Installation prerequisites (Windows)

You must perform the following steps before installing ROCm and check if the system meets all the requirements to proceed with the installation.

Confirm the system is supported

The ROCm installation is supported only on specific host architectures, Windows Editions and update versions.

This section discusses obtaining information about the host architecture, Windows Edition and update version.

Verify the Windows Edition using the following steps:

To obtain the Linux distribution information, type the following command on your system from a PowerShell command-line interface (CLI):
```
Get-ComputerInfo | Format-Table CsSystemType,OSName,OSDisplayVersion
```
Confirm that the obtained information matches with those listed in {ref}windows-support.

Example: Running the command above on a Windows system may result in the following output:
```
CsSystemType OsName                   OSDisplayVersion
------------ ------                   ----------------
x64-based PC Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 22H2
```

Open the Setting app.
Navigate to System > About.
Confirm that the obtained information matches with those listed in {ref}windows-support.