
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. Alternatively you can download directly from the Github repository here. To get started, head over to and download Rufus 3.12 or later. 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. 1.I've written about a few methods over the years to create a bootable USB flash drive from a Windows 10 ISO file. You do need a valid Windows license to activate and use most versions of Windows, but you don’t need one to create an installable USB of Windows or perform the install.

If you don’t currently have one you should go there to grab one. Remember: you can download Windows 10 disc images from the Microsoft website. are supported, and the tool works with both ‘legacy’ and ‘UEFI’ bootmodes, too.įor advanced use cases I recommend using the WoeUSB CLI as it has all sorts of flags and switches to curate custom installs with specialist needs.īut for everyone else the WoeUSB GUI client is all that’s needed.īefore we begin make sure you have all of the following to handy, as all are required to create a bootable Windows 10 USB on Ubuntu:

Well, WoeUSB lets you make a bootable USB for various Windows releases, including Windows Vista, Windows 7, Window 8, and Windows 10.Īll languages and all variants of Windows, including Pro, Home, N, 32-bit, and more.
