While the company no longer promotes the tool, it supports at least 7 and 8 just fine, so some might prefer to use it over the other solutions. Once downloaded and opened, an ISO must be chosen.
If you plan to install Windows 10 on a new system, use it to recover an existing system, or upgrade a previous install of Windows 7 or 8, creating a bootable flash drive is the first step. The whole process for creating a Windows 10 bootable USB drive can be done by using the Media Creation Tool ; most systems these days will use the bit version, so grab that.
The gallery below outlines each step of the process for the basic method. There are a few things you might need to check first. Depending on where you plan to install Windows 10, you need to check which version you require, Home or Pro. This offers the advantage of being able to keep a backup of the ISO image, as well as create multiple boot drives without having to download the image each time. If you run into problems with the Media Creation Tool when it comes to creating the bootable flash drive, you can use the following method.
In general, we found this method more reliable than using the Media Creation Tool to create the Windows 10 bootable flash drive, and ther are a number of other advantages to using Rufus as well. The tool will only create a single partition up to 32GB and then completely ignore the rest of the drive, and Windows-based operating systems can only handle a single partition on USB flash drives.
First off, we strongly recommend using Rufus bit version to setup XP on a USB flash drive over the other methods, as its success rate is much better. As far as we know, the bit ISO image of XP is the only compatible version that can be put on a bootable flash drive success for XP bit was limited.
We also found that a lot of modern hardware refuses to detect the drive. A number of systems we have tested this with had very mixed results. The USB media does work on a couple of laptops, but with other systems, it just boots up into a blank screen. You can read below for some more general advice as well. This can be caused by a number of things. The most common is that your system is not setup to detect or boot from USB devices.
Try a different ISO image if at all possible. Attempting to install with your flash drive plugged into a USB 3. You may still use a USB 3.
If no USB 2. This was mentioned previously in the Windows 10 section, but if you are creating a USB boot drive for Windows 10 and your 64GB drive is only showing 32GB available, then you need to recreate your boot drive with Rufus. The Media Creation Tool MCT only supports drives up to 32GB, and anything larger will have a second partition made, which Windows can not detect normally but is still available if you plug it into a Linux machine for example. Generic and oh-so-helpful error. Failing that, try to download from a different machine if possible.
The BIOs can also be updated if there is a later version but be extremely careful with a BIOs update - A failed one will brick the system but this is very rare I tend to update my BIOs when an update is available but many of the others will recommend to stay clear of BIOs updates.
Step 6 is for advanced users, most regular users should skip it. Not all systems have card readers. Remove any USB devices in particular external hard drives! DBAN will then load. The easiest way to use DBAN is by typing autonuke and then pressing enter. You should get these two screens. DBAN will then begin to securely format your hard drive.
Note DBAN can take a very long time to securely format a large capacity hard drive. When completed you should get a screen like this. Hopefully it will say DBAN succeeded although sometimes it mentions an error.
Most of the times that it has mentioned an error to me it has actually fully formatted the drive and ran for the same length of time as it should i. Note using DBAN may sometimes cause some issues with product activation using upgrade product keys as the original version of Windows is not there. To get around this reinstall the old operating system, activate it and then proceed with the clean install of Windows XP. Insert bootable USB flash stick. Power down your computer. This screen will quickly display.
The next screen is important. Here you may create a partition, or delete any existing partitions. The way you do this is optional. I am just going to select the largest partition and select Enter. It will then begin to format. Once it is formatted Windows will begin to copy files to the partition.
The computer will restart after all the files are copied. You will be presented with this screen. This should be selected and automatically continue in 10 seconds if you don't press anything.
There will be a small command window to the bottom keeping the USB active don't close it - it tells you not to. You will be asked to input your Regional and Language options American is usually default. Select customise and change to your own preferences I have selected U. Click OK and then select details to ensure the keyboard is also set to as your desired. Select OK and finally change the top from US to your personal preference or the American Keyboard layout will still selected.
Select OK. In the next screen enter your name and organisation. You will then be asked for network settings, choose typical unless you want to configure everything yourself. Choose a Workgroup, just make one up of your own and put all your home computers on it or choose a Domain if you have a large organisation.
Don't worry if it looks bad, likely the Video drivers aren't installed yet. The setup is almost finished. Here the Welcome to Windows XP Theme starts playing unfortunately most people don't hear it as the sound drivers aren't installed at this point Click next.
You will be asked for network settings, most people won't have their network drivers isntalled so i recommend just selecting skip. Note for non-Dell Media you will likely have to input a product key.
For Dell media this and activation should be sorted out automatically in the BIOs. Note for XP Media Centre Edition there will be a few additional steps, it will install the Media Centre Edition programs, you shouldn't touch your computer at this point. Ensure you keep to the order listed above for best results. You should again have downloaded these at Step 5 and have them readily accessible on a USB stick or External Harddrive.
Running the. If no installer runs, you will need to navigate to this folder and click on any setup. We will take for example R the chipset driver for my Latitude D Double click the downloaded. Select yes. Select Ok. At this stage the setup should start and you should follow through with the installation. If it does not the driver is not installed.
I usually tell it not to reboot until I install all the drivers it is faster this way and always worked for me however it is probably best to reboot when prompted. You will get a prompt if you need to activate. If using a Dell disc on a Dell system in the method described above, then this shouldn't happen. Press the [Windows] and [Pause Break] or go to start, right click computer and click properties.
If you have an error, you likely have not installed a system driver and should quickly check that you haven't missed downloading or installing something. Right click the device with the error and select properties. Go to the driver tab and select Hardware IDs.
If you wish you can check the Windows Update Catalogue with this information. In order to help us assist you with driver issues on the forums, start a new post in the Microsoft OS forum , include the above information alongside the model of Dell and the Operating System. Note restart your computer after installing all the drivers and then recheck for an error. So I am not going to argue or force my opinion here. My personal recommendation for security programs and many other programs may be found in my Useful Software for Microsoft Windows [Free] wiki where I list download links and then give an explanation to what most of the programs do.
If you know of any other free high quality software please feel free to post in the comments at the bottom of the software wiki. For Office use your product key obtained by Belarc advisor Step 1. For more details about the Microsoft Product Identification Card see here. Microsoft Office will require a product key, you will need to purchase one if you don't have one. Microsoft Works does not require any product key.
Have you correctly prepared the USB drive in step one? Restart the procedure. Does your USB drive properly support being booted from? Try another one! Step 4: Prepping the Hard Disk. You need to make sure that your hard drive is partitioned and formatted properly.
Especially if you've had Linux or some other operating system on it, you'll need to repartition and format it. The rescue drive contain file manager and command line utility. You can launch DiskPart for disk partitioning and formatting from the command utility.
If you are sure that your hard drive is set up properly i. If your hard drive is partitioned in GPT mode, you also need repartition and format the disc. Enter the commands needed to repartition and format your drive. For example, try the following:.
On your computer, disk 0 may not be the correct disk, you can use "list disk" to find the correct disk. With your drive all ready, you can now launch the Windows XP setup with a few custom parameters. Remember that all USB devices will need to be plugged in right from the start while using the rescue drive.
Replace C: with the drive you want to install Windows to. Proceed with the installation.
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