[Tip] How to Create Bootable USB Drive for Windows 10 ISO

Many times readers ask us how to create bootable USB drive for Windows 10 ISO image file or how to burn Windows ISO to USB drive? Actually Microsoft provides genuine Windows 10 offline ISO file for download to public and anyone can download this original Windows 10 setup ISO file from Microsoft website. The downloaded ISO file can be used to upgrade existing Windows version to the latest Windows 10 version or you can clean install Windows 10 in your computer using the ISO file.

Related: How to Download and Upgrade to Latest Windows 10 Feature Update

If you want to upgrade your existing Windows version to Windows 10, you can mount Windows 10 ISO in Windows Explorer and run Setup.exe file or you can extract ISO file using 7-Zip or other file archive utility and then run Setup.exe file to start the upgrade process.

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But if you want to perform a fresh installation of Windows 10 after formatting C: drive, you’ll need to create a bootable USB drive for Windows 10 ISO i.e. burn Windows 10 ISO to USB drive, so that you can boot your computer using bootable USB and start Windows 10 installation process.

Long time back, we shared a very simple and easy to use method to create bootable USB drive for Windows setup without using any 3rd party software. You can learn about the method in following tutorial:

How to Create Bootable USB Drive from Windows ISO without Using Any Software

Sometimes the method given in above mentioned tutorial might not work for some users if their computer systems don’t support it.

Today in this article, we are going to share another method to create bootable USB drive for Windows 10 ISO. This method can be used to burn almost all Windows versions ISO to USB drives and make the USB drive bootable.

We’ll use a simple software called Rufus to create the bootable USB drive from Windows ISO.

If you also want to create a bootable USB drive for Windows ISO to clean install Windows in your computer, following steps will help you:

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STEP 1:

First of all, you’ll need offline ISO file of Windows setup. If you already have the ISO file, you can move to STEP 2.

If you don’t have Windows ISO file, you can download it using following articles:

[Tip] Get Direct Download Links of Windows 10 Offline ISO Files from Microsoft

Download Windows 10 Offline ISO Files for Clean Install or Upgrade

Download Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 Offline ISO Files

STEP 2:

After storing Windows ISO file on your computer, download Rufus tool from following topic:

Rufus: Free Portable Utility to Write Bootable ISO or IMG Files to USB Drives

STEP 3:

Run Rufus and it’ll automatically detect the attached USB drive.

Now select “Disk or ISO image” option from drop-down box given under “Boot selection” section and then select downloaded Windows ISO file using “SELECT” button.

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If you are going to use the bootable USB drive on a new computer, you can select “GPT” under “Partition scheme” section. If the computer system is old, you should select “MBR” option from drop-down box.

That’s it. Click on “START” button and the tool will start creating bootable USB drive for Windows 10 ISO file.

It’ll take a few minutes in formatting the drive and copying Windows setup files.

After the process completion, you are ready to use the bootable USB drive in any computer to install Windows 10 or other Windows versions.

Also Check:

[Tip] Create Bootable USB Drive from Windows 10 ISO Using Official Tool

List of Freeware to Create Bootable USB Drive to Install Windows and Linux

[Guide] Things to Do After Installing Feature Update in Windows 10

Too Much Confusion About So Many Windows 10 Versions

Published in: Windows 10

About the author: Vishal Gupta (also known as VG) has been awarded with Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) award. He holds Masters degree in Computer Applications (MCA). He has written several tech articles for popular newspapers and magazines and has also appeared in tech shows on various TV channels.

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  1. There Is an option to do it manually
    (this is my sample)
    Run Command Prompt (Admin)
    diskpart
    list disk
    select disk 3
    clean
    create partition primary
    active
    format fs=NTFS QUICK
    assign
    exit
    e:
    cd e:\boot
    bootsect /nt60 f:
    e-is win 10 dvd
    f-is usb drive (select disk 3)

  2. hi,

    i want to create a bootable dvd for my Win 10 iso file which is 5.05 gb, how can i create it ??? plz help …

    thanx

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