• By using USB 

  • What you Need
  • Windows 10 install .iso or DVD
  • USB flash drive with at least 5GB free space. This drive will be formatted, so make sure it doesn't have any important files on it.
  • Technician PC - Windows PC that you'll use to format the USB flash drive
  • Destination PC - A PC that you'll install Windows on

Step 1 - Format the drive and set the primary partition as active

  1. Connect the USB flash drive to your technician PC.

  2. Open Disk Management: Right-click on 

  3. Format the partition: Right-click the USB drive partition and choose 

  4. Set the partition as active: Right-click the USB drive partition and click 

Step 2 - Copy Windows Setup to the USB flash drive

  1. Use File Explorer to copy and paste the entire contents of the Windows product DVD or ISO to the USB flash drive.

  2. Optional: add an unattended file to automate the installation process. For more information, see 

Step 3 - Install Windows to the new PC

  1. Connect the USB flash drive to a new PC.

  2. Turn on the PC and press the key that opens the boot-device selection menu for the computer, such as the Esc/F10/F12 keys. Select the option that boots the PC from the USB flash drive.

    Windows Setup starts. Follow the instructions to install Windows.

  3. Remove the USB flash drive.

By using DVD

Prerequisites

To complete this walkthrough, you need the following:

  • An answer file on removable media (CD or DVD-ROM) or a USB flash drive. The answer file must be named Autounattend.xml. The answer file must be located at the root of the media.

  • A Windows product DVD.

To install Windows from the Windows product DVD

  1. Turn on the new computer.

    Note

  2. Insert both the Windows product DVD and the removable media that contains your answer file into the new computer.

    Note

  3. Restart the computer by pressing the CTRL+ALT+DEL keys. Windows Setup (Setup.exe) starts automatically.

    By default, Windows Setup searches at the root of a drive and other locations, such as removable media, for an answer file that is named Autounattend.xml. This occurs even if you do not explicitly specify an answer file. For more information, see “Implicitly Searching for an Answer File” and “Implicit Answer File Search Order” in 

  4. After the Setup program is finished, validate that Windows applied all customizations, and then reseal the computer by using the 

    The Sysprep tool removes all system-specific information and resets the computer. The next time that the computer starts, your customers can accept the Microsoft Software License Terms and add user-specific information.

    Optional: To automatically run the Sysprep tool after the installation, set the Microsoft-Windows-Deployment | Reseal component setting in your answer file (Autounattend.xml) as follows:

    ForceShutdownNow = true, Mode =OOBE

    Optional: To run the Sysprep tool manually from a running operating system, type the following at a command prompt:

    c:\windows\system32\sysprep /oobe /shutdown