{"id":14138,"date":"2017-12-10T15:15:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T20:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=14138"},"modified":"2018-03-29T08:28:44","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T12:28:44","slug":"create-windows-10-installation-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/create-windows-10-installation-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Create Windows 10 Installation Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Create Windows 10 Installation Media<\/h1>\n<p>Since Microsoft makes it so easy for you to download and create Windows 10 installation media (DVD or USB) you should take advantage and create a Windows installation disk or USB and save it for a rainy day.<\/p>\n<p>What can you do with installation media? Here are 3 of the most important things you can do with Windows 10 installation USB or DVD:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>You can boot your computer with an installation USB or DVD if your computer won&#8217;t boot normally<\/li>\n<li>You can access all Windows 10 troubleshooting tools. If your PC won&#8217;t boot normally you can boot with the installation USB or DVD and access troubleshooting and other tools.<\/li>\n<li>You can use the Windows 10 installation USB or DVD to do a repair installation of Windows 10 which, if completed successfully, will preserve all your personal files as well as all of your installed\u00a0 programs and\u00a0 personalized settings.<\/li>\n<li>You can use the Windows 10 installation USB or DVD to re-install Windows. If you&#8217;re re-installing Windows on a PC that has already had Windows 10 installed (even a Windows 7 or Windows 8x computer you upgraded to Windows 10), you won&#8217;t need a Windows product key to reinstall Windows 10.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>First things first. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/software-download\/windows10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>You&#8217;ll need to go to this Microsoft page<\/u><\/a>, scroll down past &#8220;Update now&#8221; and go to the section called &#8220;Create Windows 10 installation media&#8221;. See?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2018\/win-iso.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight Windows tips &amp; tricks\" width=\"571\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next, click on the blue button labeled &#8220;Download tool now&#8221;. After you&#8217;ve downloaded it, double-click to run it.\u00a0 And when you do that, you will see the following:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2018\/win-iso1.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight Windows tips &amp; tricks\" width=\"567\" height=\"486\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When it&#8217;s done loading, click &#8220;Next&#8221; and agree to Microsoft&#8217;s terms. Click Accept:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2018\/win-iso2.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight Windows tips &amp; tricks\" width=\"567\" height=\"491\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now the important stuff.<\/strong> Since you want to make an installation USB or DVD, make sure the you tick the circle next to &#8220;Create installation media (USB flash drive, DVD, or ISO file) for another PC&#8221;.\u00a0 Then click &#8220;Next&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2018\/win-iso3.png\" width=\"567\" height=\"491\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re creating installation media for the same PC\u00a0 you&#8217;re using now, leave the box ticked next to &#8220;Use the recommended options for this PC &#8221; ticked. Most of you will want to leave this box ticked click &#8220;Next&#8221;. If you&#8217;re creating installation media for a different PC, untick the box next to\u00a0&#8220;Use the recommended options for this PC &#8220;, then select the language, edition of Windows 10 (Windows 10, Windows 10 Pro, etc.) and the architecture (32-bit, 64-bit) of the PC for which you&#8217;re creating the installation media.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2018\/win-iso4.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight Windows tips &amp; tricks\" width=\"692\" height=\"599\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next: Choose which type of installation media you want to create. Choose USB if you have an 8GB (or larger)USB Flash Drive. A new, never-used flash drive is best, but you can use one you&#8217;ve used before, but keep in mind whatever data is on the flash drive will be erased. Choose ISO if you want to create a Windows 10 installation DVD. You can burn the ISO file to DVD later. After you&#8217;ve made your choice, click &#8220;Next&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2018\/win-iso5.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve Windows tips &amp; tricks\" width=\"567\" height=\"491\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After you click next, go make some coffee and relax. Windows 10 media file (ISO or USB) will take a while to download as it&#8217;s around 3.4 GB in size. For this article I chose to download the ISO file so I can burn a Windows 10 Installation DVD later. But either way you&#8217;re still going to be downloading over 3 GB of data.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2018\/win-iso7a.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve Windows tips &amp; tricks\" width=\"567\" height=\"491\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you choose the USB option follow the onscreen prompts. If you downloaded the ISO to create a Windows 10 installation DVD disk, follow this guide:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Insert a blank, writable DVD in the CD\/DVD drive<\/li>\n<li>Right-click on the ISO file you downloaded and choose &#8220;Burn to disc&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>We suggest you tick the box to verify the disk after burning.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>And whether you choose the Windows 10 USB flash drive installation media\u00a0 or the Windows 10 ISO and made a Windows 10 installation disk, make you label it so you know what it is &#8211; and keep it in a safe place just in case.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/direct\/2017\/christmas\/index.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"auto-style1\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2018\/christmas-specials2017a.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight Christmas Specials 2017\" width=\"379\" height=\"108\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Our 2017 Christmas Specials are available through Sunday December 17, 2017!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/direct\/2017\/christmas\/index.htm\"><u>Get 3 Cloudeight Direct Computer Repair keys for just $89. 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