How to create Windows bootable USB drive on Windows PC | Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7

To perform an installation of Windows, you'll need a USB bootable Pendrive, which you can easily create using a number of tools, including the Microsoft Media Creation tool or third-party tools, such as Rufus.
In this blog post, I will show you, how to create Windows bootable USB drive using Rufus on Windows PC.

How to create Windows bootable USB on Windows PC?

1. Download required files

Download Rufus

First, you need a tool to create a bootable USB. The best tool is Rufus.
To download Rufus:
  1. Open Rufus.ie (official Rufus download page) on any browser.
  2. Under the "Download" section, click the latest release (Rufus X.XX) of the tool to save the file on your device.

Download Windows ISO File (Disc Image)

And then, you have to download the ISO file of the Windows operating system, for which you want to create a bootable USB.
You can download the original ISO File of Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 from my google site. Open bit.ly/MSProductDownload and choose your required Windows.

3. Make Windows Bootable Pendrive (Windows Installation Media)

After downloading Rufus and ISO File, the next step is to Open Rufus and start making Bootable Pendrive.
If you are making Bootable Pendrive for your current PC then make a bootable Pendrive according to your currently installed Windows. To find out, open System Information by searching in Start Menu and note the value of BIOS Mode.
  • If it is Legacy, then make Bootable Pendrive with BIOS Mode.
  • If it is UEFI, then make Bootable Pendrive with UEFI Mode.
If you are making Bootable Pendrive for a newer PC (released after 2015), I recommend you make it with UEFI Mode. Because Windows, installed with UEFI Mode boot quickly, provide more security, stability and BIOS Setup with the mouse support.
Note: Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 can be installed with UEFI Mode. To install Windows 7 or older versions, you need to make them with BIOS Mode.
To begin, connect a USB flash drive (Pendrive) of at least 8GB of space, and then use these steps:

3.1 Making Bootable Pendrive with UEFI support

  1. Open the Rufus tool.
  2. On "User Account Control", click on Yes.
  3. Under the "Device" section, select the USB flash drive with at least 8GB of space.
  4. Under the "Boot selection" section, select "Disk or ISO image (Please select)", and then click on the SELECT button.
  5. Now navigate to the Downloads folder (or the folder where you downloaded ISO File), select the Windows ISO file and click on Open.
  6. Use the "Partition scheme" drop-down menu to select GPT.
  7. Under "Volume label", type a name for Bootable Pendrive.
  8. Don't change any other options.
  9. Then click the Start button.
  10. Click the OK button to confirm.
  11. On the "Windows User Experience" window, you can choose to skip or bypass many Windows annoying requirements or features.
    Option 1: Remove requirement for 4GB+ RAM, Secure Boot and TPS 2.0: choose this option if you want to install Windows 11 on an unsupported PC (PC with less than 4GB RAM or Secure Boot turned off or doesn't have TPM 2.0)
    Option 2: Remove requirement for an online Microsoft account: choose this option if you bypass the mandatory requirement for a Microsoft account with Windows 11 22H2.
    Option 3: Disable data collection (skip privacy question): choose this option if you want to set all data collection answers to "Don't allow".
    Option 4: Set a local account using the same name as this user's: choose this option to automatic creation of a local account with the same name as the current user and with an empty password that the user will be prompted to change after the first reboot.
    Option 5: Set regional option using the same values as this user's: choose this option to set the region as the same as the current user.
  13. After selecting options, click on OK.
    After this Rufus will start making Bootable Pendrive. Wait... it will take some time.
  14. When it shows READY then click on Close.

3.2 Making Bootable Pendrive with BIOS support

  1. Open the Rufus tool.
  2. On "User Account Control", click on Yes.
  3. Under the "Device" section, select the USB flash drive with at least 8GB of space.
  4. Under the "Boot selection" section, select "Disk or ISO image (Please select)", and then click on the SELECT button.
  5. Now navigate to the Downloads folder (or the folder where you downloaded ISO File), select the Windows ISO file and click on Open.
  6. Use the "Partition scheme" drop-down menu to select MBR.
  7. Under "Volume label", type a name for Bootable Pendrive.
  8. Don't change any other options.
  9. Then click the Start button.
  10. Click the OK button to confirm.
  11. On the "Windows User Experience" window, you can choose to skip or bypass many Windows annoying requirements or features.
    Option 1: Remove requirement for 4GB+ RAM, Secure Boot and TPS 2.0: choose this option if you want to install Windows 11 on an unsupported PC (PC with less than 4GB RAM or Secure Boot turned off or doesn't have TPM 2.0)
    Option 2: Remove requirement for an online Microsoft account: choose this option if you bypass the mandatory requirement for a Microsoft account with Windows 11 22H2.
    Option 3: Disable data collection (skip privacy question): choose this option if you want to set all data collection answers to "Don't allow".
    Option 4: Set a local account using the same name as this user's: choose this option to automatic creation of a local account with the same name as the current user and with an empty password that the user will be prompted to change after the first reboot.
    Option 5: Set regional option using the same values as this user's: choose this option to set the region as the same as the current user.
  12. After selecting options, click on OK.
    After this Rufus will start making Bootable Pendrive. Wait... it will take some time.
  13. When it shows READY then click on Close.
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