**Creating a Bootable USB with Windows 11**

To start creating a bootable USB with Windows 11, you need to go to the Windows 11 download page and scroll down to the "Create Windows 11 Installation Media" section. Click on the blue "Download Now" button to begin the process. Navigate to the downloaded .exe file and launch it. This will initiate the Windows 11 setup process.

**Selecting the Edition and Creating Media**

On the next screen, you'll be asked which edition of Windows 11 you'd like to create media for. Currently, the only option is Windows 11 Home. You can choose a different edition if needed; however, we'll stick with Windows 11 Home for this tutorial. Click "Next" to proceed.

**Selecting the USB Flash Drive**

The next screen will ask you to select the USB flash drive where you want to create the media. If you haven't already plugged in your USB drive, do so now. Then, click "Refresh" to see the list of available drives. Select your USB drive and click "Next". The installer will then download Windows 11 and verify its integrity before creating the media.

**Downloading and Verifying the Media**

The next screen will show a progress bar indicating how much longer it'll take to complete the process. This can take some time, so you may want to do something else in the meantime. Once the download is complete, click "Finish" to proceed with the installation.

**Entering UEFI Firmware Settings**

To create a bootable USB with Windows 11, you need to get into the BIOS settings. To do this, navigate to the Start menu and click on "Settings". Then, click on "Update & Security", followed by "Recovery". Under the advanced startup section, click "Restart Now". The system will reboot into the BIOS.

**Accessing the BIOS**

In some cases, you may not have the UEFI firmware settings available. If that's the case, you'll need to quickly press a key on your keyboard as your computer boots up. On some systems, this key is F2. You can also try pressing F1, F8, or F10, depending on your motherboard. Once in the BIOS, navigate to the boot menu and select your internal drive followed by the USB flash drive. This will load Windows 11 setup onto your computer.

**Installing Windows 11**

Once you're in the Windows 11 installer, select your language and click "Next". If you have a valid product key handy, you can enter it now or skip this step for later activation. Choose your version of Windows 11; we'll be using Windows 11 Home. Click "Next" to proceed.

**Custom Installation Options**

You'll then be presented with two options: upgrading and keeping all files and settings, or doing a custom installation that will erase everything on the drive. We'll choose the latter option for this tutorial. Select the drive you want to install Windows 11 on and click "Next". The installation process will begin.

**Setting Up Windows 11**

After a few reboots, you'll be greeted with a screen asking you to give your PC a name. This is usually the name it will show up as on your network. Click "Yes" and then select your keyboard layout. You'll then be asked to create or sign in to a Microsoft account. Unlike previous versions of Windows, this is now required.

**Creating a Microsoft Account**

Once you've logged into your Microsoft account, you can switch to an offline account after the installation is complete. Click "Setup as New Device", followed by "Next". You'll then be asked if you want to share information with Microsoft; we won't do that in this tutorial. Finally, you have the option to set up OneDrive, but we won't be doing that either.

