I did do searches and I see a lot of various posts about this topic...but a lot of the posts were quite old and dealt with Windows 7/8...so I don't know if anything's changed since then. Since a lot of computers don't seem to have CD drives now a days, I'd like to learn how to create bootable USB drives with Windows 10 images....I'd prefer to actually choose which ISO I use...I know there's the official Windows 10 media creator, but it really doesn't let you choose which ISO to use...it just downloads one from Microsoft So, I've heard of pendriveinstaller, Rufus, and a few others. However, some of them have all kinds of options to choose from (UEFI settings, format for the flash drive, etc.)...this kind of gets me a bit confused. Do I need to check if the PC I'm installing on is UEFI or Legacy before I create the flash drive? No clue. Is there a reliable way to create a Windows 10 bootable flash drive with the ISO I want? Can anyone give me some guidance on the matter? I'd prefer a way where I can verify the integrity of the image once it's put on the drive...kind of like most DVD burning software has a "verify contents of the disc" that you can select to run at the end of the burning of the ISO... I suppose I could always just get an external DVD drive (USB)...but I'd rather not spend money if I don't have to. Thanks in advance for your thoughts and information.
Probably the best way to learn that, would be to read up on different types of installations BIOS vs UEFI MBR vs GPT Once you know that, programs like Rufus will make sense
The best is - run cmd command -diskpart -and use next commands: list disk select disk 1 (you flash drive letter) clean create partition primary active format fs=ntfs quick ( for uefi/gpt - format fs=fat32 quick) assign exit And copy all win 10 distributive files on flash drive.
How to create a dual boot mode Windows 8/10 USB flash drive which can support both UEFI mode and Legacy BIOS mode? - Connect your USB flash drive. - Open a command prompt as administrator and type (or copy and paste) the following commands. diskpart list disk select disk # (Replace # with your target USB flash drive) clean create partition primary format fs=fat32 quick (You must use FAT32 file system) active exit - In Windows 8/10, mount the Windows 8/10 ISO image file by right-clicking the ISO image file and choosing Mount. If you don’t see Mount command from the context menu, go to "Open with" -> "Windows Explorer" instead. - Select everything in the mounted ISO image file, and copy them into the USB flash drive you prepared earlier.
if pc isnt MBR CSM then the copy to usb works as it doesnt need a MBR on usb if pc is EFI on Secureboot Off
This is what I do all the time. Open Windows PowerShell as admin. Type in diskpart (assume enter each time.) List disk. Sel disk (number of your usb disk.) Clean. create part pri. sel part 1. format fs=ntfs quick or format fs=fat32 quick for uefi. assign. active. exit. exit. Now I mount my ISO, and copy all files to USB drive. Now you can boot to it, and install Windows. For a new release you need just delete old files, and copy over new ones.
I do not the DISKPART thing, only format fat32 and adds the files to the memory. Works with both legacy and UEFI
Are you wanting to build a Windows 2 Go external flash drive. How about using a 500 GB WD Passport drive, would that qualify for your request? I have Win8.1 installed on the above, it also will install updates, really don't want Win10 on it though or I would test updating to Win10 for you. On the Test rig2 I have Win8.1 x64 Enterprise (legal) installed (W2G available in Ctrl Pnl), that's how I have the W2G installed on the above Passport drive.