Is there any difference between creating a bootable Windows 10 USB drive with Microsoft's Media Creation Tool and downloading MSDN's Windows 10 ISO to manually create a bootable USB drive with it?
Both give the same result. if you have no access to MSDN ISO, then mediacreation tool is the only alternative. In fact, it is easily available and results in a genuine ISO. You can choose language, edition, and architecture. No enterprise edition in that tool though. Limitations are that MSDN iso may have multiple editions (Home/Pro) whereas mediacreation tool gives one edition at a time. If you have key for only one edition, then mediacreation tool creates iso of a smaller size. Create ISO (for backup) and then create USB using tools such as rufus.
Media Creation Tool can't create a bootable USB drive with UEFI support? I mean, why use Rufus? I thought Media Creation Tool does it all.
I wonder why if you have a legal key, should you bother hunting around for a MSDN ISO download link at all. I Just use the mediacreation tool. MS has made it easy (at least for now) and why make life difficult. I personally consider all MSDN iso links for non-enterprise as redundant.
You're sure Media Creation Tool doesn't support UEFI? I seem to recall articles (probably for Windows 8.1, but I would imagine still relevant) stating otherwise, but I can't find them right now.
That's why I was asking if there's any difference. Media Creation Tool definitely seems the way to go, but I'm not sure if it supports creating UEFI compatible bootable USB drives.