Help! Trouble Loading Win11

[Tank Geek]

I got my PC up and going, but I cannot get the WIndows SW onto a USB stick. It keeps telling my the file is too large for the destination. I used a clean 16GB, 64GB and a 128GB. And none of them work. So I keep getting stuck with the Install.WIM file, Why will it not load onto a stick? I am lost!
Thank you...

 

[Tank Geek]

I got it figured out, thanks

 

[EarthDog]

Windows Media Creation Tool, friends! It does it for ya!

Dare I ask what happened?

 

[don256us]

He was formated in FAT32 which has a 4GB limit. Switch to a different file system and it works. I only know because it traps me every time I do it. You'd think I'd learn just the once.

 

[EarthDog]

He was formated in FAT32 which has a 4GB limit. Switch to a different file system and it works. I only know because it traps me every time I do it. You'd think I'd learn just the once.

Ahhh makes sense. Doesn't the WMC tool format for you? I forgot and my internet is being a PITA and won't even get through DLing Windows, lol.

EDIT: I know it deletes files off of it...

EDIt2: Windows finally DLs and it just says done, so, WMC does not appear to format for you.

 

[MisterEd]

Ahhh makes sense. Doesn't the WMC tool format for you? I forgot and my internet is being a PITA and won't even get through DLing Windows, lol.

EDIT: I know it deletes files off of it...

EDIt2: Windows finally DLs and it just says done, so, WMC does not appear to format for you.

Actually, the WMC tool does partition and format the flash drive.

When the WMC tool asks to select the destination flash drive the drive must already be partitioned and formatted. Otherwise it wouldn't be able to select the flash drive. However, the initial format does not matter since the WMC tool will delete the existing partition, create a new one, and format it FAT32. I have tested this with initial formats of NTFS, exFAT, and FAT32.



BTW, one flash drive I had was previously partitioned and formatted by some other diagnostic program to create a bootable version of itself. It must have been a proprietary format because the WMC tool could not repartition it. I was surprised that Disk Management could not repartition it either. I ended up using the EASEUS Partition Master utility to repartition and format it.

 

[EarthDog]

So... if that's true/what WMC does.... wonder what happened to the OP (and don)...

...just not formatted before?

 

[MisterEd]

So... if that's true/what WMC does.... wonder what happened to the OP (and don)...

...just not formatted before?

The OP said he figured things out but never said what he was doing wrong. He also never said why he was trying to copy files one at a time to the flash drive.

 

[EarthDog]

The OP said he figured things out but never said what he was doing wrong. He also never said why he was trying to copy files one at a time to the flash drive.

I know...i read the posts. Was more wondering out loud...

At this point, I'm guessing he copied his windows folder or something.

 

[don256us]

Me? I just tried to copy the ISO and failed. I haven't done much of this lately as I'm doing less and less outside work. My work place uses network images to load new machines so I don't get much practice there.

Maybe the OP had a cheap thumbdrive that was not the actual size that it reported to be?

 

[EarthDog]

Me? I just tried to copy the ISO and failed.

That's a different method than have the MCT do it... where it appears to be more of an automatic thing.

 

[Tank Geek]

Sorry for disappearing.

I have had issue after issue getting this PC up and going. I am on my new machine now.

Building a new machine is always a learning experience for me.. Thank you all for the replies.

With the Media Creation Tool? I was just putting on the stick and not loading it on to the stick. Which is my I tried the ISO.

Then I got stuck trying to install Windows because my PC did not see any networks. Anyway, after much failure, a guy on the MSI forum was able to help me get passed that by going into CMD and typing OOBE\BYBASSRNO
I would have never figured that one out.

Now to try and OC this bad boy.....

 

[EarthDog]

That's an incredibly long way around things... yeah. You need to have something that can read the ISO file. The WMC tool does all of that for you.

Microsoft has a webpage to create bootable media with a base windows image on it.... that's the way to do it.

Create installation media for Windows - Microsoft Support

Learn how to create installation media for installing or reinstalling Windows.

support.microsoft.com

 

[Tank Geek]

That's an incredibly long way around things...

The difference was, getting a link on the page that was supposed to detect any networks that would let me continue the Windows install without a internet connection. Then I could finally load the drivers that I was trying to load all along.

The WMC tool does all of that for you.

It did load when I finally got the link to allow me to.