The Media Creation Tool automatically formats the drive using the GPT (GUID Partition Table) scheme with a FAT32 partition. This is required for modern UEFI motherboards to recognize the drive as bootable.
If you see an error about install.wim being over 4 GB, you have two options:
Use this if the Media Creation Tool fails or you want to understand the process.
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This method automatically formats the USB drive correctly.
Before you touch the USB drive, ensure you have:
| File System | Bootable on UEFI? | Handles files >4 GB? | Use case | |-------------|------------------|----------------------|-----------| | | Yes (standard) | No | Clean install on most modern PCs | | NTFS | Not by default | Yes | When install.wim >4 GB (rare) |
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