Good day, ladies and gentlemen! Since Microsoft released the latest version of its operating system, it has changed the way it distributes software products. Now everyone can download Windows 10 from the official site, while receiving the original, and not modified pirated copies. I will tell you about this.

Using a clean installer, the user can be sure that he is guaranteed maximum security and the system will work without failure for many years.

In this article, I'll show you how to download an operating system distribution and explain how to create installation media.

Why upgrade to a new version of Windows

For Microsoft, the development of operating systems is the main activity, so it spends a lot of resources on improving new versions of Windows. The developers of the system were not limited to changing the interface.

Ten has become much more convenient and safer than previous versions.

To date, the latest Win 10 Creators Update has brought even more improvements: the tiled interface has become more responsive to user actions, the taskbar has been changed, the Start button has returned to its usual place.

In addition, Windows 10 is free to download and its functionality can be freely tested without spending any money. We recommend downloading Windows 10 from the official Microsoft website, since the latest version of the distribution is always available there, which is important from a security point of view.

The official way to download windows 10

To check the hardware compatibility of the user's PC and the new system, Microsoft created the Media Creation Tool. In addition to the main task, it also allows you to install the downloaded OS image on the media. The file is available for download from the official Microsoft website and is distributed free of charge.

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After launching the application, we wait for the verification to complete and agree to the license agreement. It should be noted that by "signing" the license agreement by pressing the appropriate button, a person agrees to the transfer of user data to Microsoft servers.

The second option is suitable for our purposes, since by downloading Windows 10 to a USB flash drive, we will have an effective and convenient tool for emergency system recovery or reinstallation.

The utility allows you to select system parameters. It should be indicated that we need to download the "top ten" in Russian, with regard to the supported architecture: if your PC has more than 4 gigabytes of RAM installed, then a 64-bit system is required, otherwise 32.

It is also possible to select a universal version that supports both bit architectures by unchecking the box and selecting the desired architecture.

Unfortunately, only the version of Windows 10 creators update is available for download, although only specialists will pay attention to this shortcoming, for ordinary users, the release with the latest updates for creating media is more desirable.

Just prior to downloading, the media creation tool will warn you to check if the type of license on your computer matches the version you are downloading.

For example, Win 10 Home can be installed on a PC, while Windows 10 Professional is downloaded.

In the next window, the user is offered a distribution delivery method: download the entire ISO image or each file included in it will be copied separately.

It is better to download the Win image as a single file, since it will be easier to work with it in the future (copy it to a USB flash drive or start creating an installation DVD).

Choose a place where the downloaded image will be saved, please note that the amount of free space on the selected disk is more than 4 GB. After that, the process of downloading your copy of windows 10 will begin.

After downloading, the process of saving and creating the same ISO image on disk will begin.

Everything is ready to burn the boot disk. You can burn this image to DVD, or use any utility to create a bootable Windows 10 flash drive, such as Rufus.

Alternative way to boot Windows 10

To get a file with an image of the installation disk, it is not necessary to use a proprietary utility. To download Windows 10, just open the link we already know. However, if you click on it while working under Windows, the Microsoft site will automatically redirect us to the download page Media Creation Tool.

To get around this limitation, open the official page using Chrome or in Yandex Browser (everything works for them, it's been checked), and press keyboard shortcut Ctrl +Shift +I , which activates the developer tools. As shown in the picture below (picture enlarges when clicked).

The choice of system language and architecture is also available here: Win 10 x64 or x32. You can also select a release version: Win 10 creators update or an older Anniversary Update. After selecting the desired OS, click Confirm.

The next step is to select the language and regional settings, and click Confirm as shown below.

Your attention will be given a choice of two links for downloading 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 10 systems.

By selecting the one you need, the process of downloading the Win10 OS from the Microsoft website will begin.

One-stop way to download Windows 10 and other Microsoft software

Microsoft has a program in its arsenal that will download not only the distribution of the operating system, but also a proprietary office suite. It's about utility. Microsoft Windows and Office ISO Download Tool. It automatically generates URL links for downloaded ISO files.

The program interface is quite simple: on the right panel, select the desired distribution, and on the left side, click on the buttons responsible for selecting the parameters (home or professional version, Win 10 64 bit or 32 bit system).

Using this utility greatly simplifies the task, since the user does not need to find out where to download the installer from. In addition, direct links to the original distributions are constantly changing, and the utility checks their relevance and updates the current list of working links. That greatly simplifies the life of ordinary users.

In the picture below, the HeiDocNet program when downloading Windows 10 from Microsoft, with a selection of official builds.

System installation

In this section of the article, I will describe a brief way to install Windows 10 on a computer, if you need a complete and step-by-step process, then you should read this article.

After you have managed to download and copy the installation files to a flash drive or boot disk (preferably the latest version of Windows 10 creators update), you can proceed directly.

