HOW TO CREATE A WINDOWS 10 BOOTABLE USB DRIVE AND INSTALL WINDOWS 10

Here’s a look at using the utility called Rufus lớn create a bootable USB flash drive for Windows 10 which is actually much faster than Microsoft’s tool.

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Usually, when we cover creating bootable USB drives for Windows, we recommend the Windows 7 USB/DVD download Tool (time khổng lồ update that name Microsoft). Still, I’ve had some problems creating one và started looking for a different option.

So this time around, I thought I would try the miễn phí utility called Rufus. Here’s a look at using it, & in the end, I had a faster experience using it than the older Microsoft tool.

Update: to get the ISO for the official release of Windows 10, head to this Microsoft page and tải về the 64 or 32-bit version of the truyền thông media creation tool. It will allow you to lớn upgrade your Windows 7 SP 1 or Windows 8.1 PC or tải về the ISO lớn use later for a clean install. Also, make sure to kiểm tra out our piece on creating a Windows 11 bootable flash drive.

For more on that, please read our article: How To download Windows 10 ISO for a Clean Install.

Create Windows 10 Bootable USB Drive

First, make sure you tải về the Windows 10 Technical Preview by joining the Windows Insider Program, as explained in this article. Also, make sure you’re using a USB drive at least 4 GB for the 32-bit version và 8 GB for the 64-bit version.

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One of the first cool things about Rufus is that no installation is necessary, which means you can stick it on a network location or another external drive to lớn run it. When you run it, setting it up is simple. Select the USB drive you want khổng lồ use, select your partition scheme – it’s worth noting that Rufus also supports a bootable UEFI drive.

Then select the disc icon next lớn the ISO drop-down và navigate to the location of your official Windows 10 ISO.

In my experience, using the older USB 2.0 port & drive, it took less than five minutes to lớn create the drive. If you use a USB 3.0 or 3.1 device, I would love to lớn 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 will continue to lớn 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 khổng lồ create other versions of Windows or Linux distros from an ISO if you wish.

Hi Brian, it took under 2 minutes when I tried Rufus for Windows 8, using USB 3.0, works great, as seen on video:http://TinkerTry.com/rufus-takes-2-minutes-to-create-a-bootable-usb-flash-drive-for-esxi-installation

Glad you confirmed Rufus still works nicely with Windows 10, & it sure is good lớn find somebody making unique freeware!

Rufus works great for folks that use VMware ESXi as well, where the bootable USB media becomes your install target too:http://TinkerTry.com/rufus-takes-2-minutes-to-create-a-bootable-usb-flash-drive-for-esxi-installation