How to create Windows 10 Boot Media

Making a Windows 10 USB Drive

You will need to make a flash drive in order to create a clean installation of Windows 10. This can help to resolve any issues that you may be experiencing in Windows 10 by removing corrupted files.

What you will need

1. A USB flash drive of 6GB or greater

2. Rufus software

3. Windows 10 ISO

The Rufus software can be acquired from Rufus.ie

The Windows 10 ISO can be acquired from https://oit.ua.edu/software/microsoft-azure-dev-tools-for-teaching/

How to download Windows 10

This is a video walking you through the steps of downloading the Windows 10 ISO

How to make Windows 10 Boot Media

This is a video of using Rufus to create your Windows Boot Media

What to do after

• Ensure that you have backed up all of your files on your device. It will be wiped completely clean.

• Once you have created your boot media you will need to restart your device and disable secure boot. This can be done by booting into BIOS (usually F2 but may differ by device) and going to security settings and setting Secure Boot to off/disabled.

• Next you will need to restart your device and push the button for your device that opens your boot options (you may need to google it for your device).

• Once in the boot options you will select your USB device that contains the Windows ISO (remove all other USB's drives prior to make it easier to determine which it is).
• Afterwards you can follow the on screen prompts for a clean install. Be sure to select remove everything and NOT keep my files to perform a clean install.