In order to install windows 10 boot your PC/laptop/VM from Windows 10 iso media. Best place to download the media is Microsoft official site (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10). We are using same official media in our example on a VMWare environment. Your installation wizard might be slightly different based upon your operating system version and variant. However the main process remains same. Following is the step-by-step guide that will take you from zero until your desktop loads. The article mainly contains two parts.
- Boot from media.
- Install Windows 10 operating system.
- One-time configuration.
Boot from media
Your need to bun this bootable ISO on DVD/USB etc. After that insert the bootable DVD/USB/ISO and power on your computer. Once you boot from media it will ask you to press any key.
![Windows 10 boot](https://wintelhive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-30.png)
Install Windows 10 Operating System
Firstly you need to select language, time and keyboard type. Secondly click next.
![Windows 10 language](https://wintelhive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-31.png)
You will find a button install now. Click it.
![windows 10 install now](https://wintelhive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-32.png)
Now check “I accept the license terms”. Then click on next button.
![Windows 10 license terms](https://wintelhive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-33.png)
Click on Custom: Install Windows only (advanced).
![Windows 10 installation type](https://wintelhive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-34.png)
You will find the disk installed on your computer. Here you need to select the disk then click on new.
![Windows Disk selection](https://wintelhive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-35.png)
After selecting disk, click on apply to use all disk as C drive. (in our case its 30 GB). You can use consider using lower disk space if you disk is big in size. Later you can create more partitions using free space (D, E drive etc)
![installation disk](https://wintelhive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-36.png)
You will find a message that windows will create additional/system partitions. For system usage this is created by windows. Click OK.
![Additional partition.](https://wintelhive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-37.png)
As you can see, the system has created few partitions marked as recovery, system and MSR(reserved) and one primary partition. However primary partition (in our scenario drive 0 partition 4) is the biggest one and it will be used for operating system. Select it and hit next.
![Select disk drive](https://wintelhive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-38.png)
Your installation process starts now. Wait for a few minutes.
![Installing windows 10 progress.](https://wintelhive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-39.png)
One-time configuration for Windows 10
From list of countries. Next select the region you are in and click yes.
![windows setup region](https://wintelhive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-40.png)
Choose a keyboard type and click yes.
![windows keyboard](https://wintelhive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-41.png)
Skip the second keyboard layout (if not needed).
![windows second keyboard layout.](https://wintelhive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-42-1024x761.png)
Your system will prompt you to update. You can click “Skip for now”. Don’t worry this can be updated later.
![Latest windows updates.](https://wintelhive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-43.png)
I you are using it for personal use. Use first option and click next. I using for office use second option.
![Personal vs organization.](https://wintelhive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-44.png)
It will ask you to create a account. You can select offline account.
![Create account.](https://wintelhive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-45.png)
Select limited experience.
![Windows apps and services.](https://wintelhive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-46.png)
Type a username that you want to use permanently and click next.
![Windows user account](https://wintelhive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-47-1024x767.png)
Here you need to select and type a password. Click next. (We suggest to use a complex password if possible)
![windows 10 set password.](https://wintelhive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-48-1024x759.png)
Confirm your password and click next.
![windows 10 confirm password](https://wintelhive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-49.png)
Select a security question. Type its answer and click next.
![windows 10 security question](https://wintelhive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-50.png)
Repeat this for all three question.
Make Cortana your personal assistant. Select Yes or No. (We will select no).
![Cortana setup.](https://wintelhive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-51.png)
Select accept the privacy settings of your device.
![Privacy settings.](https://wintelhive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-52-1024x770.png)
Wait for a couple of minutes and your Windows 10 is ready. You are good to go.
![Windows 10 desktop loaded](https://wintelhive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-53-1024x770.png)
This is how you install Windows 10. Lastly if you are interested in understanding the installation process of Windows server. You can go through “how-to-install-windows-server“.
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