The Windows 10 Media Creation Tool can create Windows 10 bootable/installation USB drives. If the USB drive you created is not bootable, chances are that you did not set your computer's boot order correctly. Reformatting the USB drive as FAT32 will make sure it is bootable on Legacy BIOS or UEFI computers. Of course, it does not rule out that the Media Creation Tool fails to work on your computer for some reason.
You can also create a Windows 10 bootable/installation USB drive from an iSO image file.
First, you need to download the official Windows 10 ISO file from the Microsoft website.
Then, you can use the Rufus tool to create a Windows 10 installation USB drive from the ISO.
Or, if you are familiar with Windows commands, you can also use the Command Prompt to create a Windows 10 bootable USB drive from the ISO.
Here are the detailed steps: https://www.isumsoft.com/windows-10/create-windows-10-bootable-usb-from-iso.html
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I came home from work to find my Windows 10 laptop not working. It has been sitting on preparing automatic repair for hours at this point. I have seen online to download the media creation tool and create a bootable USB to fix the problem, though I do not have access to another Windows 10 system, would this be possible to do on Windows 11?
Also will I lose data using this fix? I would obviously rather avoid losing data but if there is not a alternative that would keep everything I believe this sounds like my best option.
Thanks in advance!
The Windows 10 Media Creation Tool can create Windows 10 bootable/installation USB drives. If the USB drive you created is not bootable, chances are that you did not set your computer's boot order correctly. Reformatting the USB drive as FAT32 will make sure it is bootable on Legacy BIOS or UEFI computers. Of course, it does not rule out that the Media Creation Tool fails to work on your computer for some reason.
You can also create a Windows 10 bootable/installation USB drive from an iSO image file.
First, you need to download the official Windows 10 ISO file from the Microsoft website.
Then, you can use the Rufus tool to create a Windows 10 installation USB drive from the ISO.
Or, if you are familiar with Windows commands, you can also use the Command Prompt to create a Windows 10 bootable USB drive from the ISO.
Here are the detailed steps: https://www.isumsoft.com/windows-10/create-windows-10-bootable-usb-from-iso.html
You can create bootable USB for Windows 10 using Command Prompt on Windows. Here's the YouTube video on - How to create bootable USB for Windows using Command Prompt
In summary you'll have to follow these steps
- Open Command Prompt as an Administrator
- On Command Prompt window type
diskpartand then click ENTER - Inside disk part, now type command
list diskand click ENTER, make sure you have inserted your USB drive, and note the disk number of the USB Drive. - Type
select disk <x>wherexbeing your disk number of USB Drive. - Type
clean - To create a new primary partition on the USB flash drive, type
create part pri, and then click ENTER. - To select the partition that you just created, type
select part 1, and then click ENTER. - To format the partition, type
format fs=ntfs quick, and then click ENTER. - Type
active, and then click ENTER. - Type
exit, and then click ENTER. - When you finish preparing your custom image, save it to the root of the USB flash drive.
Don't have many friends and the ones I do all have apple. My computer is doing the no bootable drive and I need to get it set up. Is there anywhere I can buy a usb with windows installation on it for a reasonable price
Firstly my computer had a problem after downloading windows 10 over a year ago. Then I mistakenly from the blue “choose an option” and “choose an operating system” page selected windows 10 4 times clearing the pervious operating system. As a result, I can’t select the previous windows 8 or 7. I can’t even preform a reset because the original is gone.
I tried to find a way to fix it.
My attempt now is putting the Windows media creation tool from https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=691209 on a UBS using working computer. So far so good.
On the laptop with the problem, from the choose an option page I selected using device and then I selected USB drive (UEFI). The laptop goes to a purple page. It says Windows set up, I select from the drop boxes and I click next. I click install now. It says Setup is starting.
It goes to activate windows. My laptop did have windows when I bought it I didn’t have a product key. So I don’t know what to do and therefore I select I don’t have a product key. (I reckon that selecting this will have a future implication, please do enlighten me with any support here too). After that it’s a select operating system you want to install. It gives me seven options I don’t know which one is the right one or which is the best so I select Windows 10 pro. I accept the terms then it looks to me which type of installation do you want. Because I don’t want to lose my files, I choose upgrade install and not custom. It says in the compatibility report option if you start your computer using with the installation media and then I close and then I’m back to the beginning of the windows set up purple screen. Help me.
Additional edit: is there a way for me to back up my device from the blue page that says choose an option?