How To Create A Windows 11 Bootable Usb Drive And Install Windows 11
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To create installation media, go to the software download website, where you'll find step by step instructions. on that website, you can select a version of windows and create your own installation media using either a usb flash drive or a dvd. to go directly to one of the versions, select one of these links: windows 10 (then select download now.). Download windows 11 disk image (iso) for x64 devices. this option is for users that want to create a bootable installation media (usb flash drive, dvd) or create a virtual machine (.iso file) to install windows 11. this download is a multi edition iso which uses your product key to unlock the correct edition.
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Attach the usb flash drive to the pc on which you want to clean install windows 11. restart your pc while holding the shift key to boot into the windows recovery environment (winre). once in the windows recovery environment, choose to boot from the usb drive. on the windows setup page, select your language, time and keyboard preferences and. Microsoft provides an application to automatically create a bootable windows 11 usb drive on their website. scroll down until you see a section titled "create windows 11 installation media." then, under that, click "download now." when it finishes downloading, hit ctrl j to open the downloads menu on your browser. From here, the media creation tool will download windows 11 onto the usb drive you’ve indicated and creates installation media, too. if you’d rather use a dvd: choose iso file instead of usb and click next. select a destination in the folder for the downloaded file and click save. when the file is fully downloaded, the program will ask you. Insert the usb into your windows pc that you want to make the bootable usb drive on. any files on the usb drive will be erased during the setup process. make sure that there are no important files on the usb drive. next, head over to microsoft's official windows 11 download page.
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From here, the media creation tool will download windows 11 onto the usb drive you’ve indicated and creates installation media, too. if you’d rather use a dvd: choose iso file instead of usb and click next. select a destination in the folder for the downloaded file and click save. when the file is fully downloaded, the program will ask you. Insert the usb into your windows pc that you want to make the bootable usb drive on. any files on the usb drive will be erased during the setup process. make sure that there are no important files on the usb drive. next, head over to microsoft's official windows 11 download page. Relaunch the rufus tool. select the usb flash drive under the "device" section. click the down arrow button on the right and select the download option under the "boot selection" section. (image. What to know. microsoft's media creation tool: select accept > next > usb flash drive. follow the on screen prompts. rufus: choose usb device > download > windows 11 > continue. follow prompts to copy over the files. then restart the pc and boot from that drive to install windows.
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Relaunch the rufus tool. select the usb flash drive under the "device" section. click the down arrow button on the right and select the download option under the "boot selection" section. (image. What to know. microsoft's media creation tool: select accept > next > usb flash drive. follow the on screen prompts. rufus: choose usb device > download > windows 11 > continue. follow prompts to copy over the files. then restart the pc and boot from that drive to install windows.
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