Select the usb flash drive to save the windows 10 backup.
Windows 10 thumb drive size.
Confirm the backup settings and click start backup to image windows 10 to usb drive.
Use microsoft s media creation tool.
For example you might want to reformat a new or used removable storage device to make sure it.
Turn on the pc and press the key that opens the boot device selection menu for the computer such as the esc f10 f12 keys.
Create a windows 10 usb flash drive and guide to install windows 10 using a usb device.
Follow the instructions to install windows.
To be clear both these approaches will only show you how to put windows 10 on a usb flash drive.
The program will detect the device automatically.
Microsoft has a dedicated tool that you can use to download the windows 10 system image also referred to as iso and create your bootable usb drive.
Select the option that boots the pc from the usb flash drive.
Windows 10 will then generate the necessary iso file.
Make sure you have plugged the usb flash drive into the computer.
On windows 10 the ability to format a usb flash drive can come in handy in a number of scenarios.
Take a look at the size column and figure out which disk number your usb drive is.
Remove the usb flash drive.
Create a bootable usb drive of windows 10.
To boot from cd you need to re arrange the boot device priority sequence to your bios.
See the above instructions to create the usb.
When the process is done click finish.
Connect the usb flash drive to a new pc.
That option works fine when you download the windows 10 installer files using the official windows 10 download page because those files are packaged specifically for use on usb flash drives.