The Windows 10 USB setup disk is required for cleanly installing Windows on a new hard drive. It can also be used to perform a repair installation from Windows or to access the Windows Recovery Environment.
Let’s see how to create a Windows 10 USB setup disk.Read more
We saw how to download the Windows 10 or 11 consumer edition ISO using Media Creation Tool in the article How to Download Windows 11 ISO Using Media Creation Tool. You wonder how to download the Windows 10 or 11 Enterprise Edition ISO.Read more
To download the Windows 11 ISO or create a USB setup disk, you can use the Media Creation Tool (MCT). The ISO can be used to do an in-place upgrade or repair install on an existing Windows computer. Whereas the USB setup disk can be used to do an in-place upgrade, repair install on an existing Windows system, or cleanly install Windows 11 on a new PC.Read more
When you attempt to upgrade to Windows 10 from a Windows 7/8 computer using Microsoft’s Media Creation Tool, the error 0x80072F8F - 0x20000 may appear. The full error message verbatim is below:Read more
Microsoft’s Media Creation Tool (MCT) is used to download Windows 10 ISO or create a bootable Windows 10 installation USB drive. MCT is one of the most useful tools by Microsoft, but at the same time, it’s one of the buggiest utilities out there which throws some obscure errors like 0x80042405.
In this post, we’ll be talking about Media Creation Tool Error 0x80042405 - 0xA001A in Windows 10, and how to workaround or fix the problem.Read more
When you use the Media Creation Tool to create a bootable USB Windows 10 setup disk, error 0x80004005 – 0xA001A occurs during the process. Precisely, the error happens after the ISO download is complete, and during the ‘creating media’ stage when it nears 50%. Here is the full error message: There was a problem running this … Read more
When you run the Media Creation Tool (MCT), you may see the error 0x80072f76 - 0x20017:
This article explains how to download the official Windows 10 or Windows 11 ISO from Microsoft servers using different methods. The Media Creation Tool downloads the latest version of Windows 10/11 by default. You can also use Rufus or other third-party tools to accomplish the task.Read more