How to download Windows 10 and create installation media
Windows 10 is finally available and while many users have seen their machines get upgraded automatically to the new operating system, some have reported errors and issues that prevented the upgrade from completing successfully.
This ranged from update servers that were unavailable to specific error codes such as C1900200, 80240020 or the unhelpful "something happened" error.
Solutions have already been found for some issues. For error 80240020 for instance, you need to perform the following operation to start anew:
- Delete all files in the folder C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download
- Run the command wuauclt.exe /updatenow on an elevated command prompt (Tap on the Windows-key, type cmd, right-click on the command prompt result and select run as administrator).
- Check Windows Update again and the download should start anew.
Microsoft has released a tool which you can use to create installation media for Windows 10. The main advantage of it is that you create a Windows 10 setup DVD or USB drive using it which you can use regardless of Internet connectivity. Plus, you can use the media to install Windows 10 on systems with unreliable Internet or issues when using Windows Update to update to the new operating system.
To get started, download the appropriate version of the program from the Microsoft website. Generally speaking, if you have a 32-bit system, download the 32-bit version of it and if you have a 64-bit operating system, pick the 64-bit one.
Please note that you can use the tool to upgrade the current PC as well. If you want to create installation media, select the second option on the first screen popping up after execution of the program on your system.
A click on next opens the language, architecture and edition page. There you select the desired language of Windows 10, the edition (Home or Pro available, the N versions are without Windows Media Player for the EU), and architecture (32-bit or 64-bit).
Click next again and you are prompted to select the type of media you want to create. You may put Windows 10 on a USB flash drive or create an ISO file which you can later burn to DVD or copy to USB.
If you select USB, you are asked to pick an appropriate USB Flash Drive with at least 4 Gigabyte of storage as the data will be copied to it during the process. If you select ISO instead, you are asked to pick a location on the computer the file will be saved to.
A progress prompt is displayed afterwards that highlights the overall download progress. This may take a while considering that Windows 10 installation media has a size of several Gigabytes.
Once the download completes, a "creating Windows 10 media" progress bar appears on the screen. This copies the data to the USB drive or creates the ISO image based on your selection.
The ISO image created by the operating had a size of 2,529,984 Kilobyte on completion and a Sha256 value of 10d3a66bdfaf11e3785a45ae09997b134a41b957261a0c9f2f48ed2822ff4b0e (US English, Windows 10 Pro, 64-bit).
Some Notes:
- You need an USB Flash Drive with sufficient space or a DVD burner and blank DVD.
- Sufficient storage space needs to be available on the computer.
- Users who install the operating system anew need a Windows 10 product key.
What mental age of reader are you targeting with the first sentence? 10?
Why not write an article on how to *avoid* upgrading from W10 to W11. Analogous to those like me who avoided upgrading from 7 to 10 for as long as possible.
If your paymaster Microsoft permits it, of course.
5. Rufus
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PS. I hate reading these “SEO optimized” articles.
I used Rufus to create an installer for a 6th gen intel i5 that had MBR. It upgraded using Setup. No issues except for Win 11 always prompting me to replace my local account. Still using Win 10 Pro on all my other PCs to avoid the bullying.
bit pointless to upgrade for the sake of upgrading as you never know when you’ll get locked out because ms might suddenly not provide updates to unsupported systems.
ps…. time travelling?
written. Jan 15, 2023
Updated • Jan 13, 2023
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Anyone willing to downgrade to this awful OS must like inflicting themselves with harm.
I have become convinced now that anybody who has no qualms with using Windows 11/10 must fit into one of the following brackets:
1) Too young to remember a time before W10 and W11 (doesn’t know better)
2) Wants to play the latest games on their PC above anything else (or deeply needs some software which already dropped W7 support)
3) Doesn’t know too much about how computers work, worried that they’d be absolutely lost and in trouble without the “”latest security””
4) Microsoft apologist that tries to justify that the latest “features” and “changes” are actually a good thing, that improve Windows
5) Uses their computer to do a bare minimum of like 3 different things, browse web, check emails, etc, so really doesn’t fuss
Obviously that doesn’t cover everyone, there’s also the category that:
6) Actually liked W7 more than 10, and held out as long as possible before switching, begrudgingly uses 10 now
Have I missed any group off this list?
You have missed in this group just about any professional user that uses business software like CAD programs or ERP Programs which are 99% of all professional users from this list.
Linux doesn’t help anyone who is not a linux kid and apple is just a fancy facebook machine.
Microsoft has removed KB5029351 update
only from windows update though
KB5029351 is still available from the ms update catalog site
1. This update is labaled as PREVIEW if it causes issues to unintelligent people, then they shouldn’t have allowed Preview updates ot install.
2. I have installed it in a 11 years old computer, and no problems at all.
3. Making a big drama over a bluescreen for an updated labeled as preview is ridiculous.
This is probably another BS internet drama where people ran programs and scripts that modified the registry until they broke Windows, just for removing stuff that they weren’t even using just for the sake of it.
Maybe people should stop playing geeks and actually either use Windows 10 or Windows 11, but don’t try to modify things just for the sake of it.
Sometimes removing or stopping things (like defender is a perfect example) only need intelligence, not scripts or 3rd party programs that might mess with windows.
Windows 11 was a pointless release, it was just created because some of the Windows team wanted to boost sales with some sort of new and improved Windows 10. Instead, Microsoft cannot support one version well let alone two.
Windows 11 is the worst ugly shame by Microsoft ever. They should release with every new W11 version a complete free version of Starallback inside just to make this sh** OS functionally again.
motherboard maker MSI has recently released a statement regarding the “unsupported processor” blue screen error for their boards using Intel 600/700 series chipsets & to avoid the KB5029351 Win11 update:
https://www.msi.com/news/detail/MSI-On–UNSUPPORTED-PROCESSOR–Error-Message-of-Windows-11-Update-KB5029351-Preview-142215
check out the following recent articles:
Neowin – Microsoft puts little blame on its Windows update after UNSUPPORTED PROCESSOR BSOD bug:
https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-puts-little-blame-on-its-windows-update-after-unsupported-processor-bsod-bug/
BleepingComputer – Microsoft blames ‘unsupported processor’ blue screens on OEM vendors:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-blames-unsupported-processor-blue-screens-on-oem-vendors/
While there may be changes or updates to the Windows 10 Store for Business and Education in the future, it is premature to conclude that it will be discontinued based solely on rumors.
My advice, I left win 15 years ago. Now I’m a happy linux user (linuxmint) but there is Centos, Fedora, Ubuntu depending on your needs.
motherboard maker MSI has recently released new BIOS/firmware updates for their Intel 600 & 700 series motherboards to fix the “UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR” problem (Sept. 6):
https://www.msi.com/news/detail/Updated-BIOS-fixes-Error-Message–UNSUPPORTED-PROCESSOR–caused-BSOD-on-MSI-s-Intel-700-and-600-Series-Motherboards-142277
I try to disable the Diagnostics Tracking Service (Connected Devices Platform User Services) but it wont let me disable it, any help will be greatly appreciated.
Tank you for your help