INSTALLING WINDOWS 10 USING THE MEDIA CREATION TOOL

The media creation tool can be used to upgrade your current PC to Windows 10 or to create a USB or DVD and install Windows 10 on a different PC.

Here’s a quick look at the steps to get Windows 10 installed on your PC using this tool.

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Download the tool

Run the tool

1. Run the tool, if you didn't already select Run above. (You need to be an Administrator on the PC to run it.)
2. If you're upgrading this PC, select Upgrade this PC now, and then follow the rest of the instructions to finish the upgrade.
3. If you want to create media for a different PC, select Create installation media for another PC. Use this table to choose the edition of Windows 10 that you want to create media for.

   Host operating system edition	Windows 10 edition
   Windows 7 Starter Windows 7 Home Basic Windows 7 Home Premium Windows 8/8.1 Windows 8.1 with Bing Windows 10 Home	Windows 10 Home
   Windows 7 Professional Windows 7 Ultimate Windows 8 Pro Windows 8.1 Pro Windows 8/8.1 Professional with Media Center Windows 10 Pro	Windows 10 Pro
   Windows 8/8.1 Single Language Windows 8 Single Language with Bing	Windows 10 Home Single Language
   Windows 8/8.1 Chinese Language Edition Windows 8 Chinese Language Edition with Bing	Windows 10 Home China

   Note

   • If you have an N edition of Windows on your PC, choose the N equivalent for creating installation media.
4. After the download is complete and the media is created, select Finish.

If you chose to create installation media

You can install from an ISO, a USB, or a DVD. Here's how:

• Mount the ISO, and then run setup.exe from it.
• If you downloaded to a USB or a DVD, run setup.exe from the USB or DVD.

Both of these options allow you to upgrade the PC if it's already running Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10.

If you want to perform a clean install on your PC, or if your PC doesn’t have an operating system, you can use the DVD or USB. Here's how:

How to perform a clean installation of Windows

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/media-creation-tool-install?ocid=ms_wol_win10