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If there are users having retail windows 10 usb please contact me i have questions im looking for a long time. I bought box but it came with 1607 version and id like to ask people with later versions some questions. To avoid confusion the one people that should respond are the owners of retail usb sticks. Thanks.
 
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And taking a shower this AM, it dawned on me the issue with the "x64" folder.
A Retail USB or DVD usually contains both 32bit and 64bit install.
Downloading the ISO from MS, you can choose either 32 bit, 64bit, or both. Most people only select the 64bit.
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podkaracz1 said:
If there are users having retail windows 10 usb please contact me i have questions im looking for a long time. I bought box but it came with 1607 version and id like to ask people with later versions some questions. To avoid confusion the one people that should respond are the owners of retail usb sticks. Thanks.
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There is zero reason to use a "retail USB", or one from 4 years ago.

You can create your own, current USB, direct from MS. $0.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

The only part that counts is the license key. That is the part that costs money.


But, what questions do you have?
 
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USAFRet said:
There is zero reason to use a "retail USB", or one from 4 years ago.

You can create your own, current USB, direct from MS. $0.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

The only part that counts is the license key. That is the part that costs money.


But, what questions do you have?
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The stick is updated regularly and i want to see image of it thats all. I had 1607 version and i want some1 with 1909 for example to show how they made it.
 
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podkaracz1 said:
The stick is updated regularly and i want to see image of it thats all. I had 1607 version and i want some1 with 1909 for example to show how they made it.
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The link above walks you through exactly how to create an up to date Win 10 install.
Currently, v 20H2.

Similarly, the first part of this:

How To - Windows 10 clean install tutorial

If you are looking for the Windows 11 Clean install tutorial, you can find that here: Windows 11 Clean install tutorial (Click here) Otherwise, welcome to the Windows 10 Clean install tutorial This tutorial is intended to help you, step by step, to perform a clean install of Windows...
forums.tomshardware.com forums.tomshardware.com
 
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I have a retail box of Windows 10 with a USB stick. I have no idea what version it is though. I did what USAFRet said and made my old with the latest version using the media creation tool.

I just used the serial key from the retail box.
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Could you please make photos of x64 folder of that usb stick and upload image of x64 folder? Thanks.
 
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USAFRet said:
In the Windows20H2.ISO, there is no "x64 folder".
That (along with MANY things) gets created as you do the actual install.

I just happened to have that ISO available, and mounted it.
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To avoid confusion in this thread the only people that should post are the ones who bought retail usb stick. Thanks.
 
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podkaracz1 said:
To avoid confusion in this thread the only people that should post are the ones who bought retail usb stick. Thanks.
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And to be clear, the only difference between your "retail USB stick" and one created directly from Microsoft, is that the "retail USB stick" comes with a license key.
The files and folders are exactly the same.

Sorry for the delay, I had to run the MediaCreation tool to build the USB, and then compare it with the contents of the bare ISO.

Exactly the same. No "x64" folder. Also, no "Program Files" folder. Nor Document library. Or /Users/ folder. or..or..or...
All that gets created during the OS install.
 
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USAFRet said:
And to be clear, the only difference between your "retail USB stick" and one created directly from Microsoft, is that the "retail USB stick" comes with a license key.
The files and folders are exactly the same.

Sorry for the delay, I had to run the MediaCreation tool to build the USB, and then compare it with the contents of the bare ISO.

Exactly the same. No "x64" folder. Also, no "Program Files" folder. Nor Document library. Or /Users/ folder. or..or..or...
All that gets created during the OS install.
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Im really tired of posting same stuff on many forums since im posting the same stuff on mydigitallife and ten forums and reddit. The difference between retail usb is after 1803 it contains install.swm where media creation tool creates install.esd and msdn has install.wim inside. So no the files are not the same. The retail usb is unique thats why i want to make threads than contains messages sent exclusevly by people who own those sticks.
 
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And from a question asked elsewhere on the innertube...

"The SWM files are created when a WIM file is splitted to smaller parts. "
"Why to split install.wim? FAT32 formatted disk or USB flash drive has a file size limit of 4 GB. You simply cannot copy / save files bigger than that to a FAT32 formatted device. "

In answer to a question 'someone' asked.
 
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USAFRet said:
And from a question asked elsewhere on the innertube...

"The SWM files are created when a WIM file is splitted to smaller parts. "
"Why to split install.wim? FAT32 formatted disk or USB flash drive has a file size limit of 4 GB. You simply cannot copy / save files bigger than that to a FAT32 formatted device. "

In answer to a question 'someone' asked.
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I appreciate every help i get but really in this case. There is no way to help me without having retail usb. As i said those images are unique and the only way to get this is from those sticks.
 
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And taking a shower this AM, it dawned on me the issue with the "x64" folder.
A Retail USB or DVD usually contains both 32bit and 64bit install.
Downloading the ISO from MS, you can choose either 32 bit, 64bit, or both. Most people only select the 64bit.
 
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