If you’d rather make your own, however, this guide will show you two different ways to create a USB flash drive that works just like a Windows 10 DVD.

Windows 10 April 2018 Update: Here's what you can expect Double-click to open the ISO file as a virtual drive in File Explorer, then drag its contents to your recovery drive.

Ready to take Windows 10 for a spin? All you need is an available PC, a flash drive and a free utility.

Let's walk through the process of creating and using a bootable drive to run Windows 10 or 11 directly from a flash drive.

Here’s how it works. On Windows 10, you usually connect a USB flash drive to your device, use the format tool to set up the compatible file system, and then start dumping files on it.

On a PC that’s already running Windows 10, plug in a USB flash drive and create a bootable drive using the Windows Recovery Media Creator. You’ll need a drive that’s at least 8 GB in size.