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I cut this post as it was less informative than the new one below. Did not realize this one had posted before it was finished.
Last edited by gcwizard; 04 Jun 2017 at 17:25.
WIM iso's are my preference as you can mount them to repair an image. MS likes to use ESD's as they are a bit smaller size to download. MS ISO's contain multi-versions(home,pro,etc). If downloading CU or any OS(with the actual computer the ISO is for)MS can auto-detect correct edition/architecture. Both of mine are multi-language. You must have the correct download or you will not be able to activate the downloaded OS after installation. I recently downloaded Win 8.1 and Win10(1607) as ISO's from the MS site. They are about 4GB ESD downloads. I then converted them to WIM's with freeware(several are available such at NTlite, ESD-WIM, ESD2WIM-WIM2ESD-v2, etc.). I then used Rufus(freeware) to create bootable USB drives for install/repair of the OS. When using Rufus you need to know which partition scheme(GPT or MBR) your computer/s use. This can be found using Diskpart commands.
Last edited by gcwizard; 05 Jun 2017 at 19:46.
Since 1803 was just released yesterday would that file be available today using these instructions?
Shipinomore
Thank you so much for the info.
shipinomore
Thanks for posting this. I couldn't run the media creation tool on one of my systems, so I really appreciate your solution for downloading the ISOs directly.
I work in North Alaska and internet is slow. I have tried to run MCT but it times out I guess and closes the window. I do have it downloading currently straight an .iso but it's going to take 6 to 11 days according to Chrome download manager. Is there a safe torrant link with a SHA or a way to download through CMD Prompt. In powers shell there is a GET-DISKIMAGE -IMAGEPATH but that's not really working for me. It is the direct link to the windows 10 English 64-bit. What worries me is on the page it says that the link expires in 24 hours and it takes 6+ days for me to download. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...d/windows10ISO
Do you have a friend who already has a current ISO file? As long as it's the same version you have a license for, it will work.
Or do you have a friend with faster internet who would download it for you?
I can sympathize with your situation, but I would never trust any Windows ISO downloaded from any place other than Microsoft.
I have been using 10 Mbps Internet for a decade.
Last year, it took 55 minutes to download version 1709. Last night, it took 3 hours and 46 minutes to download version 1803. I don't know why there is such a big difference as MCT was used in both cases.