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Windows Oct 31, 2026

Making a Windows 10 bootable USB from another PC

Friend's laptop won't start and I want to make a reinstall stick on my computer. Do I just use Microsoft's media creation tool, and what size drive?
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yvibe_fixes Nov 04, 2026
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Microsoft's Media Creation Tool is the simplest way. Download it from the Windows 10 download page on Microsoft's site, run it on the working PC and pick Create installation media for another PC instead of upgrading. You need a stick of 8GB or more and it gets wiped. Pick 64-bit unless the target is really old. It only runs on Windows though, from a Mac you'd need the ISO and a different tool.
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