how to create a UEFI bootable thumbdrive for Windows 10 Pro 64bit

[rocafella1978]

hi all, does anyone have a guide/ or how-to, to create and UEFI bootable thumbdrive for Windows 10 Pro 64bit?
what are the steps?
what do i need to do?
what do i require?

thank you all.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-create-a-bootable-uefi-usb-drive-with-windows-10-setup/
[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC_qKKFYAcc"][/video]​

 

[atljsf]

first you need to download the iso, use the tool from microsoft and ask it to create a iso file, not a usb device

once you have the iso and a usb device, you can use a tool like rufus to create a usb drive that will let you boot from a uefi enabled bios

https://rufus.akeo.ie/

if you don't like to use rufus, there is a longer method, if you want, i can post the steps to make it work

 

[drtweak]

Just download the Media Creation Tool for Windows 10 and select your thumb drive. It will be both legacy and uEFI bootable. I sometimes have issues with uEFI boot using Rufus

 

[atljsf]

all uefi asks is for a fat32 partition marked as active, it is possible that rufus forgets to apply those settings on the usb?

 

[rocafella1978]

thank you all, the MS Media Creation Tool worked like a charm, both bootable/ UEFI.

 

[atljsf]

glad it worked for you

if you ever happen to find a pc who refuses to work with that tool

the plan be is follow some steps using cmd and the command diskpart, is very easy to do but requires the use command line

the results are guaranteed there

the problem when you do the usb is that once you format the usb, you will have to do again the media creation tool process, and that is easily 2 hours or more while it downloads the iso and puts it on the usb, that is why we say download the iso, to have available for later and avoid this step all the time

 

[rocafella1978]

is the ISO available to download? i could not locate it...?

 

[atljsf]

when you do the process with the tool, it asks you if you want a usb or a iso, next time ask for a iso, it will be downloaded in downloads or in documents folder if i remember correctly

when you do the usb, iirc it doesn't leave a iso, just a temporary files that are deleted when it finishes

 

[rocafella1978]

fantastic, thank you so much again! much appreciate your help!