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Using Rufus

If the Media Creation Tool isn't working, you can use the
Rufus tool to create an installation media.

In the case that you don't have a Windows 10 ISO file, you
can also use Rufus to download the ISO and create the
bootable USB flash media.

To begin, connect a USB flash drive of at least 8GB of space,


and then use these steps:

1. Open Rufus download page.


2. Under the "Download" section, click the latest release
of the tool to save the file on your device.

3. Double-click the Rufus-x.x.exe file to launch the tool.


4. Under the "Device" section, select the USB flash drive
with at least 8GB of space.
5. Under the "Boot selection" section, click the down
arrow button next to the "Select" option on the right and
click the Download button.
6. Click the Download button.
7. Use the "Version" drop-down menu and select Windows
10.
8. Click the Continue button.
9. Select the 19H1 (Build 18362.xxx) option to download
the Windows 10 May 2019 Update.
10. Click the Continue button.
11. Use the "Edition" drop-down menu and select
the Windows 10 Home/Pro option.
12. Click the Continue button.
13. Use the "Language" drop-down menu and select your
installation language.
14. Click the Continue button.
15. Use the "Architecture" drop-down menu and select
the 32-bit or 64-bit (usually recommended).
16. Click the Download button.

17. Select a folder location to download the ISO file.


18. Click the Save button.
19. Use the "Image option" drop-down menu to select
the Standard Windows installation option.
20. Use the "Partition scheme" drop-down menu to select
the GPT option.
21. Use the "Target system" drop-down menu to select
the UEFI (non CSM) option.
22. Under the "Show Advanced drive properties" section,
leave the default settings.
23. Under the "Volume label" field, enter a descriptive
name for the drive — for example, "win10_usb."
24. Under the "File system" and "Cluster size" section,
leave the default settings.
25. Click the Show advanced format options button.
26. Select the "Quick format" and "Create extended label
and icon files" options.
27. Click the Start button.
28. Click the OK button to confirm.
29. Click the Close button.

After you complete the steps, Rufus will run the script to
download the ISO file, and it'll create the bootable media to
perform a clean install of Windows 10.

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