Windows 10: Create Windows 10 ISO using Media Creation Tool in Safe mode

That's it really!


The backgound and details are more complicated than in most people's cases and would need pages of typing, so if anyone needs to know anything in order to answer, please ask!


I've studied and understand what the MCT does and how, and have also done it before to create a bootable USB image of a Linux OS, in that instance.


The shortest story I can think of;' I'm trying to recover my new laptop that a forced 2004 update blue-screened in mid July on the 3rd day of turning it on before I had a chance to read up on how to create user accounts in Windows 10. Unlike some less fortunate victims, I can still boot straight into recovery options and restart into Safe Mode with & without networking. And the sole account called User seems to enable doing things as administrator in some places, and looks as if it might be the same 'Default Admin' one that I read about re Vista my last OS.


Geography and other circumstances make it very difficult maybe impossible this time to find another computer I can use for the downloads. I have only my phone - small memory & no OTG drive.


***Original title: Can Microsoft Media Creation Tool download in Safe Mode, and from the default Admin account?***

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Media Creation Tool Won't Download ISO

Hi,

Thank you for being a part of Windows 10.

What is the exact and complete error you get when you try to create Media creation tool?

I would suggest you to try the steps from the following link to create Media creation tool.

Installing Windows 10 using the media creation tool

Windows 10 herunterladen

Hope this helps. Let us know if you have any other issues with Windows in future.

 

Media Creation Tool will not create ISO or USB image.

I used the Windows Media Creation Tool to successfully upgrade my PC from Windows 7 to Windows 10.

But now I would like to do a clean install of Windows 10 on the same PC. So I ran the Media Creation Tool again but this time I chose the option to create media. I selected US English, the 64bit version and create ISO file as my options.

The tool allows me to select a destination folder then switches back to the Media Creation Tool screen but all I see is the spinning dots for about a minute or two but then the screen closes and never finishes. I get no errors, it just stops and no files
are ever created.

I also tried creating the USB image but the same thing happens. I also tried in Safe Mode and by right-clicking and choosing "Run as Administrator."

How can I create the Windows 10 media files to reinstall cleanly on my PC?

 

Creating ISO file via Media creation tool fails

I've downloaded the media creation tool and chosen the option to create media for another PC. When it actually gets to the step of creating the media it is failing w/a "Something happened" error. I've tried it twice and it's aborted like this both times.
Any help in creating (or direct links to the .iso file) is greatly appreciated.