To do this, you must select the media with the distribution files as a boot disk in the BIOS when you turn on the computer.

The system installer will take care of the rest of the work. Microsoft is constantly making changes to the installation process, making it as simple as possible and making improvements (for example, for people with disabilities, the installer has become much easier to use).

The user only needs to select the time zone and keyboard layout, then the Win-files will be written to the hard disk in automatic mode.

The software installation process from Microsoft is standardized, regardless of whether the regular version of the OS or Windows 10 Enterprise is installed, the installation will be carried out in a similar way.

Immediately prior to copying files, a license will be displayed on the screen that regulates the user agreement. If the original disc is used, a license key will also be requested (in "modified" distributions, this step is skipped).

It should be noted that it is not necessary to enter the license key at this stage, you can click the "Skip" button and deal with licensing issues after installing the system.

If a user reinstalled Windows 10 on a computer or laptop on which a licensed OS had already been installed, there is no need to enter a license key - activation will be carried out automatically when connected to the Internet.

During the installation process, the program will prompt you to choose which version of the installation will be performed: basic or custom. In the first case, the system will only update the system files downloaded to the boot disk, and the second method is more suitable for advanced users.

If you do not have experience creating windows 10 media with the subsequent installation of the system, you need to properly prepare, read the relevant articles on this topic.

Great importance during the installation process is given to the safety of user files: before starting the original installation, you should save your files on a separate medium.

Conclusion

We looked at three methods by which you can download the new Windows 10 from the official website, and also briefly familiarized yourself with how to use the downloaded distribution to install the system. These methods allow you to download Windows 10 Pro or any other version of the installer.

Greetings to all my dear readers. I think it's time to open a separate section on Windows 10 - everything has changed quite a lot and tons of instructions on topics of interest are already in the top ten don't roll. The same applies to the question, but how to install Windows 10 and what's new in terms of installation?

I want to write right away - everything has become much easier. If earlier it was rather difficult for an ordinary user to find the original distribution kit without any changes by local kulibins, now there is a utility from Microsoft that will download the system image for you, and if you ask well, it will write it to a USB flash drive right away. If during the release of the Rufus program it seemed - well, where is it easier? I downloaded the isoshnik and upload it to a USB drive, now this option is more labor-intensive - there is an official way to merge the most up-to-date distribution kit from Microsoft servers.

How to install Windows 10? - easier than any other distribution

As I scribbled above - in the top ten it's all very simple, any user who is able to control the mouse can handle it. The installation can be divided into two simple steps - this is the preparation of the distribution kit and the installation itself.

Download Windows 10 image from the official site

So, now let's look at everything in order. To create an installation distribution, we need a utility from Microsoft called the Media Creation Tool. She has very few features, but she is perfect for us. You can always download it on the official website (oh, I remember how much time it took to find a normal distribution kit, and not everyone can still write it to a USB flash drive)

Go to download site Media Creation Tool

At the very bottom of the page, direct links to download the tool will be available. This pleasure weighs about 17 megabytes (at the time of this writing, of course). We look at what operating system we have and select the desired bit depth - I want to note that this is the bit depth of the distribution tool, and not the final OS that we will install.

Downloaded and launched. In general, this utility allows you not only to create an installation package, but also to upgrade an existing system to Windows 10, however, after the upgrade, in my practice there have always been various problems, so I recommend an exceptionally clean installation of the system - everything turned out fine there, it has been working stably since the release . To create an image, select the item "Create installation media for another computer"

In the next window, select the language of the target operating system, edition and bit depth (Is someone going to put x86 top ten?)

On the "Select media" page, you need to decide what you need? I recommend that you burn directly to a USB flash drive (at least 4 gigs for the x64 bit Pro version of dozens), but since I will be installing on a virtual machine, I will choose an ISO file, which can then also be written to a disk or USB flash drive. I want to add - every time you create a flash drive directly, the image will be downloaded from the network every time ...

We are waiting for it to load - it depends on the speed of your Internet connection ... just figure out how long it takes you to download a 3 gig movie and roughly orient yourself. Plus time to write to the flash drive itself.

We will assume that we have created the media for installing Windows - now we need to proceed to the most interesting part, the installation of the system itself. In general, if you installed Windows 7/8, then you will not see anything new here (and you can close this article and proceed with the installation)... there is nothing fundamentally new here, even the interface has not changed.

