Your bootable Windows 11 USB drive is now ready.
RELATED: How to Never "Safely Remove" a USB Drive Again on Windows 10 Safely eject the drive by clicking the small USB icon on your taskbar, and then by clicking the name of the USB drive. This may take a while depending on your internet speed. The Media Creation Tool will download Windows 11 from Microsoft’s servers. Select the USB drive you want, and then click “Next.” If you’ve downloaded Windows 10 ISO image, here is how you can create a bootable Windows installer USB on Mac using UNetbootin. UNetbootin is a free, open source utility that allows you to create bootable USB drives on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Be absolutely sure there is nothing important on the drive before proceeding past this point. Method 1: Create Windows 10 Bootable USB on Mac Using UNetbottin. Warning: Using the Windows Media Creation Tool will wipe everything on the USB drive you choose. Otherwise, click “Next.”Įnsure “USB Flash Drive” is selected, then click “Next.” The next page has a few options - if you’d like to install Windows 11 in a different language, untick the box “Use the recommended options for this PC” and select a language. The first page is the terms and conditions - just hit “Accept.” Every browser is a little different, but you’re looking for a file named “MediaCreationToolW11.exe.” Click it to start the installation. When it finishes downloading, hit Ctrl+J to open the downloads menu on your browser. Scroll down until you see a section titled “Create Windows 11 Installation Media.” Then, under that, click “Download Now.” Microsoft provides an application to automatically create a bootable Windows 11 USB drive on their website. RELATED: How Create a USB Flash Drive Installer for Windows 10, 8, or 7 Creating a Bootable USB Drive If it can’t, you should read about how to install Windows 11 on an unsupported PC.
Tip: Before you try to use the bootable drive, check if your PC can run Windows 11. An external solid-state drive (SSD) or external hard disk drive (HDD) would also suffice. To use the Media Creation Tool, you need a PC running Windows 10 or 11 as well as a USB drive that is eight gigabytes or larger.