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Create WIN10 install media

Anonymous
2024-09-26T03:43:23+00:00

I went to the MS site to download the WIN10 media creation tool. After I downloaded and ran the tool I clicked on create an iso file (to use later). I tried to create the WIN10 ISO file on a blank thumb drive I have. It went through several minutes of activity and then it said it didn't have enough room to create the WIN10 iso file. The blank thumb drive is 128GB. This iso file is supposed to be 3-4 GB in size.

What is going on?

Ron

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows update

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-09-26T04:15:11+00:00

    There are 8 GB of free space required on drive C for downloading and preparing the installation files.

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  2. EmilyS726 233.2K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2024-09-26T19:56:08+00:00

    Thank you for pointing that out. Definitely a rookie mistake I made there. I was for sure going that direction, suspecting the format was the issue restricting the download size, and got FAT32 and NTFS mixed up.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-09-26T15:02:45+00:00

    The iso file cannot be copied to or created on a FAT32 formatted drive. The iso file exceeds the FAT32 4 GB file size limit.

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  4. EmilyS726 233.2K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2024-09-26T14:25:47+00:00

    I see. Go to File Explorer, right click on the drive that's your flash drive, choose format, and make sure you use the NTFS. Then try again.

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  5. Ramesh 176.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2024-09-26T04:23:12+00:00

    Hi Ron,

    Are you trying to download the ISO file to the USB stick? Or are you creating a USB setup disk from a downloaded ISO?

    If you're trying to save the ISO to a USB stick, format the stick as NTFS and try again.

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