step to try on new builds is to remove every component except what's absolutely required to install Windows.

But if you've completed every single step which resolve 90% of failures, then one thing you can try is to move the hard drive into another PC (alone) to install Windows 10 to it, then move it back to the target PC. Windows 10 is remarkably adaptive to new hardware
without needing adaptive restore. If it will start it will swap out all drivers requiring several restarts.

This will also tell us if the problem is with the install or the build. Then if necessary you can tear down the build and try over.