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- #USING RUFUS MAKING BOOTABLE ISO WINDOWS 10 INSTALL#
- #USING RUFUS MAKING BOOTABLE ISO WINDOWS 10 WINDOWS 10#
Expand "Show advanced format options" under Format options in Rufus and check the option to "Check device for bad blocks". Pro Tip: If you are having issues creating your bootable USB thumb drive. The process may take several minutes depending on the speed of your USB thumb drive. You can still use this app for creating bootable Windows USB on Catalina and Mojave as far as I know. However, this feature is removed from Boot Camp app on macOS Big Sur. It is a built-in free app shipped with macOS by default.
#USING RUFUS MAKING BOOTABLE ISO WINDOWS 10 WINDOWS 10#
Click OK on the confirmation screen to begin creating your bootable USB drive. If you are using an old version of Windows 10 ISO, then Boot Camp Assistant can help you get this done easily. The Format Options can usually be left as is, hit Start when you are ready. Once selected, just hit Open.įor image option, partition scheme and target system, I suggest using the defaults which are "Standard Windows Installation", GPT Partition Scheme and UEFI target system. According to your actual needs, select the Partition Scheme (which can be viewed from the disk properties) and the target system type. In 'Boot selection', select the Windows 10 ISO file you have downloaded. If you need to download a Windows 10 ISO file, check out this article. Under the 'Device' section, select the USB flash drive. Next, click Select and navigate to your ISO file you want to use. To be safe, I typically use a 16GB thumb drive by Transcend.īy default, Rufus will only display removable USB drives but make sure the correct device is selected under Drive Properties. Make sure that your USB thumb drive is larger than the ISO file downloaded. Once installed, plug in your USB thumb drive and then start up Rufus.
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Alternatively you can download directly from the Github repository here. To get started, head over to and download Rufus 3.12 or later.
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#USING RUFUS MAKING BOOTABLE ISO WINDOWS 10 INSTALL#
This is very helpful when performing a clean install of the Windows 10 20H2 October update ISO. But recently I switched to using a new tool called Rufus that is both reliable at successfully creating bootable media and automating many steps to quickly get the job done so you can perform a clean install. I've written about a few methods over the years to create a bootable USB flash drive from a Windows 10 ISO file.