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.

Rufus creates bootable USB sticks for Windows, Linux, and other OS. We'll show you how to use it.

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

If you need a USB drive that's widely compatible with different devices, you may want to format it to FAT32. Here's how to do so on Mac and PC.