Download Official Windows 10 ISO via USB & DVD Media Creation Tool (Without Product Key)

To use the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool, follow these steps (this tutorial focuses on downloading ISO and creating DVD or USB media for Windows 10):

1. Download Windows 10 Media Creation Tool from microsoft.com, or via the following download links:

Media Creation Tool (Build 16299.15): MediaCreationTool.exe

Older version of Media Creation Tool

32-bit Media Creation Tool (Build 10240): MediaCreationTool.exe

64-bit Media Creation Tool (Build 10240): MediaCreationToolx64.exe

To get Windows 10 ISO images, or to create a Windows 10 DVD disc or USB flash drive, choose Create installation media for another PC, and hit Next.

Windows 7 Home Basic

Windows 7 Home Premium

Windows 8.1 with Bing

Windows 10 Home

Windows 7 Ultimate

Windows 8/8.1 Professional with Media Center

Windows 8 Single Language with Bing

Windows 8 Chinese Language Edition with Bing

If you selected ISO file, choose a folder location to store the Windows 10 ISO image.

In Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10, you can directly burn the ISO to DVD disc with Windows built-in DVD burner called Windows Disc Image Burner.

You can now locate the Windows 10 ISO or media at the location you specified in the wizard, and use it to install or upgrade any PC, such as using Windows 10 ISO to upgrade Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, by simply running the setup.exe. Do remember to check on Windows 10 system requirements to ensure that current system can run Windows 10 properly.

The ISO images that are downloaded directly from Microsoft’s servers is completely the same and has identical file hashes with ISO images posted on MSDN and the leaked Windows 10 OEM ISO.

Note that the file hashes (CRC32, SHA1, MDA and etc.) for Windows 10 ISO images created by Media Creation Tool are unique as time stamps and other factors are different for each computers. However, all Windows 10 ISO downloaded is identical, all of which the final gold master RTM release with build version number of 10.0.10240.16384. Microsoft first released the Windows 10 RTM Build 10240 to Windows Insiders, properly to test the upgrade process.

• Windows 10 Anniversary Update v.1607 (Build 14393)


• Windows 10 November 2015 Update v.1511 (Build 10586) | Download Windows 10 Version 1511 (Build 10586) ISO


• Download Official Windows 10 ISO | Upgrade to Windows 10


• Windows Insiders get free Windows 10 genuine license


• Windows 10 Upgrade is free for Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 systems until July 29th, 2016 (Reserve Windows 10 upgrade or Lock in the free Windows 10 Upgrade License)


• Clean install and activate Windows 10 is allowed (No Windows 10 product key is issued for Windows 10 upgrade license acquired under the free upgrade program. However, Microsoft records the device's hardware ID or HWID on its activation server when the device is first upgraded to Windows 10 and activated. On future reinstallation of Windows 10, the device will automatically be granted permanent activation status when the activation server detects its matching hardware ID).


• Windows 10 general avaiability release date is on July 29th, 2015


• Windows 10 RTM build version is 10240.16384.150709-1700.TH1. The GA build version (verison of Windows 10 after installing all zero day patch (ZDP) and Day One Patch as of official launch date) is, depending on where you look at it, either 10240.16393.th1_st1.150717-1719 (BuildLabEx in Registry), 10.0.10240.1639 (Hardware Adstraction Layer in MSInfo), or 10.0.10240.16405 / 10240.16405.150725-1815.th1 (Explorer.exe).


• Windows 10 Features


• Features depreciation in Windows 10 with alternative replacement


• Windows 10 editions (SKUs)


• Windows 10 editions features comparison chart


• Windows 10 upgrade path (upgrade matrix)


• Windows 10 roll out plan


• Windows 10 system requirements


• Windows 10 Prices: Retail Licenses | OEM Licenses

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About the Author: LK

This is the only option that worked for me… i am downloading now. Thanks!

I have downloaded the iso but while installing it is asking for the product key even though my windows 8.1 is genuine

Your windows 8.1 still has a product key. Search online for “how to get windows 8.1 product key” and there are some methods to get your key. I used the one where I created a .vbs file and ran that file.

What if I have a Linux machine and I need a fresh install of Windows 10 9ie no product key at all)

I’ve seen a computer with a windows 7 sticker, it had an unactivated fresh dvd install of 10240, upgraded to 10586 and activated itself. No windows7/8 to 10 upgrade! I have yet to find a working 10586 iso, so that I will then know for sure if installing 10586 directly will activate a 7/8 slic bios activation. The mct tool above downloads an iso that gives me errors. Same thing with ms techbench and using the wzor javascript hack.

Here’s a little for the pirates with computers with vista or xp stickers: if you feel safe hacking the bios (bios-mods.com), and you can activate an oem cd of 7 or 8, then you can get a real, activated windows 10. Even if you removed the hacked bios, you still have a windows 10 activation for life.

Copy and paste the following into a Notepad window with vbs extension:

Set WshShell = CreateObject(“WScript.Shell”)

MsgBox ConvertToKey(WshShell.RegRead(“HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionDigitalProductId”))

Const KeyOffset = 52

Cur = Key(x + KeyOffset) + Cur

Key(x + KeyOffset) = (Cur 24) And 255

Cur = Cur Mod 24

Loop While x >= 0

KeyOutput = Mid(Chars, Cur + 1, 1) & KeyOutput

If (((29 – i) Mod 6) = 0) And (i -1) Then