A bootable USB drive lets you perform a clean Windows 10 install, repair your current Windows installation, or upgrade your system conveniently without an optical drive.

If you’d rather make your own, however, this guide will show you two different ways to create a USB flash drive that works just like a Windows 10 DVD.

Several days ago, we covered where to download a Windows 10, 8.1, or 7 ISO image file, but a common question is what do you do once the image is downloaded? The answer is make a bootable USB drive ...

Let's walk through the process of creating and using a bootable drive to run Windows 10 or 11 directly from a flash drive.

But I recommend a slightly different approach: Use the option to download the Windows 10 installer as an ISO file, and then use that file to make bootable installation media.

Install Windows 10 on a device with UEFI support by following our steps to create a USB bootable flash drive with UEFI support using the Media Creation Tool and Rufus.

Finally, you will need a DVD-Rom or a USB stick (at least 4 GB). How to do it via the Media Creation Tool? The process of upgrading your system or creating a Windows 10 installation DVD/USB has been ...

Those looking for something even easier can use the Windows Media Creation tool to build a bootable UFD, and then replace its contents with the contents of their favorite rescue disk instead.