Windows 10: Windows Media Creation Tool first starts install on USB, fails and then USB is not recognized

Dear community,


my computer is not working anymore and I need to create a USB as recovery drive. I inserted my 32GB USB drive and the first time it was recognized by the Windows Media Creation Tool. I then installed around 50% of Windows on the stick until it failed with the error code: 0xC180010B - 0xA001B.


I tried to restart the Media Creation Tool with the same USB stick. However, now the stick is not found anymore. Maybe the stick is now incorrectly formatted? Can I reset it somehow?


Thanks for your help!

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Windows 10 USB boot

Hi there, am not a windows 10 expert. I have a pc in the bedroom on windows 10, I messed up the bootloader trying to fix the xp on that system.

System wont boot, trying to repair via win 10 usb installer.

Downloaded the media creation tool to install windows 10 installer on usb stick. Not compatible with a host of usb sticks I have. Tried the usb sticks that others use, but I think they use rufus; as the media creation tool by win 10 does not detect the usb stick.

So quick question, the win10 machine i am trying to repair the bootloader is a win7 upgraded to win10.
If i were to use the usb win10 installer to "repair installation" does the version of the iso downloaded via the media creation tool matter?

There is three options:
Windows 10
Windows 10 Home
Windows 10 N

Also is there a step by step instead of using rufus as I want to try an alternative method of creating a usb win 10 installer. Preferably with more compatibility.

System is a asus sabertooth 990 (r2?) with AMD phenom X 6.

Also is there any other software I can load onto the usb that can repair the bootloader easily?
That would be the ideal alternative. Thanks

 

Windows 10 media creation tool can't find USB

Yes. I did.

The Media Creation tool didn't detect the USB drive. But Rufus did. (both running on the same machine). I downloaded ISO, used Rufus to create bootable USB. Moved the flash drive to a different machine and completed a clean Win 10 Pro install

p.s. This SAME USB drive was used before and detected before by an earlier version of the Media Creation Tool on the same machine where it now wasn't being detected by the Tool (yet Rufus was detecting it). Which is why I also suspect it's a bug
in the Tool

/* EDIT */

I also verified the USB boot drive was detected and bootable from the same machine it was created by Rufus (but not detected by Media Creation Tool)

So, again, I believe this is a tool bug. HOWEVER, i also believe problems with SanDisk (or any other flash drive that's listed as "WinToGo" compatible) is a
different issue. WinToGo compatible flash drives appear to Windows as Hard Drives so they won't be recognized by Creation Tool as removable USB

 

USB or ISO option for Windows 10 Media Creation Tool Download.

Greetings,

As my subject line asks which is the most reliable method?

Either choosing the USB or ISO option when downloading the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool.

I had a failed install when choosing the USB Media Creation Tool download option then using this USB to start a new install of Windows 10 on a replacement hard drive on my Acer Model Z1801 desktop computer.

Any help much appreciated.