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For a more flexible set of options, including the ability to create a bootable USB flash drive or DVD<br />

with the Windows <strong>10</strong> installer files, scroll down that page, and download a lightweight utility called the<br />

Media Creation Tool. Figure 3-1 shows this tool in action, after choosing the Create Installation Media<br />

For Another PC option.<br />

FIGURE 3-1 The Media Creation Tool downloads Windows <strong>10</strong> installation files that can be used on multiple PCs and<br />

in virtual machines.<br />

By default, the check box in the lower-left corner is selected, so options that are appropriate for the<br />

current system are preselected. If you’re downloading the installation files to upgrade multiple PCs,<br />

clear this check box (as I’ve done in Figure 3-1) and select the options you need from the three dropdown<br />

lists on this page. Select a language (nearly 40 languages are available as of December 2015), an<br />

edition (most people will choose Windows <strong>10</strong> rather than the obscure Windows <strong>10</strong> N edition, which is<br />

legally required as part of an antitrust settlement and lacks media-playback features), and an architecture<br />

(32-bit, 64-bit, or both).<br />

You can use the next set of options, shown in Figure 3-2, to download the files and immediately create<br />

a bootable USB flash drive for multiple installations or, as an alternative, download the same files in<br />

a disk image file (ISO) format.<br />

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