If I put the media creation (windows 11) onto a usb flash drive will this also update the pc being used to create the media download currently using windows 10 or will it just download the files directly to the usb flash drive

Tried running it today on two different client machines, and all i get is a brief Windows logo flash and then… nothing. No error, no dialog, no logs that i can see. Just a silent fail.

Anyone else seeing this, or did i just hit the unlucky lottery?

Update:
It's getting better and better...

Now I can't even download the ISO anymore.
All I get is a chef's kiss quality Microsoft error page:

"We encountered a problem processing your request. Please try again later."
Reference ID: [insert absurd GUID here]

At this point, even Rufus is starting to feel like a critical infrastructure tool.
Seriously, how does Microsoft manage to break their own installer and their ISO download in the same two weeks?

(X-Ref: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5584581/cant-download-the-windows-11-iso)

“Try using the Microsoft Media Creation Tool,” they said.
“This method bypasses the web-based ISO download and is more reliable,” they said.

*rofl*

And the best part?
This all happens on the exact day Windows 10 support officially ends.
You literally couldn't script better timing.

Hi,

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!