Windows 10 Install Media Creation Tool
Avery Blaschko
I hope you're all doing well. I really need some guidance for creating a Windows 11 installation media. I'm planning to install Windows 11 on my PC, but I'm not entirely sure about the steps involved in creating the installation media.
Could someone provide me with a step-by-step guide on how to create the Windows 11 installation media with the USB drive? Additionally, if there are any specific requirements or things I should be aware of before starting the process, please let me know.
Make sure the USB drive is over than 4GB and a fast 3.0 drive will be much better. There are free and paid Windows 11 media creation tools you can use. Just avoid using the Microsoft Media Creation Tool as it is not working on old BIOS computers. The USB drive is not bootable and you can not use it to install Windows 11.
Creating Windows 11 installation media may sound like it's complicated, but the steps are actually pretty straightforward, I was a bit hesitant to try it for the first time before, but following the steps step-by-step was actually pretty easy.
First of all, make sure you have a large enough USB flash drive, at least 8GB of space, because the Windows 11 installation file is quite large. Then your computer has to meet the system requirements for Windows 11, such as support for TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot, which can be found in your computer's BIOS settings, or if you're not quite sure, there's a PC Health Check utility on Microsoft's website that can help you check.
Here's what I did, first I went to Microsoft's official website and downloaded a tool called "Media Creation Tool". You can download this tool from Microsoft's website, run it, select your language and system version, then plug in the USB flash drive and let the tool write the files into it. In this way, a bootable USB flash drive for installing Windows 11 is ready. Hope this can help you!
UNet-bootin (Universal Netboot Installer) is a nice tool that supports creating bootable USB drives for various operating systems, including Windows 11. It is an open-source application that allows users to create bootable media from ISO files or by downloading distribution files directly from the internet.
The tool's simple and intuitive interface makes it easy to create Windows 11 installation media, even for those with limited technical knowledge. UNet-bootin also offers features like persistent storage, which allows users to save changes made to the live system on the USB drive. This feature can be particularly useful for creating a portable version of Windows 11 that retains user settings and files across reboots.
Spent two days working with Windows 11 Media Creation Tool but it did not work at all in my case. Unlike some third-party tools, the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool does not offer advanced options for configuring the installation media. Users cannot specify custom settings for the partition scheme, file system, or additional drivers. This lack of flexibility can be a drawback for advanced users who need more control over the installation process.
The Media Creation Tool downloads the full Windows 11 installation files (6GB). This can be problematic for users with slow or limited internet connections. The tool does not provide an option to pause and resume downloads. Additionally, the download size can consume a significant amount of data, which may be a concern for users with data caps or metered connections.
Then I'll share my experience with you. I've tried to use Windows 11 Media Creation Tool to create installation media for Windows 11 before, but I often run into problems with it not recognizing USB flash drives. This situation can be quite frustrating, especially when you are sure that the USB drive is perfectly fine and is otherwise recognized by the computer.
Due to this problem, I started exploring other ways to create a Windows 11 Installation media USB. I ended up using a tool called Rufus, which is a very reliable third-party tool that can help create all kinds of boot disks, including a Windows 11 installation disk. Here are the steps to create a Windows 11 installation media using Rufus:
Ven-toy is a newer tool that offers a unique approach to creating bootable USB drives. Instead of formatting the USB drive and copying the installation files, Ven-toy allows users to copy the ISO files directly to the USB drive. This means that users can create a multiboot USB drive with multiple ISO files, making it a highly flexible solution for those who need to work with different operating systems.
One of the standout features of Ven-toy is its simplicity and efficiency. Users only need to install Ven-toy on the USB drive once, and they can then add or remove ISO files as needed. This makes it a convenient tool for those who frequently test or install different versions of Windows or other operating systems. Ven-toy also supports UEFI and Legacy BIOS modes for creating Windows 11 installation media from USB flash drive.
