This time you will be looking for the second option on the page- 'Create Windows 11 Installation Media'.

The first step is common for both the methods and you will need to open Microsoft's Windows 11 download page.

You can follow the steps below to use Windows Media Creation tool in order to create a bootable drive: The Redmond giant is also providing its own utility to help users create a Windows 11 bootable drive. If using Rufus sounds complicated, then don't worry as Microsoft has got you covered. Once the process is completed, you will have a bootable Windows 11 drive that you can plug into any system and install Windows 11. You need to click on 'ok' after you have taken a backup of the USB drive.

You will now get a warning informing you that all the data on the USB drive will be deleted if you proceed.

Do not change the advanced format settings unless you know what you are doing.

Volume label - Name of the bootable media.

Now, select the following options to complete the setup:.

Do note that you will need to select the 'Extended Windows installation (no TPM 2.0/no Secure Boot, 8GB+ RAM)' option if you are planning to use the ISO for installation on unsupported hardware.

Select the 'Standard Windows installation (TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, 8GB+ RAM)' under image option.

Browse to the folder where you downloaded the Windows 11 ISO and select it.

Now, select 'Disk or ISO image' under boot selection option and click on 'Select'.

Make sure your USB drive is selected under the device option.

Now, insert a USB drive that you want to turn into a Windows 11 bootable drive.

Once the ISO is downloaded, you will need to download a free utility called Rufus and open it.

Click on '64-bit Download' to start downloading the ISO.

Now, select your preferred language from the dropdown and click on 'confirm'.

Select Windows 11 from the dropdown and click on 'Download'.

For this method, you need to scroll down to the third option on Microsoft's website- 'Download Windows 11 Disk Image (ISO)'.First, head to Microsoft's website to download the ISO.

Windows installation disc