If you need to install Windows 7,8,10,11 from scratch, USB is a much faster method. In this article, we’ll show you step-by-step instructions on how to create a windows bootable USB drive to install Windows from scratch. we can do this without any extra software, or we can use many tools provided by Microsoft and third parties.
To create a Bootable Windows USB, you need 3 things.
- Windows ISO image
- ISO to USB burner software (Rufus latest version)
- USB Drive (8 GB+)
An ISO file combines all of your Windows installation files into a single, uncompressed file, like a clone or DVD backup. With this file, you can create a bootable USB drive containing the Windows installation files. Download Windows ISO from Microsoft, or from any online source. after getting the operating system’s image as an ISO file. then download any ISO to USB burner software like our favorite is Rufus or many others you can find this software online.
Before starting
Make sure that your USB flash drive has at least 8 GB of free storage space and does not contain any important data, as all data will be completely erased after that.
We are now preparing your USB flash drive by completely erasing the contents of the drive.
- Format the USB drive using your computer.
- Open Rufus software.
- Click DEVICE, then select your USB flash drive from the drop-down list.
4. Click on the Boot Selection it should be Disk or ISO Image. and then click Select. Rufus will open the file explorer and find the ISO image in your drives, select it.
Note: Latest version of Rufus has the options to download Windows 8.1 and 10 ISO file via Rufus. If you already have a Windows ISO image file, then simply Select instead of the Download button.
5. To start a standard Windows installation, Rufus will automatically detect the correct partition scheme, for example (C: Drive), and keep the defaults if you don’t want to install Windows on another drive.
6. You can change the name of the folder to a different one, but that doesn’t matter, leave it as it is, also leave the file system and cluster size at default settings. Click START now.
7. It will display a warning saying “All data on USB will be destroyed”. This is normal, just click OK.
Rufus will start creating an ISO image on the USB.
8. When Rufus has finished creating the ISO image, close Rufus. our end! Windows bootable USB ready.
After creating a windows bootable USB with Rufus, now you can easily install Windows 7, Windows 8,10, and Windows 11 on your computer using this USB drive. for more questions about this tutorial you can comment below and we will be very happy to answer those questions.