UPDATE: In order to download ISO's directly using your web browser, you need to change the User Agent String in your favorite web browser. Learn how in the following article:
Resources: Download Windows 10 ISO Files Directly Using Your Web Browser
Microsoft Windows 10 Iso Download Tool Software
Learn more: Microsoft Removes Access to Windows 10 ISO for Windows 7 or Later
UPDATE: Users attempting to create bootable media using the Media Creation Tool, might encounter error message: 0xC18000116 - 0xA0019. Not much information is given as to why this error is happening, but a Microsoft employee on the Microsoft Community, disclosed, the software firm recently refreshed the Windows 10 ISO media; making it a bit larger than 4.7 Gbs.
Users will now have to use either a 8 GB thumb drive or a dual layer DVD to make a bootable copy. If you download a combination of architectures 32 and 64 bit, along with Home and Pro editions, you might need a USB media with 16 GBs of storage.
Click the Windows START button, and click WINDOWS USB/DVD DOWNLOAD TOOL in the ALL PROGRAMS list to open the Windows USB/DVD Download Tool. In the SOURCE FILE box, type the name and path of your Windows ISO file, or click BROWSE.
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OVERVIEW:
- Which version and edition of Windows 10 is available for download
- Create a bootable copy on a blank DVD or USB thumb drive
- Downloading the Windows 10 ISO using Media Creation Tool
- Downloading the Windows 10 ISO directly Using a Web Browser
- Downloading the Windows 10 Education ISO
- Determine your activation status
- Troubleshooting
Which version and edition of Windows 10 is available for download?
UPDATE: When you use the latest copy of the Media Creation Tool or Microsoft Techbench (linked in this article), it will download Windows 10 build 15063.0. Users have the choice of selecting Home, Pro or both, 32 and 64 bit architectures or both.
Media Creation Tool Windows 10
Can I use my Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 product key to install and activate Windows 10?
UPDATE: Previously, Windows 7, Windows 8.0 and Windows 8.1 users needed to have either of those versions of Windows installed and activated in order to qualify for the free upgrade offer. For persons who needed to perform a clean install of Windows 10 from the outset, it was a two step process of first validating the machine through the upgrade routine, ensure the Windows 10 Upgrade was activated, then proceed to perform a Reset. Starting with the the Windows 10 November Update (1511) and the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, users no longer have to go through this process.
Learn more: How to install and activate Windows 10 using your Windows 7 or Windows 8 product key
This article discusses multiple ways you can download and create a bootable copy of Windows 10. If you experience difficulties downloading Windows 10 setup files using one method; please scroll down further in this article for instructions how to use an alternative method.
This article also contains instructions further down for how to download Windows 10 Education using your issued product key from your institution of higher learning.
Downloading the Windows 10 ISO using Media Creation Tool
If you need to install or reinstall Windows 10, you can use the tools on this page to create your own installation media using either a USB flash drive or a DVD.