
The Media Creation Tool allows you to create installation media (USB drive or DVD) to install a new copy of Windows 10, perform a clean installation, or reinstall Windows 10. Why do I need the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool?


Here are a few useful guides we've written to guide you in the process of reinstalling Windows, all of these use the Media Creation Tool for different purposes: This tool provides the best download experience for customers running Windows 7, 8.1 and 10. You can now use that ISO file to burn to media, or mount in your VM software.Use the media creation tool to download Windows. The differentiation between editions (Pro or Home) is determined by the key you input during installation. Reload the page by clicking the reload icon or by pressing F5.

Press F12 (a developer window will show up).Upon clicking "Confirm," your download of the ISO file should begin.And finally, the last page lets you pick whether you want the 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 10 ISO.On the next page you can choose between all the available languages.You'll now see that the page contents have changed and there's a "Select edition" drop-down that lets you pick whether you want the May 2019 Update ISO or the October Update for direct download.Reload the page by clicking the reload button or by pressing F5.In the top center settings list, select "iPad" from the left most drop-down.

Your browser will now switch to a reduced-size mobile view of the Microsoft page.Below we present step-by-step instructions for Firefox and Chrome, the two browsers we use ourselves. We have learned, that when you make your web-browser render the Windows 10 installation media download page as a mobile device, which obviously doesn't support running the Windows-based Media Creation Tool, Microsoft will give you a direct download link instead. This complicates things if you just want to grab the Windows 10 ISO image quickly, without jumping through Microsoft's hoops. A direct download is not available, or you can use the Upgrade Assistant, to upgrade your current running system. When visiting the Microsoft ISO Disc Image Download Page using a desktop PC, Microsoft will force you to use the Media Creation Tool to get the ISO.
