Create a Windows 10 USB Bootable Flash Drive (Updated)
Last Updated on February 18, 2019
Normally, when we cover the creation of a bootable USB drive for Windows, we offer Windows 7, 8, 10 USB / DVD download tool (Microsoft update that name), but I had some problems creating one and looking elsewhere. Curry choice
Update: To get the ISO for the official release of Windows 10, visit this Microsoft page and download the 64 or 32-bit version of the media creation tool. It lets you upgrade to your Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1 PC or download the ISO later for a clean install
For more on that, read our article: How To Download Windows 10 ISO for a Clean Install
Create Windows 10 Technical Preview USB Drive
First, make sure you download the Windows 10 Technical Preview by joining the Windows Insider program described in the article. Also, make sure you use a USB drive that is at least 4GB for the 32-bit version and 8 GB for the 64-bit version.
After that click Start and you should be good to go, within minutes. If you want to be extra careful, check the option to check the device for bad blocks. I didn’t do that, and my bootable drive turned out fine.
In my experience, using the older USB 2.0 port and drive, it took less than five minutes to create the drive. If you use a USB 3.0 or 3.1 set up, I would love to know how fast that works.
Anyway, after it’s created, you can go ahead and install the Windows 10 Technical Preview on a spare computer.
Let us know what you think of this tool over Microsoft’s Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool, for me; I am going to continue to use Rufus – at least until Microsoft updates or recreates a new utility – if it does at all.
And yes, of course, you can use this to create other versions of Windows or Linux distros from an ISO if you wish.
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