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How to create a Windows 11 Bootable USB drive

Posted on 22/07/202217/02/2024 Temitope Odemo By Temitope Odemo No Comments on How to create a Windows 11 Bootable USB drive

With Windows 11 bootable USB drive you can use it to do an installation of a new Win 11 operating system or if you want to upgrade your OS using this Windows 11 bootable USB is the best option. If you want to read more on bootable USB drives check these: Create a Bootable USB Drive Using dd Command on Linux, Create a multiboot USB Drive: How to put multiple OS ISO files in one Bootable USB Drive, How to create a bootable USB using Rufus on Windows

Microsoft makes it very easy to create a Windows 11 bootable USB drive through the Media Creation Tool. So get a free download, a flash drive or external solid-state drive or external hard disk drive with a minimum capacity of 8 Gigabytes, and a computer system.

Follow the below steps on how to download this Media Creation Tool and create the Windows 11 bootable USB drive. See more related topics How to run, edit, and delete a task using Task Scheduler GUI (taskschd.msc), how to export and import scheduled tasks on Windows Server with the Task scheduler and PowerShell.

Step 1: Download Media Creation Tool

Visit the Microsoft Download Page. Scroll down to Create Windows 11 Installation Media

Create Windows 11 Installation Media
Download Page

Click on Download Now and you will see the MediaCreationTool file downloaded.

Click on Download Now
Media Creation Tool

Step 2: Install Downloaded File

Run the downloaded file and continue with the installation wizard.

Accept Applicable notices and license terms
Installation Wizard

Also, see how to create an advanced scheduled task on Windows Server with Windows Task Scheduler, and task scheduler errors and success code: What does code 0x41301 mean?

Step 3: Creating a Bootable USB

Next, choose which media to use. Remember we want to create a bootable USB drive so your selection must be “USB Flash drive”.

select “USB Flash drive”.
Choosing your media

It is imperative that you have inserted your USB drive and is displaying on the drive list. But confirm you have back-up any files on the flash drive before going ahead because any files found on the drive will be deleted.

select “Removable drives”.
Selecting USB Flash drive

Immediately you select the flash drive The Media Creation Tool will start downloading Windows 11 from Microsoft’s servers. The downloading of this tool is depended on your internet speed.

Downloading begins
Downloading begins

When the downloading is completed then your Bootable USB Flash drive will be ready for use.

Bootable USB Flash Drive Ready
Bootable USB Flash Drive Ready

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