 Hello everybody! In today's video, we will cover the main steps in creating a bootable flash drive to install Windows 11. There are several methods to create such a drive. They involve the official utility media creation tool or other tools if you have already downloaded an ISO image of the operating system. I'd like to point out that you can use these methods to create a Windows 11 bootable drive both from Windows 10 and Windows 11. And the computer which you are using to create the bootable drive doesn't actually have to be compatible with Windows 11. So here's the first method. Find a USB pen drive with the capacity of at least 8 gigabytes or more. Remember that all data on such a drive will be erased when the ISO image is copied there. Visit the Microsoft official website to download Windows 11. I'll leave the link in the description below. Find a section Create Windows 11 Installation Media Click Download Now. This step will start the download for media creation tool, the utility required for installation of Windows 11. After that, run the utility and accept the license agreement. The default settings in the screen, Select Language and Edition are the ones selected for your current operating system. You can change them if necessary. Hit Next to confirm your choice. At this stage, the installer lets you choose the media to use. Select USB flash drive and click Next. Select one of the removable drives from the list. Bearing in mind that as soon as you click Next, all this data will be erased. When the installation media is created, you will see its message saying your USB flash drive is ready. Click Finish and your Windows 11 bootable drive is ready to use. The second method will be relevant if you already have an ISO image of Windows 11. Install it and analyze the disk. The utility will show you the data you can recover, so you will be able to view it or get it back. In our channel and blog, you will find solutions to any problem, from installing an operating system or configuring it to fixing possible bugs and errors or optimizing mobile gadgets. Our specialists will answer any questions you ask in your comments under the videos or articles. The second method will be relevant if you already have an ISO image of Windows 11. You can download it from the same page of the Microsoft website where you got media creation tool. It shows all available options from Microsoft. Or you can create it with the help of media creation tool. To do it, select the ISO file instead of USB flash drive when choosing the media to use in media creation tool. Specify the folder where to save it. Wait for the files to be downloaded and the system image to be created. When this process is complete, the Windows 11 ISO file will be saved to the folder you have chosen. To create a bootable flash drive, I'll be using a specialized utility called Rufus. You will find the link in the description below this video. Of course, Rufus is not the only tool to write image files to media. There are many similar programs. The most popular titles include Windows 32 Disk Imager, Ultra ISO, UNED booting, Windows Flash, Universal USB Instaur and others. To begin with, start the program. The first step is to select the system image file you need and click Select. The second step is to select the media type. In our case, it's the USB device. If you don't have any important files on this drive, click Start. Confirm your decision to destroy all data on this drive and wait until the files are copied to your USB drive. When it is over, you will see the word Ready appearing below, which means the bootable flash drive is now ready to use. You can start installation on Windows 11 as the main operating system. However, you should remember that you can install Windows 11 with the bootable drive created with either method only if your computer is compatible. That is, if it has TPM, version 2, for higher and secure boot. And if your computer lacks the trusted platform model and it doesn't support the secure boot mode, during the installation you will see a message saying that your PC doesn't meet the minimum system requirements to install Windows 11. In this case, you'll have to use a special method to create a bootable flash drive for installation Windows 11 on an incompatible computer. There are a few methods to do that, but I especially like to know how it is done with Rufus. All the more, this tool is absolutely free and open source. The process of creating a bootable drive for a PC incompatible with Windows 11 is the same. The only difference is here. In the Image option menu, you should select Extended Windows 11 installation. No TPM, no secure boot. Which is exactly the case with incompatible computers. So when you install Windows 11 from such bootable drive on a computer without TPM and a secure boot, you will never see the incompatibility error. If you liked this video, hit the like button below and subscribe to our channel to see more. Thank you for your attention and good luck!