**Finalizing the Installation**

After skipping all these additional options, your computer will finish setting up Windows 11 and drop you off into the new desktop environment. Congratulations! You've successfully created a bootable USB with Windows 11.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enlike it or not windows 11 is here and microsoft is slowly rolling out its new os to all of its users today i'm going to show you two ways to get windows 11 right now you can get windows 11 by waiting for an update from microsoft to roll out through its windows update but microsoft has said that it will slowly roll out this update to users throughout the next few months now i don't know about you i'm a little impatient and i want it right now so i'm gonna show you how to download windows 11 today the two methods i'm going over is one downloading the update directly from microsoft's website and two creating a bootable usb but first i'm gonna go over how to check to see if your pc is even compatible with windows 11. if you already know this feel free to skip ahead in the video i left time codes in the description below before we start downloading windows 11 we want to make sure that our machine is compatible with the new os the two main requirements are that you have a tpm 2.0 chip on your motherboard and that secure boot is enabled on your machine microsoft has required pc manufacturers to include these options on all new computers since july of 2016. however many users have reported that these options are disabled thus keeping them from upgrading to windows 11. it's a simple fix so let's go through the process by checking windows 11 compatibility on your machine start by going to your favorite web browser and typing in www.microsoft.com forward slash en dash us forward slash software dash downloads forward slash windows 11. there you'll see a link to download microsoft's pc health check tool click on the link on the next page click download pc health check app navigate to where you downloaded the app then double click to run it agree to the license agreement and click install let it do its thing for just a few seconds then click finish the app will launch immediately click on the blue check now button windows will run a check to see if your machine is compatible with windows 11. if it shows that tpm 2.0 and or secure boot isn't enabled check out this video here where i walk you through how to enable these options if you have green check marks and your computer is ready for windows 11 then we can continue to update your machine to windows 11 start by visiting the windows 11 download page scroll all the way down to the windows 11 installation assistant click the blue download now button find the downloaded file and launch it to start the install click the accept and install button the installer will do the following three steps on its own without you needing to do anything it will download windows 11 then verify the download and finally install windows 11. during this time you can use your computer and let this run in the background do know that it takes about 30 minutes to an hour or longer depending on your internet speed and your computer's processing power once it's installed your pc will automatically restart in 30 minutes or you can simply click the restart now button to advance your computer will update and restart a few times as it finalizes the windows 11 installation you'll be greeted with the new windows 11 login screen go ahead and log in back into your machine windows will do one final setup and once it's complete it will release you into the new look windows 11 desktop and there you have it you've successfully updated your computer to windows 11. if you're looking to do a clean installation of windows 11 then creating a bootable usb is the route you want to go the bootable usb method is one of my favorite ways to install windows because one it allows me to do a fresh installation of windows and two it allows me to have a backup copy of windows 11 nearby in case i need to restore or recover the os after let's say a bad windows update having a bootable usb also allows me to update as many computers as i want around the home without having to download windows 11 on every single pc which would be incredibly time consuming and ain't nobody got time for that to create a bootable usb we'll be using microsoft's windows 11 media creation tool we'll also need a usb drive that is larger than eight gigabytes in size do know that this process erases everything on the flash drive so be sure to backup anything that you have on it that you want to save to create a bootable usb with windows 11 on it start by going to the windows 11 download page scroll down to the create windows 11 installation media section click on the blue download now button navigate to the download exe file and launch it windows 11 setup will begin click the accept button to get started on the next page you'll be asked for which edition you'd like to create media for currently the only option is windows 11. just a side note here you'll be able to install windows 11 home or windows 11 pro or any other variation of windows 11 you may need we'll choose our version when installing windows later on for now click next here on this page we're going to select the usb flash drive and then click next if you haven't already plugged in your usb drive plug it in now then click refresh drive list your usb drive should pop up on the list select it and then click next from here on out the installer will download windows 11 verify the download and create the windows 11 media this takes a while so be prepared to go do something else once the process is complete click finish from here you can eject the flash drive and take it to another machine or to do a clean installation of windows you first need to get into the bios to do this navigate to the start menu then click settings click on update and security on the left menu click on recovery then under the advanced startup click restart now the machine will reboot into this blue window click on the troubleshoot option then the advanced options look for the uefi firmware