Stuck/Cannot download - Files onto USB DRIVE

Hello @Craige


I have no idea why your USB stick is not allowing the Media Creation Tool, to create a bootable USB stick.

There is another option. You can just choose to create an ISO image, then Mount it, and install or upgrade Windows that way.

Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade






Here is the short version of the In-place upgrade tutorial...

DISABLE any non-Microsoft:
a) antivirus software
b) firewall software
c) drive encryption software

Make a full OS backup with a program like Macrium Reflect (free)
Macrium Software | Macrium Reflect Free

Go here and get the Media Creation Tool and save it to your desktop.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...load/windows10

RUN the Media Creation Tool and use it to: Create an ISO image... save IT to your desktop.
This will be the latest version of the ISO image.

For older ISO image versions, go here instead...
Download Windows 10 ISO File


Right click the ISO image and choose: MOUNT
Open File Explorer and you will see a new drive letter. It will look like a DVD optical drive.
Double click the new drive letter to open it.
Find setup.exe and double click it to start the in-place upgrade.

Choose the Keep personal files and apps option.

After it's all done... to UNmount the ISO image, right click the new drive letter and choose: EJECT.


The ONLY thing you will lose is some of your personalizations. Your programs and data will be intact.

Hello @Craige,

Craige said:

Downloaded on my HDD but i dont want upgrade.
I want Clean install, how may i perform it this way ?
(I cant burn on DVD as my laptop doesnt have disk player)

So you are saying that you have downloaded the appropriate ISO, is that correct?

If so, then here are some Tutorials [ instructions ] that you might find useful for performing a clean install using USB media.

Clean Install . . .
How to Clean Install Windows 10

Custom Install . . .
How to Custom Install Windows 10

Create a Bootable USB to Install from . . .
How to Create Bootable USB Flash Drive to Install Windows 10 from

OPTION FOUR here . . .
[ Manually create Bootable Windows 10 USB for Legacy BIOS and UEFI in Command Prompt ]
Create Bootable USB Flash Drive to Install Windows 10

I hope this helps!

Craige said:

Downloaded on my HDD but i dont want upgrade.
I want Clean install, how may i perform it this way ?
(I cant burn on DVD as my laptop doesnt have disk player)

When you get to the choices that include... Keep personal files and apps, choose instead the option that says...

...something like... "Nothing".










The "Nothing" option, is a clean install.

Hello @Craige,

Craige said:

I am trying for the past 10 days and have used 2 different computers and in safe mode too but i simply cannot write the downloaded files onto my USB Drive.

Note: The files are getting DL from official MS Site and it gets downloaded fully, but at 100 something goes wrong.

[1] Have you tried formatting the USB first?
[2] Have you tried a different USB?
[3] If the USB is an old USB, sometimes it does take several minutes for the USB to completely finalise its operations.

I hope this helps!

@Craige

When you're done, make sure to do steps 17, 18, and 19, here...
Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade

Another option is to format the USB to a 1GB Fat 32 partition and the second partition to NTFS then follow this excellent tutorial from @Kari at You are being redirected... .

Edit, for some reason there is a Malwarebytes warning for Win10.guru site

It's just an easy way to create a bootable USB Windows 10 installer from an iso file.