
In the command, change the E and X drive letters with the correct drive letters for the Windows 10 ISO image and the USB flash drive respectively. Type the following command to copy all the Windows 10 files to the USB flash drive and press Enter: xcopy E:\*.* X:\ /E /F /H Create Windows 10 bootable USB flash drive Type the following command to update the volume boot code for the USB flash drive and press Enter: bootsect /nt60 X: Type the following command to the boot folder and press Enter: cd boot

Type the following command to access the Windows 10 ISO file and press Enter: E: Type the following command to exit Diskpart and press Enter: exit Type the following command to determine the drive letter for the mounted ISO file and press Enter: list volume

Type the following command to launch Diskpart again and press Enter: diskpart In the command, make sure to update the path with the location where you have stored the ISO file. Type the following command to mount the ISO file and press Enter: PowerShell Mount-DiskImage -ImagePath "C:\path\to\Windows10.iso" Windows 10 ISO mount command Type the following command to quit the tool and press Enter: exit In the command, change X for any available letter you want to use. Type the following command to assign a volume and a drive letter for the USB flash drive and press Enter: assign letter=X Quick tip: If you’re creating a bootable media for a device that uses UEFI, you’ll need to format the drive using the FAT32 file system, instead of NTFS with this command: format fs=FAT32 quick. Type the following command to select the storage and press Enter: select disk 1 Type the following command to determine the USB flash drive and press Enter: list disk Type the following command to open Diskpart and press Enter: diskpart Search for Command Prompt, right-click the top result, and select the Run as Administrator option. To create a USB flash drive to install Windows 10, use these steps: Create a USB bootable media to install Windows 10īefore proceeding, you will need to connect a USB flash drive with at least 8GB of space to your computer and the ISO file of Windows 10, which you can download with these steps.

In this guide, you will learn the steps to use Command Prompt to create a USB bootable media to install Windows 10.

Although you can create a bootable USB to install Windows 10 using a variety of tools, including the Media Creation Tool and Rufus, it is also possible to use the Diskpart command-line tool to create a flash drive to clean install Windows 10 to any computer.
