Geekers - – Windows 11 can be installed without a bootable flashdisk, but making a Windows 11 bootable flashdisk has its own advantages. By using a bootable flashdisk, you don't need to download Windows 11 again if at any time Windows 11 needs to be reinstalled. A bootable flashdisk will also help when there are problems that cannot be overcome with Windows' built-in features.
One of the requirements for installing Windows 11 is TPM 2.0 which must be activated via UEFI. By using certain tricks, Windows 11 can also be installed on PCs that do not support TPM (Trusted Platform Module).
This trick is very easy to do, even for novice users. The reason is, all you need to do is delete one file only. To find out how to make a Windows 11 bootable flash drive in full, you can listen to it through the guide below.
How to Make a Windows 11 Bootable Flashdisk with Rufus
1. Download the Windows 11 ISO file from here.
2. Download Rufus from here. If so, run Rufus.
3. The first time you run Rufus, a message will appear like the image below. Click "Yes" if you want Rufus to check for updates regularly, click "No" if not.
Confirm Rufus update Confirm Rufus update
4. Plug the flash drive into the PC. Rufus will automatically detect the flashdisk and display its name in the "Device" column along with its storage capacity. In this tutorial we use a flash drive that has a storage capacity of 32 GB.
how to make a Windows 11 bootable flash drive with Rufus how to make a Windows 11 bootable flash drive with Rufus
5. Configure Rufus as described below:
* Click the “SELECT” button, then locate and double-click on the Windows 11 ISO file to insert it into Rufus.
* In the "Partition Scheme" select GPT.
* In the "Target system" section select UEFI (non CSM).
* In the "Volume label" section, this option functions to give a name to the flashdisk. Rufus has given the name automatically, but you can also change it to another name.
* In the "File system", select NTFS.
* In the "Cluster size" section, leave it as is.
Configuring Windows 11 on Rufus Configuring Windows 11 on Rufus
6. After setting all the configurations above, click the “Start” button.
7. Click the “OK” button. After that, Rufus will start the process of making a bootable Windows 11 flash drive. Wait for it to finish.
Confirm making a bootable flashdisk Confirm making a bootable flashdisk
8. After Rufus has finished creating a bootable Windows 11 flash drive, click the Close button to exit Rufus.
How to Make a Windows 11 Bootable Flashdisk with Windows 11 Installation Media
1. Open the Microsoft site via this link.
2. In the “Create Windows 11 Installation Media� section, click the “Download Now� as shown in the image below.
Download Windows 11 Media Creation Tool Download Windows 11 Media Creation Tool
3. Open File Explorer and double-click on MediaCreationToolW11 to run it.
Make a Windows 11 Bootable Flashdisk with the Media Creation Tool Make a Windows 11 Bootable Flashdisk with the Media Creation Tool
4. If the UAC window appears, type the admin password if there is one, then click the Yes button.
UAC window UAC window
5. Click the “Accept� in the window that appears next.
click the Accept button click the Accept button
6. Click on the option “Use the recommended options for this PC� to remove the check mark, then click the “Next� as shown by the arrow in the image below.
How to Make a Bootable Windows 11 Flashdisk How to Make a Bootable Windows 11 Flashdisk
7. Click on the USB flash drive option, then click Next.
Select USB flash drive Select USB flash drive
8. Plug the flash drive into the PC, then click Refresh drive list, which is then followed by clicking on the name of the flash that appears, then clicking Next.
Click the flash name Click the flash name
9. Wait until the Windows 11 bootable flash disk creation process ends, then click the Finish button.
How to Make a Windows 11 Bootable Flashdisk for a PC that doesn't support TPM
1. Choose one of the methods for making a Windows 11 bootable flash drive that has been described above, and run all the steps until it's finished.
2. After finishing creating a bootable flashdisk, open File Explorer, then open the Sources folder. Find and delete the file named appraiserres.dll.
remove appraiserres.dll remove appraiserres.dll
That's how to make a Windows 11 bootable flash drive for PCs and laptops that support TPM and those that don't support TPM. It's easy and doesn't take too long. The manufacturing process only takes a few minutes. What requires patience is the process of downloading the Windows 11 ISO file because the file size is around 5 GB.