Windows 10: Should I upgrade to 21H1 via USB?

I currently have Windows 10 20H2, ASUS. But I once I upgraded a virtual machine from 1507 to 21H1 via the media creation tool, would it work on a physical machine? ASUS VivoBook Flip 14, Intel Celeron N4020 @ 1.10GHz, 4GB DDR4, 128 GB SSD, Windows 10 Home, use to be S mode when I bought it but then I switched out of it. Also it's compatible with Windows 11. I also want to keep ASUS modifications that came with it.

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Installing windows off of a USB stick

Step By Step from vista:
From admin cmd prompt

1. diskpart
1a. list disk
2. select disk 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
3. clean
4. create partition primary
5. select partition 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
6. active
7. format fs=fat32
8. assign
9. exit

Copy Windows Vista's DVD ROM content to the Flash Drive

xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\ (d being your vista cd and e being your usb stick)

And that's it, boot off your usb disk

 

Stuck in Windows 10 Upgrade

My computer seems to be stuck in a Windows 10 failed upgrade loop. I was running fine on a beta version of Windows 10, and then I came downstairs one morning to see it repeatedly booting, attempting to repair, then rebooting. The steps I've taken to diagnose are:

• Attempting to boot off a USB drive (with all drives disabled in BIOS) - this fails at the point of the blue windows screen
  
• Attempting to boot the machine itself and getting into "repair/safe mode" using F7
  
• Looking at the BIOS for obvious failures (e.g. RAM that should be there is missing) - nothing obvious is wrong.
  

I am fairly certain the build version was 9926. For many months, the system would attempt to upgrade, and then say "it failed" for some reason and roll back.

Suggestions for next steps?

 

preparing to upgrade


You can try following this guide. I suggest either step 4 or step 7.