Deploy Windows 11 on
any HP laptop — the easy way.
Plain-English, step-by-step guides for every HP business laptop from G7 to the latest 2026 Copilot+ PCs. MDT, SCCM, Autopilot, USB, Sure Recover — pick your method, pick your model, follow the steps. 100% free to read. Download every guide as PDF or Markdown.
Most popular methods
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)
Free Microsoft toolkit. PXE-boot a laptop, watch a wizard install Windows, apps, drivers, and join the domain. No license required.
Bootable USB install
Burn the Windows 11 ISO to a 16 GB USB with Rufus. Boot the laptop from USB. Walk through setup. Install HP Image Assistant afterwards for drivers.
Windows Autopilot (cloud zero-touch)
Pre-register the device hardware hash with Microsoft. Ship the laptop unopened to the employee. They unbox, sign in, and the device provisions itself — no IT touch.
Start here
The EliteBook 840 G7 via MDT guide is our gold-standard reference. Every other guide on this site follows the same pattern — adapt the model name, the driver pack, and the BIOS keypresses, and you can deploy any HP business laptop the same way.
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All guides →Deploy Windows 11 24H2 on HP EliteBook 840 G7 via MDT
The gold-standard walkthrough. Every other guide on this site follows the same pattern.
Deploy Windows 11 24H2 on HP EliteBook 840 G10 via Bootable USB
The single-laptop method. Includes the Intel VMD driver workaround every G10+ needs.
Deploy Windows 11 25H2 on HP EliteBook 840 G11 via MDT
Newer 25H2 release. Same MDT flow, newer ADK + Win PE 25H2 add-on. Watch for Intel VMD on G10+.
Deploy Windows 11 24H2 on HP EliteBook Ultra G1q (ARM64) via Autopilot
Snapdragon X Elite Copilot+ PC. ARM64 architecture changes the ISO, the driver pack, and the Autopilot profile.
Deploy Windows 11 24H2 on HP EliteBook 840 G10 via SCCM/MECM
Enterprise-grade. Same conceptual flow as MDT but with Distribution Points, content distribution, and PXE-enabled DPs.
Recover an HP EliteBook 840 G10 with HP Sure Recover
BIOS-embedded recovery. Re-downloads Windows directly from HP. Works even with a totally wiped disk.