[SOLVED] Windows 10 DVD but No DVD Drive

[TheBish]

I just built a new machine without a DVD drive. I purchased Windows 10 Pro DVD rather than the USB version.

Do you know if I can simply download the Windows Media Creation Tool to thumb drive and use the Product Key within the DVD package? I do not want to open the package for the product key and then not have it work. Thank you in advance!

 

[USAFRet]

I just built a new machine without a DVD drive. I purchased Windows 10 Pro DVD rather than the USB version.

Do you know if I can simply download the Windows Media Creation Tool to thumb drive and use the Product Key within the DVD package? I do not want to open the package for the product key and then not have it work. Thank you in advance!

On a different working system, you download the MediaCreation tool, and then run it to create the bootable USB.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

You can use the license key that came with the DVD.

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[TheBish]

Thank you for the quick response!

 

[USAFRet]

Thank you for the quick response!

Good luck!