You want to install Windows 10 on your PC? using Windows MediaCreationTool

Create bootable USB stick for Windows 10 from the Internet

If Windows 10 is available to you as an ISO file, the easiest way to create a bootable USB stick is based on Windows 7 or Windows 8 / 8.1 as well as Windows 10. Microsoft provides the ISO files of Windows 10 free of charge. You download the free MediaCreationTool from this page and run it. Then download the ISO files. To do this, select the option Create installation media for another PC.

If you have an ISO file of Windows 10, you can download an ISO for free from Microsoft using a tool.

02. Selecting the edition, language and architecture

On the next page of the tool , you then select the language you want, the edition you want to download and the architecture, i.e. 32-bit or 64-bit. The Enterprise Edition is not available via this route. If you want to create a bootable USB stick from it, you have to get the ISO file in another way.

In the MediaCreationTool you can download an ISO file with your desired edition if you wish.

03. Perform ISO download and select USB stick

In the next step, you can either copy the installation files immediately to a suitable USB stick or download the installation files as an ISO. This is the best way in most cases, as you can quickly and easily create a USB stick from the ISO at any time.

You can quickly and easily create an ISO file from the MediaCreationTool, or a bootable USB stick.

04. Finalise configuration

If you want to create a USB stick from the MediaCreationTool, it must now be connected to the computer. Then you can select which stick you want to use. The stick must have at least 4 GBytes of memory, preferably more. The wizard then downloads the Windows 10 installation files and copies them to the USB stick or to the ISO file.

In the Windows 10 Download Wizard, you can select a USB stick.

05. Creating a bootable USB stick from an existing ISO file

If you already have an ISO file of Windows 10, you can also create a bootable USB stick from Windows 7/8/8.1/10 using on-board tools. To do this, make the ISO file available as a drive via the context menu and start a command prompt with administrator rights. The USB stick must also be connected to the computer. Start a command prompt for this via the context menu in administrator mode. For example, enter cmd on the start page/start menu, click on the command prompt symbol that appears and click on Run as admin.

In Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 10, start the command prompt with administrative rights to create a bootable USB stick.

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