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![]() The next page, “Select language, architecture, and edition”, will allow you to choose your language, edition and machine architecture of Windows 10. Once you see the page "What do you want to do?", tick the option Create installation media (USB flash drive, DVD, or ISO file) for another PC as shown in the screenshot below. Run the app and accept the license agreement to proceed next. I suggest you to use the most recent version to avoid issues with downloading of ISO files. To download them WITHOUT USING Media Creation Tool, refer to the article:ĭownload Official Windows 10 ISO Images Directly Without Media Toolĭownload the latest version of Windows 10 Media Creation Tool from here To get the official ISO images, you need to do the following. Questions? Comments? Recriminations? Join us on the AskWoody Lounge. The ISO file you download with the Media Creation Tool contains both Home and Pro. If you wait too long, though, you’ll see Version: 6, which is the telltale sign for Win10 1809.Īnd that part about “Windows 10 Home”? Ignore it. If you use the Creation Tool before Microsoft swaps out version 18, you’ll get a result like that. A quick check on the official Windows 10 Update History page should convince you that this ISO installs Win10 version 1803 build 17134.112, which was released on June 12. That’s an inscrutable way of saying that this ISO file is the installer for Windows version 4, which you’ll probably translate (correctly) into Win10 build 17134. In my case, the dism report starts out like this:ĭeployment Image Servicing and Management toolĭetails for image : E:\sources\install.esd When I run that dism command on the ISO file I downloaded on Wednesday afternoon, I get the result you see in the screenshot. There are strategic spaces in that command before each of the / forward slash characters. Substitute your fictitious drive letter for “E” if need be. Type (or, better, copy and paste) this commandĭism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:E:\sources\install.esd /index:1 If you’re on a much older version of Windows - before Win10 version 1703 - you can choose Command Prompt (Admin). Right-click Start and choose Windows Power Shell (Admin). Make note of the mounted (fake) drive letter. Windows creates a fictitious drive - in my case it’s called “E:” - and shows you the files inside the ersatz drive, per the screenshot. Win10 will “mount” the ISO - another one of those new-fangled terms that harkens back to the time when an operator had to physically swap out a stack of spinning platters. Once you have the file, you might want to take a minute to make sure it contains what you think it contains. My download, over a fast Wi-Fi connection, took four minutes. The Media Creation Tool is ancient and decrepit and badly in need of updating to a modern era, like so many other things in Win10. Ignore the part about "Burn the ISO file to a DVD," and the other part about "Open DVD burner." They don’t apply to you. I called mine WindMedia Creation Tool 2018 09 26.iso, and stuck it in a folder called D:\Software, as you can see in the screenshot. Find a location and choose a name for the downloaded file. Chances are very good that, if you ever need to use the ISO, you can either put it on a USB drive, or just use it directly. On the next screen, choose "ISO file / You’ll need to burn the ISO file to a DVD later." Click Next. Choose your Language (Klingon?), Edition (Windows 10) and Architecture (likely 64-bit (圆4)). On the next screen, click the button marked "Create installation media (USB flash drive, DVD, or ISO file) for another PC." Then click Next. Remember that “It also applies even if Microsoft knew or should have known about the possibility of the damages.” Or you can hire a lawyer to go over all 1,500 words. The downloader takes a minute or two to get its bearings, splashes a 1,500-word License Terms screen in dense legalese, and waits for you to read that BY USING THE SOFTWARE, YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS. ![]() Double-click on MediaCreationTool1803.exe and run it. (If you don’t have a valid copy of Win10, use a friend’s.) The license may or may not come into play if you ever decide to install the downloaded version, but you don’t need a license to download the bits. You get a file called MediaCreationTool1803.exe.ĭisregard the warning that “you will first need to have a license to install Windows 10.” If you’re running a valid copy of Win10, you can download the ISO file. Head over to Microsoft’s official Download Windows 10 page and click on the box marked Download tool now. Make sure you’re running a validated copy of Win10, any version, with any browser, and that you have about 4GB of free space on any convenient storage device. Here’s how to get your own copy - and make sure that it’s good:
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