Windows 10: BSOD Trying to Create Windows 10 Installation Flash Drive

Greetings,


I am attempting to create a USB installation drive so I can reinstall a friend's machine. Yes...I know I can reset his machine. Please bear with me.


Every time I run the media creation tool, the data downloads, and then my machine freezes and I get a Blue Screen. Here are the steps I take, leading to the BSOD this is repeatable:


-delete any previous downloaded installation files from my system drive

-pause protection on my antivirus

-download a fresh copy of the installation media tool

-go into DiskPart and clean, then setup the flash drive from scratch

-check the flash drive for file system errors

-check the system drive for file system errors

-disable Macrium Image Guardian prevents tampering with backup image files

-run the media tool

-accept license

-accept the default setup

-media tool downloads the data and goes to 100% without issue

-media begins creating installation and I get a STOP screen about 7-10% of the way through the media creation routine


Things I have tried nothing worked:


-attempted to run the tool in Safe Mode, but I got a dialogue stating the routine could not start.


-I normally attach a flash drive to a 6 foot USB 3 extension cable. I unplugged the drive from the extension and inserted it directly into a USB port.

NOTE: I should point out that I couldn't initialize a new SSD connected with a SATA adapter to the USB extension. I had to attach it directly to the USB port. However, as pointed out above, that didn't make any difference when attempting to create the installation media.


-ran PassMark MemTest86 for full 4 passes no errors and then ran Aida64 System Stability test for 10 minutes. The Aida test is not definitive at 10 minutes, but I wanted to see if the system was unstable under a load. The system crashes, almost on cue, at about 7-10% into the creation process, which is about 8 minutes from the time I start the tool.


-the system is not unstable and I haven't received any other Blue Screens.


I ran WhoCrashed and have shared an HTML summary in OneDrive. I'm not sure what the policy is here regarding links, so I have listed it replacing symbols with words. Here is the link. The periods are red, the forward slashes green and the exclamation is blue. Forgive the overkill. I just thought it might help :


https[COLOR=rgba192, 0, 0, 1]DOT[/COLOR][COLOR=rgba112, 173, 71, 1]FSFS[/COLOR]1drv[COLOR=rgba192, 0, 0, 1]DOT[/COLOR]ms[COLOR=rgba112, 173, 71, 1]FS[/COLOR]u[COLOR=rgba112, 173, 71, 1]FS[/COLOR][COLOR=rgba0, 0, 0, 1]s[/COLOR][COLOR=rgba112, 173, 71, 1][COLOR=rgba68, 114, 196, 1]EXCLAMATION[/COLOR][COLOR=rgba0, 0, 0, 1]AqnmatYsTMoHhbpc3vtCWulk9FrTzw[/COLOR][/COLOR]


I would really like to get the installation flash drive setup. I am hoping better minds than mine yes that is a compliment to you, can give me some guidance.


Thanks,

Graham

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