(Note, plz let me know if this is the wrong group for this question. I was told the only choices for Windows questions are ServerFault, and SuperUser. SuperUser is described as "for computer enthusiasts", and i think this question is beyond "computer enthusiast" level.)
I've never used Microsoft's Media Creation Tool before, so I am making some assumptions here. I do, however, work with OS imaging all the time using MDT, WDS, and SCCM (including the boot images those utilities create), so I am very familiar with the process and how Microsoft structures Windows install media in general.
That being said, there should be two .WIM files in the \Sources directory on the USB stick you have; boot.wim and install.wim. Boot.wim is the WinPE install image, and install.wim is the operating system's core files. This has been the source media structure for Windows since Windows Vista.
Check the sizes of the .wim files you have. Your boot.wim file should only be a couple hundred megabytes in size. Install.wim will be several gigs (3-4) in size. If you do not have an install.wim file in the \Sources directory on your USB stick, and your boot.wim files is only a couple hundred megs like it should be, then I would say that the USB stick is malformed somehow.
If your boot.wim file is very big (this is where my lack of knowledge on the MS Media Creation Tool would come into play), then the install.wim file you're looking for is probably inside it (although I've never seen install media created this way). If this is the case, then you will need to either mount the boot.wim file to a directory on your hard drive (also using DISM), or extract it using 7-Zip or a similar tool that understands .wim files.
I've been having this problem for a while and can't seem to fix it so after trying with Microsoft Community with little result I decided to try here. Don't really know if it's the place for more user-side problems but I figured I'd give it a try.
Basically, certain applications, seemingly all system ones (at the moment Groove Music, now called "Media Player" on the Store, Movies and TV and Photos), simply can't update to their latest versions because of the error i cited in the title, which happens after a couple seconds of the Store trying to install the app, after completing its download.
The main problem is related to the Photo app though. It originally wouldn't update and would weirdly only display the english language, while the rest of the system is in italian, so I tried resetting it and finally uninstalling it by removing its two main components from Windows' Settings to see if it would yield any result on the Store side.
What I ended up doing is leaving my system with neither a way of rapidly opening and viewing pictures or reinstalling the Photos app, which behaves exactly the same as the other two with the exception i'm trying to get it on my system instead of just updating it.
I already tried resetting the Store's cache and updating it but it didn't work. The troubleshooter also didn't give results and trying to remove and reinstall the Photo's app package through Powershell didn't work too.
An interesting thing is that the Photos app exists and works on my secondary user account, kinda leading to the conclusion my main account is at fault here. I don't understand what could be going on though. Thanks in advance and sorry for the weird spacing but my keyboard is also facing problems lol.
3- The DISM tool will report whether the image is healthy, repairable, or non-repairable. If the image is repairable, you can use the /RestoreHealth (Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth) argument to repair the image.
Solution 2
It might be that something went wrong with the update files itself. Clearing the folder where all of the
update files are stored will force Windows Update to download fresh files.
Here how to clear update database cache, reset windows update components to the default setup.
100% fresh install of Windows 10, reinstalled 6 times trying to fix this issue after exhausting every possible solution I could find including the first 3 solutions you posted. The error code 0x80070005 is proving impossible to fix on a non Windows N locked version even after purging 100% of the store and downloads and making sure my computer is completely up to date. I even went as far as to try installing EVERY SINGLE THING in Windows Update to try and see if that possibly helped so I could start narrowing it down but still nothing at all. This issue has been making me extremely angry for weeks now because my Dolby Atmos "enabled" headset can't function without Dolby Atmos. If I try to use it then I get constant screeching from a failure to process non Dolby Atmos encoding. I have to say, I have tried absolutely everything at this point and am losing my mind.
I've understood the code stands for some kind of missing permission that denies the system access to components needed to finalize whathever process it's trying to perform, but it can be given out by Windows in a variety of situations and I guess solutions will look entirely different for similar cases even.
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