settings then click restart the system will reboot and load into the bios if you don't have the uefi firmware settings there is another way of getting into the bios but it requires quick fingers start by turning off your computer then turn it back on as it boots up you might have seen a manufacturer logo during this screen you'll have to quickly press or tap a key on your keyboard on some splash screens you'll see a line of text at the bottom saying press f2 to enter setup or system configuration f2 depending on what kind of computer you have it might be a different key it could be any key ranging from f1 f2 f8 f10 f11 and even the delete key for my motherboard here i'll use the delete key once in the bios of your computer navigate to the boot menu in the boot override section you'll see your internal drive along with the flash drive select and boot into the flash drive from there your computer will load up the windows 11 installer select your language and click next then install now if you have your windows product key handy you can put it in now or you can activate your windows later i'll do the latter option pick your version of windows 11 i'll be going with windows 11 home then click next on this screen you have two options you can either upgrade and keep all your files and settings or you can do a custom installation which will erase everything and do a clean installation of windows i'm going to select the custom option select the drive you want to install windows 11 on and click next windows setup will take over and you can sit back and relax while windows does its thing your computer will restart a few times after that you'll be guided through setting up windows 11. select your country or region and click yes choose your keyboard layout click yes windows will then check for updates and do some work in the background on the following screen it will ask you to give your pc a name this is usually the name it will show up as on your network then click next after a few more reboots you'll be greeted with this screen here you'll have to create or sign in to a microsoft account unlike previous versions of windows this is required you'll be able to switch to an offline account after the installation is complete sign in and create a pin for your machine click ok and since you logged into your microsoft account it will pull up information on your previous computers you can restore your settings and preferences if you'd like i'm not going to do that i'm going to click setup as new device then click next on the following screen you can decide what information you want to share with microsoft click accept you can customize your experience with windows 11 if you'd like however i'm going to go ahead and skip this onedrive is also being pushed with windows 11 i will choose to not backup my files to onedrive you can if you'd like click next more microsoft products here i'll click no thanks and that's it your computer will finish the setup and in a few short minutes you'll be dropped off into the new windows 11 desktop thank you so much for watching if you're interested in getting windows 11 i've left a link to it in the description below don't forget to like comment and subscribe to cnet see yalike it or not windows 11 is here and microsoft is slowly rolling out its new os to all of its users today i'm going to show you two ways to get windows 11 right now you can get windows 11 by waiting for an update from microsoft to roll out through its windows update but microsoft has said that it will slowly roll out this update to users throughout the next few months now i don't know about you i'm a little impatient and i want it right now so i'm gonna show you how to download windows 11 today the two methods i'm going over is one downloading the update directly from microsoft's website and two creating a bootable usb but first i'm gonna go over how to check to see if your pc is even compatible with windows 11. if you already know this feel free to skip ahead in the video i left time codes in the description below before we start downloading windows 11 we want to make sure that our machine is compatible with the new os the two main requirements are that you have a tpm 2.0 chip on your motherboard and that secure boot is enabled on your machine microsoft has required pc manufacturers to include these options on all new computers since july of 2016. however many users have reported that these options are disabled thus keeping them from upgrading to windows 11. it's a simple fix so let's go through the process by checking windows 11 compatibility on your machine start by going to your favorite web browser and typing in www.microsoft.com forward slash en dash us forward slash software dash downloads forward slash windows 11. there you'll see a link to download microsoft's pc health check tool click on the link on the next page click download pc health check app navigate to where you downloaded the app then double click to run it agree to the license agreement and click install let it do its thing for just a few seconds then click finish the app will launch immediately click on the blue check now button windows will run a check to see if your machine is compatible with windows 11. if it shows that tpm 2.0 and or secure boot isn't enabled check out this video here where i walk you through how to enable these options if you have green check marks and your computer is ready for windows 11 then we can continue to update your machine to windows 11 start by visiting the windows 11 download page scroll all the way down to the windows 11 installation assistant click the blue download now button find the downloaded file and launch it to start the install click the accept and install button the installer will do the following three steps on its own without you needing to do anything it will download windows 11 then verify the download and finally install windows 11. during this time you can use your computer and let this run in the background do know that it takes about 30 minutes to an hour or longer depending on your internet speed and your computer's processing power once it's installed your pc