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How to download Windows 11 installer to a USB
Hello everyone, A Windows 11 installation USB is needed for a clean install or repair install, but the process is a little confusing for a beginner. There seem to be different options and it is not ...
You can use the built-in Powershell command to download the Windows 11 installer to a USB.
# 1. Show all disks and find your USB drive number
Get-Disk
# 2. Set your USB disk number here
# Example: if your USB is Disk 2, use 2
$UsbDiskNumber = 2
# 3. Clean and prepare the USB drive
Clear-Disk -Number $UsbDiskNumber -RemoveData -Confirm:$false
New-Partition -DiskNumber $UsbDiskNumber -UseMaximumSize -AssignDriveLetter |
Format-Volume -FileSystem NTFS -NewFileSystemLabel "WIN11USB" -Confirm:$false
# 4. Find the USB drive letter
$UsbDrive = (Get-Volume -FileSystemLabel "WIN11USB").DriveLetter + ":"
# 5. Find the mounted Windows ISO drive letter
# Change this if needed, for example: D:
Get-Volume
# Example: if the mounted ISO is E:, set it here
$IsoDrive = "E:"
# 6. Copy all Windows 11 setup files to the USB
robocopy "$IsoDrive\" "$UsbDrive\" /E
# 7. Done
Write-Host "Windows 11 installer USB created successfully at $UsbDrive"