Windows 10: Creating a bootable USB drive

Discus and support Creating a bootable USB drive in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; Hi, I was experiencing something unexpected, when trying to create the drive. Maybe you can tell me what went wrong, as I do not understand it. So, I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/siemawitam, Dec 1, 2019.

  1. Creating a bootable USB drive


    Hi,

    I was experiencing something unexpected, when trying to create the drive. Maybe you can tell me what went wrong, as I do not understand it. So, I wanted to help a friend reinstall the OS via thumb drive. This should be pretty straightforward.

    1. Download the ISO
    2. use a program to create the bootable USB stick
    3. install the OS

    Now the fun began and I cannot explain what went wrong. I downloaded the Windows 10 iso-file here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows10ISO . This appears to me pretty legit. The next step was create the bootable USB drive. As a Linux user, there is a utility and it always worked on Linux, Windows up to Win7 and MacOS. Now with Windows10, the thing was not bootable, so I tried on various thumb drives - none worked. I tried various OSes, excluding Win10, on the drives and ALL worked.

    When using the damn "Windows 10 media creation tool" it worked fine. Any ideas what went wrong in the first place? Is there some non-standard ISO file or something? Maybe the iso file broke during download. I have no idea.

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    /u/siemawitam, Dec 1, 2019
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  2. Agility Win User

    Multi-bootable USB

    Hey guys from TPU, couldn't find any specific thread pertaining to the question asked on title. As mentioned, I'm trying to create a bootable USB, but with many specifics boots available.

    I've been trying to create one with multiple boot device including one that enables me to run Windows 10 directly on the USB Thumb Drive but to no avail.

    The list of bootable images i'm trying to create are

    1. Windows 10 (A full OS running from thumb drive)
    2. Windows 10 ISO (Bootable disk image for fresh install)
    3. MemTest86+

    Have tried YUMI or UUI from the website USB PenDrive Linux but as this is my first time, i don't know how am i screwing up or am doing it right.. Anyone got a rough idea on a step by step guide? Thanks!
     
    Agility, Dec 1, 2019
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  3. Chewy Win User
    Ipod bootable drive?

    I want to know if I can make my ipod a usb bootable drive.. will it mess up my ipod? I need to flash my video card back to normal.. Neros bootable cd gave me an error. I used a step by step guide, but thats another story.
     
    Chewy, Dec 1, 2019
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  4. parelem Win User

    Creating a bootable USB drive

    bootable USB drive?

    in dos:

    diskpart
    list disk
    select disk # //where # = your usb drive
    create partition primary
    select partition 1
    set active
    format fs=fat32 label="whatever"
     
    parelem, Dec 1, 2019
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