Image 3: Accept the Microsoft software license and Microsoft Media Creation tool
Open that file to run Windows 10 Setup and click Accept. The media creation tool exe file will be downloaded.Image 2: Go to Microsoft Download Windows 10 page Open Microsoft Download Windows 10 page and navigate to ' Download tool now.' (See Image 2).Follow the given instructions to build the bootable media using the Media Creation Tool:
You need to create the bootable media to boot your system and install Windows 10 from USB drive. Step 2 - Build a bootable media with Media Creation Tool Image 1: Mark USB drive partition as Active
Even if your system does not have a CD/DVD drive, it will still have a USB port. It is compatible with every PC and laptop. Why Create a Windows Installation Media with USB?
We've mentioned all that you need for Windows 10 installation. Read this article to know how to install Windows 10 from USB drive. Hence, a lot of users ask for a way to install Windows 10 from USB. A USB, however, is compatible with every PC and laptop, and you can easily turn it into a bootable installation drive. However, most modern computers or laptops no longer have CD/DVD drives.
Windows 10 provides a facility to create bootable installation media using a USB flash drive, DVD, or ISO file. Whether you want to install a clean copy of Windows 10 on a new PC or need to reinstall Windows 10 to repair system errors, you would need a bootable USB installation drive. If you need help figuring out how to do that check out this posting for VirtualBox or this posting for VMware Player. Just install a virtual machine program, create a new virtual machine, and then install Ubuntu like normal within the virtual machine. In order to access your files you will need to enable a shared folder between the virtual machine guest and the Windows host, because the virtual machine has it's own virtual hard drive. Keep in mind that virtual machines require a decent computer, and they don't get great performance so it depends what you plan to do as to whether it will be viable. Virtual machine softwares are basically a program that pretends to be a computer, allowing you to run multiple operating systems at the same time. You cannot run 2 different operating systems at the same time on the same computer, however an alternative would be to install a virtual machine program like VirtualBox or VMware Player on Windows and then run Ubuntu in a virtual machine.