Media Creation Tool Windows 10 Not Working

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Usethis option and download Media Creation Tool if you want to create bootable USB media to perform a clean install on new or existing hardware. To get started you first need a license to install Windows 11 or have a Windows 10 device that qualifies for an upgrade to Windows 11.

To get started, you will first need to have a license to install Windows 11. You can then download and run the media creation tool. For more information on how to use the tool, see the instructions below.

I've been encountering a persistent problem with the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool. Whenever I attempt to use it to upgrade my system, it either fails to start, crashes midway, or completes without creating a usable media. Specifically, I get the error code 0x80072f8f - 0x20000 during the process.

Additionally, there are times when the tool does not seem to detect the USB drive I intend to use for the installation media. I've ensured my internet connection is stable and have tried running the tool as an administrator, but these steps haven't resolved the issues. Has anyone experienced similar issues or have any advice to share?

If you find that your Windows 11 media creation tool not working and prompts some errors. Don't worry. The best alternative is Win-Boot-Mate, a cross-platform app for creating Windows 11/10/8/7 bootable USB. It also has a built-in feature to install Windows 11 on a computer that does not meet the system requirements.

Before trying to use Windows 11 media creation tool usb, make sure you have run some system repair and scanning commands. First, open a command prompt, preferably run it as an administrator, and then run the following commands in order:

After completing these scans and repairs, try running the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool USB as administrator again. This tool can be slow to start sometimes, so please be patient for a few minutes.

If you have tried all the suggestions on the forum and the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool is still not working, then the problem may lie in the fact that the DISM tool itself is corrupted, or that there is an error in the registry. In this case, you may need to take a more direct approach to installing Windows 11.

I suspect you may be trying to use the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool USB with an external 2TB hard disk rather than a standard USB flash drive. Note that the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool is primarily designed to make a bootable USB flash drive for installing Windows 11 on your computer. this tool does not support installing Windows 11 directly on an external hard drive. if the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool doesn't work and you want to make your 2TB hard drive bootable and install Windows 11 while preserving other data, you can do this: right-click on "this" hard drive to install Windows 11 while preserving other data.

If the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool not working and you want to make your 2TB hard disk bootable and install Windows 11 while preserving other data, you can do it like this: Right-click on "This computer" and select "Manage" to open "Computer Management". Then, go to Disk Management and try to extend the partition to utilize all the unallocated disk space. In this way, your hard disk will be able to install Windows 11 as well as store other data.

I just tried to make a Win10 USB boot disk today using the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool and everything went fine. If you're having problems with the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool not working, you might want to check to see if your USB drive is large enough. It needs to be at least 8GB, though I'd recommend 16GB.

If you choose the ISO file option, the tool will save the ISO file to the internal drive you specify, which is especially helpful for doing upper system repair installations. After that, you can also use software like RUFUS to "burn" the ISO file to a CD or USB drive (although the term "burn" is a carryover from the CD days). These steps can help you solve the problem of Windows 11 media creation tools not working.

Error code 0x80072f8f - 0x20000 is a known issue with the Media Creation Tool. It's often caused by network connectivity problems or issues with the Windows Update service. Some antivirus software might interfere with the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool. Try temporarily disabling it and see if that resolves the issue.

And If the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool is not detecting your USB drive, let me know If you're using a USB hub or an external hard drive, try connecting it directly to a different USB port on your PC.

@PedroBitting Windows 11 Media Creation Tool is still not working? Sometimes, the tool might get stuck in a bad state. Try resetting it by deleting the %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Downloaded Program Files folder and then running the Media Creation Tool again.

If Windows 11 Media Creation Tool not working because usb is not recognized, please make sure the USB drive is at least 8 GB in size and formatted as NTFS or FAT32. Some drives might need to be reformatted before burning Windows 11 ISO to it.

Have a new XG85 installed with defaults and all traffic allowed out. Before the new firewall was installed Windows 10 media creation tool ran fine. Now it give an error 0x80200013 - 0x90017 on 3 different machines.

I created the usb flash drive from the Microsoft Media Creation Tool. For some reason it'cant boot the computer from this flash drive. It boots my other computers fine. I've set the boot order to have usb disk first.

F9 doesn't give me any usb option. I have to go to F10 and change the boot order to usb key. I'vIfe disabled secure boot , tried legacy mode and all kinds of combinations. It will not boot from this drive or a different flash drive I tried. The flash drives boot my other computers fine. I've used the windows media creation tool and rufus with complete failure. I don't know what to try next. If I can't figure this out I don't know how I'll ever reinstall windows.

It does show a boot option list it just doesn't show any usb flash drives. I've tried turning off secure boot and turning on legacy mode but nothing works. The laptop will boot with my Image for Linux imaging program. It boots instantly off that.

If I use the Windows 10 upgrade tool or the Media Creation tool, I always get an error that coincides with an issue downloading the data. If I put a machine's IP address into the BYPASS list, these tools work great. I'd rather not mess with bypass lists because you can forget an IP is in there, plus its messy and unwieldy to maintain. I'd rather put the appropriate URL's in to allow this tool to work.

So I used PUTTY and logged into our S170 and did grep, access logs and put in the IP address of my test machine. I had Putty log all output to a text file and then run the Media Creation tool to download a Windows 10 ISO file. I then opened this putty.log in Notepad++ and found all occurrences of denied. I tried putting some Regex's into our allowed domains whitelist (Custom URL Categories) but its still blocking.

I'll see if this forum lets me attach the whole putty log but if you have any ideas before I open a ticket with Cisco, please let me know what you did to allow this tool to download Windows 10 iso (or usb stick image or in place pc upgrade).

Ok that is an interesting way to go about setting it up. I configured that new authentication policy to not do any type of authorization, and the identity is flagged on a URL list with these in. However I am still getting blocked and when I check the blocked transaction in the UI, it seems to be on with Block - Policy as the disposition. There are some ocasional download.windowsupdate.com in there as well but with .windowsupdate.com in the URL list why wouldn't this be allowed?

Ah ok I see it is currently disabled. I am a little cautious to enable it if AMP and Virus scanning is going to have a harder time finding malware and virus signatures. I don't get why this has to be a global option. If I had my way I would turn it on for the Microsoft Updates Identity but leave it off for everything else.

I got the ISO file I needed by allowing the direct link to the Windows 10 .ESD file that I found the Media Creation Tool was trying to pull via google chrome. Googling how to convert an ESD file to ISO file lead me to an article along with download links to a tool that does this.

I'll experiment with this just to see if it makes a difference, but I'll likely put it back to disabled to stay secure. I don't know if anyone from Cisco is reading this forums, but guys... you really should be putting this checkbox under each identity for more granular control. This all or nothing approach just does not work.

EDIT: Thats what it was Ken. You are a valuable asset to this community! You've helped me in the past on various posts and I can't thank you enough. The Media creation tool is actually working now. I am cautious about leaving this on however because security is very important to the team. Again I just can't believe Cisco would make this an all or nothing setting. That does not seem to be the right direction for this feature. I will inquire TAC about if that can be changed before leaving Cisco WSA for an alternate solution in the 2018 budget year. If they don't change it, they dug their grave.

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