How to create Windows 10 installation DVD/USB flash drive Step-by-Step Guide

This Forum Article explains how to create a Windows 10 installation DVD or USB flash drive.

  1. Visit the site below to start downloading the Media Creation Tool.  We will use Internet Explorer to download in this guide. http://aka.ms/DownloadW10ISO
  2. Watch the video below to create Windows 10 installation media.
    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/videoplayer/embed/RE2078r

If I understand this correctly, the MCT will put an .iso file directly onto the flash drive, which is bootable on any windows ready PC. OR, do I have to make the flash drive bootable first? And will I have to reformat it from NTFS to FAT32, or will the MCT do that automatically? I say that because I am told only FAT32 flash drives are bootable for Windows. Also, most new computers have UEFI firmware.

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