Windows 10: Preparing Flash Drive for OS installation questions

I cut and pasted to an external hard drive everything from a 32GB. Flash Drive. How should I prepare the Flash Drive now, for the OS download install ISO File? Also, I'm confused about the UEFI, Legacy option. Should I format again to fat 32? Thanks! *Smile

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Hard drive/ OS issue

a guy suggested :

• shutdown
• unhooked HDD
• restarted
• yay !!
• reconnected HDD
• restarted
• yay !!

also , try method 3
How do I unlock the drive where Windows 10 is installed?

 

Lost Data while preparing USB Bootable Media

Hi,

I will certainly help you with the Windows 10 USB preparation.

This might be happened due to flash drive got formatted with the same file system where windows installation need to be prepared.

In order to understand more about the query please answer the below questions.

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  Let us know how you prepared the Windows 10 installation image on your flash drive?
  
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  Are you preparing it through Media Creation Tool?
  

Note: While creating a USB installation media, the flash drive will only begin to start preparing the image only after performing a format to the drive.
This is an essential part recommended by Microsoft.

I suggest you to go through the below article about how to install Windows 10 using Media Creation Tool, and check if it helps.

Download Windows 10

Please get back to us with an update and we are glad to assist.

Thank you.

 

Using a SSD as a flash drive for installing windows.

You didn't answer directly to the question.

Now, where in the OP was he taking about installing a single OS on his single computer? The OP specifically asked about being able to install multiple operating systems from the same SSD. If the computer the OP is installing the operating system on does not currently have an operating system on it, in order to follow your suggestion the OP would need TWO computers - the first computer to extract the Windows ISO to the USB SSD drive before he could use it to install the OS onto the second computer. Using Kyhi's recovery drive - or other prestaged Windows PE environment, and multiple ISOs stored on the same drive, the need for the first computer to extract the Windows ISO file is eliminated and replaced with the single step of right clicking on the desired ISO file and selecting "Mount".