Installing Windows 10 on a PC or laptop

We put the download from our distribution, and get to the start screen with the choice of language, time format and keyboard layout. Since I am from Russia, then the choice is appropriate (and you yourself remember which distribution kit you downloaded - not Jewish)

The next window with a very difficult choice - there is only one button "Install" (well, or restore - we have nothing yet, we only carry out the first installation)

So, now a very important point is the product key. If you have it, then everything is simple, enter it and click next. If not, then skip this item ... click the "Skip" button

We read the license agreement - there is a lot of controversy at the moment, on this topic a note about how Windows is spying on us will be published in the very near future. (by the way, the license agreement sometimes does not always load correctly, there may be errors, just try again if this happens and everything will work)

Here again, you need to select the installation option - update what is already there (we don’t need to transfer glitches from the old to the new one) or click on custom installation - this is a clean installation where you can format your hard drive, set partition sizes and much more, so we go there.

I have created a new installation partition and will install to it. You yourself can be the boss here - the benefit is simple. Just keep in mind that with careless and senseless actions, you can ruin all the data on your computer without the possibility of recovering it.

Since we did not enter the product key during installation, we are again offered to do this ... (here I’ll make a small digression. If you don’t have money, that is, there is an activator, he calls it “KMSAuto NET” - the current version at the time of writing was v1.3.8 ... I can’t post it here for obvious reasons, but google it with a bang - so choose yourself, but I certainly recommend buying this OS from Microsoft.)

Next, select "Use standard settings" - we are almost there, the system is almost installed on our computer.

Next, you need to wait until the system downloads the latest updates and installs all the applications it needs (this installation item can take quite a long time)

The next step is to determine where the computer is located. Since we do not use the Domain, and you probably do too, we say that “I own this computer” ... (sounds proud)

NEXT. Here we are offered to create a Microsoft account. It’s up to you to start it or not, but since the network is full of indignation about collecting our personal data, I advise you to create a local account and not get involved in Microsoft services (although, on the other hand, why do we install Windows 10 if we turn off all the chips)

Enter the name of the new account and password (by the way, a hint is required so that you can remember later if you forget ...)

That's all, after creating a local account, you will be taken to the Windows 10 desktop ...

P.S. How to install Windows 10? The most detailed instruction was read by you and, I hope, learned - after all, there is nothing complicated here. Speaking of impressions from dozens, then everything seems to be fine here, there is no desire to return back. Everything works, everything starts, there are no compatibility problems and nothing lags ... all the best to you!

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In this step-by-step guide, you will learn how to download the official windows distribution for free and quickly, how to create a bootable USB flash drive, how to boot from a USB flash drive, and how to install Windows 10. The instructions cover Windows 10, but it is also suitable for Windows 8.1 and Windows 7, steps very similar.

So let's start, first we need to download the Windows distribution.

How to download windows 10 for free

For convenience, we will use Rufus programs.

The first step of installing windows 10 is now complete. Let's move on to the next one.

How to create a bootable USB flash drive with Windows 10

To create a bootable USB flash drive with windows 10, we need:

• Flash drive with 4 GB or more. This USB drive will be formatted, so make sure there are no important files on it.
• The Rufus program, which can be downloaded from this link.

So, let's begin.

The second stage of installing windows for the stage is completed, let's move on to the next one.

How to start a bootable flash drive

By using the Boot Menu to boot from a flash drive

AcrossBIOS

If you have problems with the previous method, then there is a reliable option - through the BIOS.

Keyboard Shortcuts

To access the boot menu

To access the boot menu, find your PC manufacturer below to find out which key combination you need:

• Acer: Esc , F12 or F9 . Most Acer computer models should work with the F12 key.
• Asus: F8 or Esc
• Compaq: Esc or F9
• Dell: F12
• Machines: F12
• Fujitsu: F12
• HP: Esc or F9 . If Esc works, you may need to press F9 after: Esc + F9 .
• Lenovo: F8 , F10 or F12 . On computer models with a Novo button, try pressing the Novo button. Other key combinations: Fn + F11.
• Samsung: Esc or F2 or F12 . Samsung Ultrabook users should disable the fast boot option in BIOS/UEFI before booting from a USB device. To disable Fast Boot, go to BIOS/UEFI Access > Samsung and look for the key combination you need to press to access it.
• VAIO: Esc , F10 or F11 . On some models of Sony VAIO computers, you may need to press the Assist button.
• Toshiba F12

To access BIOS/UEFI

To access the BIOS/UEFI, find your PC manufacturer below to see which key combinations you need:

• Acer: Del or F2 key. Most models should work with the F2 key.
• Asus: Delete or Del key
• Compaq: F10
• Dell: F2
• eMachines: Tab or Del
• Fujitsu: F2
• HP: Esc , F10 , F11 . On some Pavilion models, you may need to press F1 instead.
• Lenovo: F1 or F2 . If your computer is a Lenovo laptop, try looking for the small button next to the power button.
• Samsung: F2. On some ultrabook models, you may need to press F10 .
• VAIO: F1 , F2 , F3 . On models with button Assist click assist.
• Toshiba F1 , F2 , F12 or Esc .

