Head into ‘My Computer’ and note the letters of the USB Drive and the (virtual) Microsoft Windows 11 DVD. I use usually Daemon Tools Lite (it’s free) - but please watch out during installation, as it also wants to install a lot of junkware on your system (skip all of that).

iso file (which is basically a virtual DVD), you will need to use a Mounting Tool for Virtual DVD’s.

Now insert your Windows 11 installation DVD. In the command prompt type the following commands, each followed by Enter/Return: SELECT DISK 1Īfter this, don’t close your command prompt yet! Most likely it will be either Disk 1 or Disk 2.įor the sake of this tutorial we will assume Disk 1, but if it is something else make sure to substitute that. This is an important step, as you have to identify your USB Drive (based on the volume/free space). Press the windows key, and search for ‘cmd’, right click on it and open as administrator. Then, we will have to open the command prompt: Preparing the USB Driveįirst of all, we will need to prepare our USB Drive, keep in mind that it will be formatted in the following steps.

This assumes, that you already have the Windows 11.iso file, which you can get from the official Microsoft page. In this tutorial we will be going over how to create a bootable USB Drive with and for a Windows 11 installation. Creating a Bootable USB Drive Installation for Windows 11

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