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1Tutorial – How to create a Windows 11 installation USB key Tutorial – How to create a Windows 11 installation USB stick

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Installation of Windows 11 can go through a USB key. Its creation is accessible to everyone and, above all, it is free. Here is a step by step to create a Windows 11 installation USB drive.

Windows 11 installation media may be necessary in the event of a PC crash, when you build your PC yourself, or if you buy a computer without an operating system. At a time when the DVD player has disappeared from our PCs, Microsoft offers the creation of a Windows 11 installation USB key using its Media Creation Tool software. A simple and quick procedure.

0. The prerequisite

1. Microsoft Windows 11 Media Creation Tool Download

Tutorial – How to create USB d 'installation of Windows 11

The first step is to download the Windows 11 Installation Media Creation Tool. You can click the button below to automatically start downloading the free Windows 11 Installation Media Creation Tool. Windows 11 from Microsoft's servers (we don't add anything).

Windows 11 Media Creation Tool

Windows 11 Media Creation Tool is a utility for creating a bootable USB flash drive or bootable DVD to install or reinstall the new Microsoft Windows 11 operating system.

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2. Terms of Service

After connecting the USB key to the computer, launch the file downloaded in the previous step. It is necessary to accept the terms of use.

3. Choice of languages

The utility detects the language automatically based on your PC settings. It is no longer necessary to choose the architecture of your processor (32 or 64 bits) since Windows is only available in 64 bits.

4. Choice of media

The next step asks where you want to place the Windows 11 installation files, either as a disc image (ISO) that can be burned to DVD for the nostalgic. This ISO file also makes it possible to create a boot key with specialized software (Rufus, Balena Etcher).

To save time, we directly create the boot key, so select USB Flash Drive.

5. Selecting the USB key

Select the letter corresponding to the previously connected USB key (E: NEW NAME in our example below). If you want to change the key, just plug in another one and validate Refresh the list of readers. Be careful, this operation erases everything on the key.

6. Download files

The Windows 11 installation files download and are automatically checked, followed by a step to configure the USB key to make it bootable. Once the task is complete, the software tells you that your installation media is ready.

7. End of operation

After clicking Finish, the Windows 11 installation USB key is operational. It is now bootable so that you can install Windows 11 on any PC.

Guillaume Henri

Passionate about new technologies, especially PCs and their components. This worshiper of test procedures tracks noise and heat using his sound level meter and infrared camera.

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