How to download an ISO of Microsoft Windows 10 Pro for a clean installation

For the Google Dejanews Archives...(since the win10 group isn't archived).

Here's what I found out, by trying to fit 6.4GB ISO onto a 4.3GB DVD disc!

How to download a bootable Windows 10 Pro ISO for use on another machine
See also:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...e-5ce1632daf4b

To create a Windows 10 bootable ISO, you have to go thru 3 steps:
1. Download the MS MediaCreationTool.exe (& run as Administrator)
2. Use that tool to download the right Windows 10 ISO file to your HDD
x32= ?GB, x64=?GB, both-at-once=6.4GB
3. Burn that resulting ISO file to a bootable DVD disc

01) Go to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...load/windows10
02) Select the blue button labeled "Download tool now"
(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=691209)
This downloads "MediaCreationTool.exe" 17,928KB
03) Run a hash on the MediaCreationTool.exe & save locally as "hash.txt"
Algorithm: SHA256
Hash: 00665B36D7B75B896D3F45BB99F0FCF93461023CACC7D83113 CF5661725C1371
Path: MediaCreationTool.exe
04) Right click on "MediaCreationTool.exe" to select "Run as Administrator"
05) Select Accept to the license agreement
06) When it asks "What do you want to do?", you have only two choices
( ) Upgrade this PC now
( ) Create installation media (USB flash drive, DVD, or ISO file)
for another PC
07) Select Create installation media for another PC
08) Select Next
09) Uncheck the box [ ]Use the recommended options for this PC
10) Select the language = English (United States)
11) Select the edition = Windows 10
Choices are Windows 10, Windows 10 Home Single Language, & Windows 10 N
Oh. Oh. Windows 10 Pro is NOT an option! (Is this a problem?)
12) Select the architecture = Both
Choices are 64-bit (x64), 32-bit (x86), Both
13) Select Next
14) Select the media = ISO file
Choices are USB flash drive (it needs to be at least 8 GB) or
ISO file (you'll need to burn the ISO file to a DVD later)
15) Select Next
16) Windows Explorer will ask where to save the file named "Windows.iso"
17) The user interface will say "Downloading Windows 10" Progress x%
18) When done the GUI will ask "Burn the ISO file to a DVD"
Where your only 3 choices a
C:\path\Windows.iso 6,362,368 KB (click this to open to that file)
Open DVD burner (click this to bring up the DVD burner
[Finish]
19) Hit Finish & Microsoft will immediately be notified over the network
20) When done, run a hash on the downloaded ISO file (save as hash.txt)
21) Burn the ISO file to DVD disc
22) Run a hash on the ISO disc (compare with the original hash.txt)
23) Set the F10 BIOS boot order to put the DVD before the HDD
24) Insert the DVD on the PC where you want to install Windows 10 Pro
25) Restart your PC
26) Press any key to boot from the DVD
27) On the Install Windows page, select your language
28) Select the time
29) Select the keyboard preferences
30) Select Next
31) Select Install Windows

This seems to be for updates but not for a bootable Windows 10 Pro ISO:
http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Home.aspx

On Tue, 13 Jun 2017 13:42:43 -0000 (UTC),
Mad Roger wrote:

To create a Windows 10 bootable ISO, you have to go thru 3 steps:
1. Download the MS MediaCreationTool.exe (& run as Administrator)
2. Use that tool to download the right Windows 10 ISO file to your HDD
x32= ?GB, x64=?GB, both-at-once=6.4GB
3. Burn that resulting ISO file to a bootable DVD dis

File size for the 64-bit-only Windows 10 ISO was 3,553,536 KB
The ISO for both 32-bit & 64-bit Windows 10 was 6,362,368 KB

Mad Roger wrote:
For the Google Dejanews Archives...(since the win10 group isn't archived).

Here's what I found out, by trying to fit 6.4GB ISO onto a 4.3GB DVD disc!

Where are you getting a 6.4GB DVD ?

That doesn't sound like an official one.

The largest one in my collection right now is:

Win10_1511_2_English_x64.iso 4,458,960,896 bytes

The last Insider DVD I downloaded was 4,394,258,432 bytes.

And those are both x64 editions.

*******

Don't download the DVDs from CNET. The Microsoft downloads
are perfectly good :-)

Paul