So, you were able to start a bootable USB flash drive, move on to the next step.

1. You will see a Windows installation window. At the very beginning, you will be prompted to select a language. You can leave the default Russian and click Next.

   

2. Click install.

   

3. The next step is to activate windows. If you don't have a key, you can click "I don't have a key". Click Next.

   

4. In the next step, select the version of windows.

   

5. Accept the license terms and click Next.

   

6. Select the installation type "Custom".

   

7. Next, select the drive on which we are going to install Windows. If you want to install windows with data retention, just select the drive on which windows is already installed and click Next. You will see a message that Windows is already installed on this disk and it will be renamed to windows.old.

   

8. The Windows installation process will begin. Wait for Windows to finish installing . Your computer may restart several times during this process, and installation may take anywhere from a few minutes to an hour, depending on the speed of your computer.
9. Next, you will need to follow the instructions that will be on the screen, set the time, languages, usernames, passwords ...

Windows 10 download

Download Windows 10 from the official Microsoft website

You can download Windows 10 from the official Microsoft website using the Windows 10 Installer application if you need to install Windows 10 as a new system or reinstall Windows 10. Create your own installation media using a USB flash drive or DVD by burning an ISO image to it.

Attention!
To download Windows 10 and create an ISO file (create installation media), you must have at least 4 GB. free space on drive C, even if you have chosen to save the ISO file to another drive on your computer.

Download Windows 10 from the official site

You can download Windows 10 in Russian from the official Microsoft website. Downloading is carried out using the application "Windows 10 Setup" - MediaCreationTool.exe.

1. Download the "Windows 10 Installer" - MediaCreationTool.exe from the link above, run it, in the window that opens, select "Create installation media for another computer" and click Next.

2. Select the language, release (edition) and architecture of the operating system.

3. Select media. If you select "USB flash drive", then after the download is complete, the program will write the installation files to a USB flash drive, which should have 4 GB. free space.

4. If you select the "ISO file" option, you will be asked to select a folder to save the image.

4. It remains to wait for the completion of the process of downloading the distribution files to the computer. Downloading, on average, can take about an hour.

In one of our previous articles, we considered the question of how to install Windows 10 on a computer with Windows 7, 8.1 by updating.

However, in some situations, it may be necessary to perform a classic installation from a bootable USB flash drive or DVD.

In the case of installing Windows 10 by updating the two previous versions, the user needs to wait a while.

After receiving the update, its data, programs (exceptions will be games, antiviruses, a standard media player) and their settings will be automatically transferred to the new system.

However, in some cases, a more acceptable solution would be to install the system from scratch.

Step 1: Upgrade your current system to Windows 10

It may not sound strange, but the first thing to do is to upgrade the current operating system to Windows 10.

If you purchased an electronic activation key for Windows 10? you can immediately proceed to the next step, and for owners of G7 and G8 licenses, we will explain that during the update, the installed OS is checked for licensing and activation.

It is the presence of a license for Windows 7, 8, 8.1 that entitles their owners to perform a free update within a year after the release of Windows 10.

Note! In case of a successful check on the Microsoft servers, the computer is registered, or rather, its unique components are registered. Thus, this registration and subsequent identification is carried out not for an account, but for computer hardware. You only need to update the system once to register with Microsoft, after which, after making sure that the system is activated, you can safely proceed with the installation.

You can update the system using a special Windows 10 Media Creation tool, which can be downloaded from Microsoft official site .

Step 2: Capture the Windows 10 Image

Run the utility again Windows 10 Media Creation . Since we have updated the system, select the second item:

We select the type of media (flash drive with a capacity of at least 4 GB or DVD) on which the image, architecture, language and version of the system will be recorded.

After recording, the OS media is not removable and proceed to the next step.

Step 3Install Windows 10

Installing Windows 10 is no different than installing the last two versions of this operating system. Let's briefly go over the main points.

After writing the OS to the media, it's time to think about the safety of the existing user data.

All data located on the system disk and representing value, incl. on the desktop and folders of users, you need to copy to another local drive, removable hard drive or flash drive.

The first thing the system will offer is to connect to one of the available wireless networks and, if there are none, it will again ask you to enter the product license code.

The algorithm of actions is exactly the same as before, if there is a product key, enter it, if not, select the "Do it later" item.

In the next window, we will be offered to increase the speed of work; for this, go to the "Settings" menu.

If you are not very versed in this matter, select the item "Use standard settings".

Next, create a user account. If you have a Microsoft account and your computer is connected to the Internet, you can immediately log into it.


The final step will be the final setup of the system. As a rule, this stage lasts 15-45 minutes, depending on the hardware of your PC.

And here is the desktop of the new operating system!

Installing Windows 10

How to install Windows 10 - step by step instructions