Can't seem to make a USB Win 10 installer

How big are the USB sticks? The MCT requires one that's at least 8GB.

According to the image on #20 drive is being recognized as E:, if that is the USB it should work.

A few not minor details, as Bree said use an 8GB USB Thumb drive, do not reformat it as the MCT process will do that which will delete everything already on it.

Do not use larger than 32GB as Windows cannot create larger than 32GB, it's a limit of FAT32 formatting. FAT32-formatted drives can't use the single-file size of more than 4GB, also a limit of FAT32.

Also of note, the different Operating Systems such as Windows, Apple Macintosh and Linux use different drive formatting which can be an issue when switching drives. Linux can work with more types than either Mac OS X or the newer macOS or Windows.

Hello @Arkas,

Just as some added information. If you wanted to Clean AND Format the USB with Diskpart, this may help with the process . . .

Clean AND Format:

[1] Press the Win + X keys together > Command Prompt (Admin).
[2] Type EACH command below Individually into the Administrator: Command Prompt Window > Enter.

disk part
list disk
select disk # Where # is the USB Disk Number.
clean This will ERASE EVERYTHING from the USB.
create partition primary
format fs=NTFS quick Change to format fs=fat32 quick for FAT32.
exit
exit

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NOTE:

If the FILES that will be used are NO BIGGER than 4GB, then you may want to Format the USBs as FAT32.

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I hope this helps.

Arkas said:

I'm downloading the Windows ISO. I know it doesn't work but I'm at a loss because MCT just won't see the drives explorer can.

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I have done that, MCT doesn't recognize the USB sticks.

As a diagnostic I use the GPARTED program on Linux Mint, either on my Desktop or booted to LiveUSB or LiveDVD to check drives and format/reformat as needed, can put USB Thumb drives as large as 64GB back to the FAT32 as shipped from the factory [haven't had hands on with 128GB or 256GB Thumb drives yet]. GPARTED is also available as a Bootable LiveCD.

Arkas said:

So, when trying to burn the ISO from the MS download page, etcher comes with this error

An .iso image file is usually not bootable, used as the source to burn to a disc which creates the bootable disc. It's a different process from copying the .iso to the disc, I've used Roxio Easy CD and DVD Creator program for years but later versions of Windows Explorer and the newer/renamed File Explorer should be able do it.

Arkas said:

But this is the image I download from MS. The image is not bootable and in turn can not be burned to a usb stick,
Anyone know of a bootable image from MS?

As has been normal with many versions of Windows there's always 2 or more ways to accomplish something, some in Windows itself and some using third-party software as others have mentioned. I've not had an issue with the MCT process in creating the Bootable USB Drive or downloading the .iso file used as the source to create the Bootable DVD disc.

Due to the size of later .iso files it has become necessary to use the DVD+R/DL [Dual Layer] discs that hold up to 8GB, more than the standard DVD capacity of just over 4GB. The ODD/Optical Disc Drive has to support the DL disc which may be difficult to find in local stores, I get Verbatim from online shopping. The ODD tray face should be marked/show if it can handle DL discs.