Reinstall Windows 10 with this media
I looked at doing that, in case my Windows won't start, but at:
3. Click/tap on Reinstall Windows 10 with this media. (see screenshot below)
I don't see the option to "Reinstall Windows 10 with this media" as pictured. I am using a bootable USB made with Rufus and 2004 ISO, so it has the install.wim file on the USB.
How can I get that install.wim for 2004 19041.1 listed as an option? Thanks.
The Reinstall Windows 10 with this media was created in 2014 when Win 10 wasn't released.
If you have Win 10 20h1 you can't go back to an early build unless you still have Windows.old.
Don't use Rufus.
Use diskpart to prepare the USB drive and then Mount the iso and copy all files and folders to root of the USB drive
diskpart
list disk (it will list all drives. Identify the USB drive number)
select disk n (replace n by the USB drive number obtained with list disk)
clean
convert mbr
create part primary
select part 1
format fs=fat32 quick
assign
active
exit (to exit diskpart)
Attached is a all version MCT
Last edited by Megahertz; 12 Jun 2021 at 15:28.
Any question you have about a tutorial is best addressed to the author, in this case Brink.
And yes, if the tutorial doesn't call for RUFUS, don't use it. Too many complicate things when outside procedures are used.
Good luck.
Well, now using NTFS, the USB won't boot at all. I'll try exFAT later.
Also, when I afterwards entered the RE using Advanced Restart, there is no option to "Reinstall Windows 10 with this media" as seen in Step 3 of Reinstall Windows 10 with this media
To boot and install as UEFI the USB installation files, in most cases, must be on a fat32 partition.
If you download using the Win10_ISO_Downloader tool, \sources\install.esd will be less than 4G.
If you have downloaded from other sources, like Heidoc, you can split the install.wim in 2 parts less than 4G
Attached is the split.zip tool.
The readMe.txt file: Move Install.wim from \sources folder to any folder, copy Split.cmd to same folder and then run the Split.cmd
When done, Move only the install.swm files back to the \sources folder.
Thanks. The split did work, but the tutorial has just been changed to sayfrom Reinstall Windows 10 with this mediaThe method in this tutorial is no longer available in Windows 10.
Last Updated: 1 Hour Ago at 11:44
Btw, I had downloaded the ISO via Heidoc 2 weeks ago, it took ~11 hours at my 1Mbps.
I am not sure, it is this method to make two partitions on the usb drive.
Create bootable USB installer if install.wim is greater than 4GB
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