Need installation media to reinstall Windows? Here's how to create a bootable CD, USB, or DVD with an ISO from scratch!

You can download Windows 11 as an ISO file, then directly install it, burn it onto a disc, or copy it to a USB drive.

If you download Windows 10 or 11 as an ISO file, you’ll need to burn the file to a bootable DVD or copy it to a bootable USB drive to install it on your target computer.

1. How to make a data disc Windows' own data disc burning routines can be slow and frustrating, and don't always produce a disc that can be read by other devices.

Keeping an ISO backup of expensive software such as Microsoft Office on your computer allows you to burn it back to a CD or DVD should the original ever stop working.

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Another option is to burn the ISO file onto a disc to install Windows 11 on any computer. However, the Windows 11 ISO file is more than 5GB in size, which means it won’t fit on a standard DVD.