Hi there, today I’m going to give you a quick tutorial on how to install a windows 10 iso onto a flash drive. If you are constantly disappointed in Windows 10 not being able to run for two months without becoming glitchy, blue screening, and tired of it attempting to fix itself without any success, or you’re just running an old version of windows…Simply just buy an 8GB flash drive and follow my directions below (Note: Upgrading to Windows 10 is no longer available for free):
- Receive/buy a flash drive and remove anything you need (it will delete everything on it).
- Go to: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 . Click download tool now.
- Now press the Windows key and R (Winkey + R).
- You should see a small window show in the bottom left, type “CMD” (no quotes) and press enter.
- Another window shows, this time type: “control /name Microsoft.System” and press enter.
- Good job, you now have two things you need to know, your current windows version and whether your CPU is 32 or 64 bit.
- Your current Windows version doesn’t matter, but more the edition of that version. For example home, enterprise, pro, educational, or server. If you have already activated windows 10, otherwise home edition is the best option. (See picture below if help is needed).
- Record your CPU architecture type, if you’re going to use this ISO on multiple computers then skip this step. Otherwise, it will be either 32 or 64 bit. (See picture below for help finding this number).
- Now open your file explorer by typing: “file explorer” into the search box after clicking the lower left windows button (also typing explorer.exe in cmd works (for win 10 only)).
- Navigate to your downloads folder and run MediaCreationTool.exe. If prompted for the allowance to make changes your PC click yes.
- Select USB flash drive to install and click the drive you wish, everything will be DELETED off the drive.
- Enter both your architecture type (the 32/64 number) and your edition of windows (use chart below to convert your current operating system).
- Let the installation creation media tool finish downloading (you can still use your PC at the same time).
- You’re done 🙂
- Simply reboot your computer, then hit either spam F1 or the delete button when it turns back on, navigate until you find boot priority and make your USB drive the number one priority.
- Click exit button, save and reboot and then follow the directions on the screen to install windows 10.
