Downloading Windows 10 through the media creation tool

To download Windows 10 and make a bootable USB flash drive, do the following:

  1. Open your browser and enter https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 in the address bar.
  2. In the Create Windows 10 installation media section, click on Download tool now.
  3. Specify the location on you computer or on a network share when prompted to save the media creation tool (see Figure 1.7):
Figure 1.7 Downloading the media creation tool for Windows 10
  1. Once the download completes, click on Run.
  2. Shortly, the Windows 10 Setup window will display the Applicable notices and license terms view. Click on Accept.
  3. In the What do you want to do? view, select Create Installation media (USB flash drive, DVD, or ISO file) for another PC and click on Next.
  4. The next view enables you to Select language, architecture, and edition, and then click on Next.
  5. In the Choose which media to use view, select USB flash drive and click Next.
  6. Select a USB flash drive and click Next.
  7. The next view shows that Downloading Windows 10 has started.
  8. Once Windows 10 is downloaded, the next view indicates that the Windows 10 setup is Creating Windows 10 media.
  9. Finally, click Finish when you notice the Your USB flash drive is ready view (see Figure 1.8):
Figure 1.8 Windows 10 setup indicating that a bootable USB flash drive is ready
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