Difficulty

Very easy

Steps

17

Time Required

                          30 - 35 minutes

Sections

2

  • How to Create a USB boot drive for Windows 10
  • 10 steps
  • HDD; ODD
  • 7 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Get the Media Creation Tool

Go to: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software…

And click “Download tool now”

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Step 2

              Allow in UAC
  • If you have UAC enabled click “Yes”

If you have UAC enabled click “Yes”

Step 3

              Accept Ts & Cs
  • Click “Accept”
  • Option: Actually read T&Cs

Click “Accept”

Option: Actually read T&Cs

Step 4

              Create installation media
  • Select “Create installation media (USB flash drive, DVD or ISO file) for another PC”
  • Click “Next”

Select “Create installation media (USB flash drive, DVD or ISO file) for another PC”

Click “Next”

Step 5

  • If you are creating a USB for another computer take care to get these settings correct for the computer it will be used on. Language is not so important as it can be changed later.
  • If you are creating a back up for the computer you are running the tool on, selecting the check box “Use the recommended options for this PC” will select the settings automatically.

If you are creating a USB for another computer take care to get these settings correct for the computer it will be used on. Language is not so important as it can be changed later.

If you are creating a back up for the computer you are running the tool on, selecting the check box “Use the recommended options for this PC” will select the settings automatically.

Step 6

  • Select “USB flash drive”
  • Click “Next”
  • By selecting “ISO file” you can create a disk image that can be burned to a CD or USB at a later date.

Select “USB flash drive”

By selecting “ISO file” you can create a disk image that can be burned to a CD or USB at a later date.

Step 7

  • Now select the USB drive you wish to put the tool on.
  • If your drive does not appear here, make sure it is correctly inserted and detected by Windows.

Now select the USB drive you wish to put the tool on.

If your drive does not appear here, make sure it is correctly inserted and detected by Windows.

Step 8

              Download and verify
  • Now windows will download and verify the installation files.

Now windows will download and verify the installation files.

Step 9

              Writing to disk
  • Now windows will write the installation files to your drive.

Now windows will write the installation files to your drive.

Step 10

              Final steps
  • Once it’s finished writing to the disk click “Next”
  • And after a short wait you’re done!

Once it’s finished writing to the disk click “Next”

And after a short wait you’re done!

Step 11

              Power the computer off completely
  • Remove the battery, and power brick

Remove the battery, and power brick

Step 12

              Open the computer up
  • Remove the main cover of the lower side of the computer

Remove the main cover of the lower side of the computer

Step 13

              (Optional) Remove the DVD Drive
  • Unscrew and remove as shown above

Unscrew and remove as shown above

Step 14

              (Optional) Prepare the new optical drive
  • Remove the back bracket from the back of the optical drive, and the faceplate and instal the both of them in the new DVD Drive.

Remove the back bracket from the back of the optical drive, and the faceplate and instal the both of them in the new DVD Drive.

Step 15

              Remove the HDD/SSD
  • Unscrew and remove the HDD/SSD by the tab provided by the manufacturer.
  • Beware of the pegs on the lower left corner and the upper right corner.

Unscrew and remove the HDD/SSD by the tab provided by the manufacturer.

Beware of the pegs on the lower left corner and the upper right corner.

Step 16

              Prepare the new ssd for installation
  • Remove the adaptor placed directly over the data connector.
  • then remove the drive from the caddy

Remove the adaptor placed directly over the data connector.

then remove the drive from the caddy

Step 17

              Instal new drive
  • Revert the order from the last two steps and instal the new SSD/HDD.
  • Don’t forget that to avoid any problems it is recommended that either no OS is loaded on the drive, and if there is any it is properly setup to allow for hardware swaps and not cause any issues.

Revert the order from the last two steps and instal the new SSD/HDD.

Don’t forget that to avoid any problems it is recommended that either no OS is loaded on the drive, and if there is any it is properly setup to allow for hardware swaps and not cause any issues.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order, do not forget to securely screw everything in place, but beware to not over-tighten, which can cause severe damage to the device.

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