will automatically restart in 30 minutes or you can simply click the restart now button to advance your computer will update and restart a few times as it finalizes the windows 11 installation you'll be greeted with the new windows 11 login screen go ahead and log in back into your machine windows will do one final setup and once it's complete it will release you into the new look windows 11 desktop and there you have it you've successfully updated your computer to windows 11. if you're looking to do a clean installation of windows 11 then creating a bootable usb is the route you want to go the bootable usb method is one of my favorite ways to install windows because one it allows me to do a fresh installation of windows and two it allows me to have a backup copy of windows 11 nearby in case i need to restore or recover the os after let's say a bad windows update having a bootable usb also allows me to update as many computers as i want around the home without having to download windows 11 on every single pc which would be incredibly time consuming and ain't nobody got time for that to create a bootable usb we'll be using microsoft's windows 11 media creation tool we'll also need a usb drive that is larger than eight gigabytes in size do know that this process erases everything on the flash drive so be sure to backup anything that you have on it that you want to save to create a bootable usb with windows 11 on it start by going to the windows 11 download page scroll down to the create windows 11 installation media section click on the blue download now button navigate to the download exe file and launch it windows 11 setup will begin click the accept button to get started on the next page you'll be asked for which edition you'd like to create media for currently the only option is windows 11. just a side note here you'll be able to install windows 11 home or windows 11 pro or any other variation of windows 11 you may need we'll choose our version when installing windows later on for now click next here on this page we're going to select the usb flash drive and then click next if you haven't already plugged in your usb drive plug it in now then click refresh drive list your usb drive should pop up on the list select it and then click next from here on out the installer will download windows 11 verify the download and create the windows 11 media this takes a while so be prepared to go do something else once the process is complete click finish from here you can eject the flash drive and take it to another machine or to do a clean installation of windows you first need to get into the bios to do this navigate to the start menu then click settings click on update and security on the left menu click on recovery then under the advanced startup click restart now the machine will reboot into this blue window click on the troubleshoot option then the advanced options look for the uefi firmware settings then click restart the system will reboot and load into the bios if you don't have the uefi firmware settings there is another way of getting into the bios but it requires quick fingers start by turning off your computer then turn it back on as it boots up you might have seen a manufacturer logo during this screen you'll have to quickly press or tap a key on your keyboard on some splash screens you'll see a line of text at the bottom saying press f2 to enter setup or system configuration f2 depending on what kind of computer you have it might be a different key it could be any key ranging from f1 f2 f8 f10 f11 and even the delete key for my motherboard here i'll use the delete key once in the bios of your computer navigate to the boot menu in the boot override section you'll see your internal drive along with the flash drive select and boot into the flash drive from there your computer will load up the windows 11 installer select your language and click next then install now if you have your windows product key handy you can put it in now or you can activate your windows later i'll do the latter option pick your version of windows 11 i'll be going with windows 11 home then click next on this screen you have two options you can either upgrade and keep all your files and settings or you can do a custom installation which will erase everything and do a clean installation of windows i'm going to select the custom option select the drive you want to install windows 11 on and click next windows setup will take over and you can sit back and relax while windows does its thing your computer will restart a few times after that you'll be guided through setting up windows 11. select your country or region and click yes choose your keyboard layout click yes windows will then check for updates and do some work in the background on the following screen it will ask you to give your pc a name this is usually the name it will show up as on your network then click next after a few more reboots you'll be greeted with this screen here you'll have to create or sign in to a microsoft account unlike previous versions of windows this is required you'll be able to switch to an offline account after the installation is complete sign in and create a pin for your machine click ok and since you logged into your microsoft account it will pull up information on your previous computers you can restore your settings and preferences if you'd like i'm not going to do that i'm going to click setup as new device then click next on the following screen you can decide what information you want to share with microsoft click accept you can customize your experience with windows 11 if you'd like however i'm going to go ahead and skip this onedrive is also being pushed with windows 11 i will choose to not backup my files to onedrive you can if you'd like click next more microsoft products here i'll click no thanks and that's it your computer will finish the setup and in a few short minutes you'll be dropped off into the new windows 11 desktop thank you so much for watching if you're interested in getting windows 11 i've left a link to it in the description below don't forget to like comment and subscribe to cnet see ya\n"