Create A Windows Bootable And Install Windows 10 11

Create a windows bootable usb install flash drive

1) Get an 8GB minimum usb drive and decide whether you want Windows 10 or 11. Use the appropriate link from below to go to official Microsoft pages for win 10 or 11 and download the "Create Windows Installation Media" option available on the page.

Windows 10

Windows 11

2) Insert USB drive in and launch the Installation media executable you just downloaded. (DO NOT COPY ONTO YOUR USB DRIVE, RUN FROM THE DOWNLOADS FOLDER)

3) Accept licence terms. Choose the create installation media option on the next page and hit next.

4) Make sure Architecture box says 64 bit and hit next.

5) In the next menu, choose usb flash drive, hit next.

6) On the next menu, choose your usb drive and hit next.

7) Wait for the installation media tool to finish downloading and making usb bootable. After its done, you should see a new menu that says "Your USB Flash Drive is ready". Hit finish. Your USB bootable windows installer is ready.

Install Windows

SOME TIPS - Do NOT connect the internet to the pc you are installing windows on at all. If it has internet access during install, you will get a significantly more bloated operationg system(tons of useless apps that slow down the pc) and you will lose the ability to create a local account(your profile on the PC will be tied to your MS account). Also unplug all drives that arent the drive you want to install to and the usb installer. This makes it easier later.

1) Insert usb drive into the pc you will be installing windows to. Boot to the usb drive using the bios (f2/f12/del,etc. Refer to motherboard manual for details as to what key your board uses to boots to bios).

2) Choose whatever language you want and whatever keyboard layout you are familiar with. Hit next.

3) On the next screen, it will ask you for a product key, if you have one you can input here or you enter a key after install or you can use for free unactivated.

4) The next screen should ask you for the edition of windows to install. I recommend pro, unless you own a home key. It is still free to use and has a few more features.

5) Accept License terms and hit next

6) Choose Custom: Install Windows only (advanced option). Here, hopefully you had disconnected all the unecessary drives so you will se only 2 drives, your usb drive and the drive you want to install windows to. Choose that drive and hit next. (format the entire drive in advance if you have used it before or click every drive partition and hit delete in this step)

7) Wait for the install to finish. Your computer will restart on its own after it is done.

8) Once it reboots, it will ask you for some things like region, keyboard layout, second keyboard layout(optional), Network(my recommendation is still to not connect to network as it will install a lot of bloatware. Click I dont have internet on the bottom left instead and then on the next screen, continue with limited setup also on the bottom left). After this it will ask for profile name and password.(it can ask for security questions as well) After you input these, itll show a screen saying "Choose Privacy Settings For Your Device". UNCHECK EVERY ONE. Hit accept. Choose not now for cortana menu. Thats it! You should boot into windows after the installer finishes some last steps.

OPTIONAL STEP

Run a debloater. This will uninstall some junk microsoft forces onto you anyway even with internet disconnected. There is a good debloater on the utilites and fixes batch file found HERE. It will be under Utilities->Debloater.