3 Ways to Create a Windows 11 Bootable USB Drive

Method 1: Using the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool

  1. Download the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool from the official Microsoft website.
  2. Connect a USB drive with at least 8GB of storage to your computer.
  3. Open the Media Creation Tool and follow the on-screen instructions.
  4. Select “Create installation media for another PC” and click “Next”.
  5. Choose your language, edition, and architecture (32-bit or 64-bit) and click “Next”.
  6. Select “USB flash drive” as the media to use and click “Next”.
  7. Choose the USB drive you connected earlier and click “Next”.
  8. Wait for the tool to create the bootable USB drive.

Method 2: Using Rufus

  1. Download Rufus from the official website.
  2. Connect a USB drive with at least 8GB of storage to your computer.
  3. Open Rufus and select the USB drive you connected earlier from the “Device” dropdown menu.
  4. Under the “Boot selection” section, click on the “Select” button and browse to the Windows 11 ISO file.
  5. Choose “MBR” as the partition scheme and “BIOS or UEFI” as the target system type.
  6. Click on “Start” to begin creating the bootable USB drive.

Method 3: Using the Command Prompt

  1. Connect a USB drive with at least 8GB of storage to your computer.
  2. Open the Command Prompt as an administrator.
  3. Type “diskpart” and press Enter.
  4. Type “list disk” and press Enter to see a list of all the connected disks.
  5. Type “select disk X” (replace “X” with the number that corresponds to your USB drive) and press Enter.
  6. Type “clean” and press Enter to remove all partitions from the USB drive.
  7. Type “create partition primary” and press Enter to create a new primary partition on the USB drive.
  8. Type “format fs=ntfs quick” and press Enter to format the partition with the NTFS file system.
  9. Type “active” and press Enter to mark the partition as active.
  10. Type “exit” and press Enter to exit the DiskPart tool.
  11. Mount the Windows 11 ISO file on your computer.
  12. Copy all the files from the mounted ISO file to the USB drive.
  13. Safely eject the USB drive.
  1. In the Command Prompt window, type the following command and hit enter to launch the Windows Diskpart utility.DISKPART
  2. Next, type the following command to list all the available storage devices:LIST DISK
  3. Here, locate your USB drive. You can look at the Size column to determine your USB drive. In this case, the USB drive is listed as Disk 2.
  4. Next, type the following command to select your drive:SEL DISK 2
  5. In the above command, change DISK 2 with the number assigned to your USB Drive. For example, if you have a single SSD or SATA drive setup, your primary drive will show as DISK 0 and USB drive as DISK 1. It is of extreme importance that you select the right drive as the next step involves wiping clean the selected drive.
  6. Next, type the following command and hit enter to erase all the content from the drive:Clean
  7. Next, type the following command to create a primary partition:Create Partition Primary
  8. Next, type the following command to select the main partition:List Par

Note: Be sure to double-check that you have selected the correct disk or USB drive before using diskpart, as the command can erase all data on the selected disk.

M Shafiq Bhatti

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