Latest Windows 10 iso file too large for DVD!

Anonymous
2020-11-10T01:49:42+00:00

I downloaded the media creation tool for 20H2 Windows 10 version. Requested 64 bit version ONLY.

ISO file is over 4.7GB, does not fit on DVD. What should I do? I DO NOT want to mess with dual layer,

blue ray, or flash drives. Never had this problem before, seems like a glitch in the tool perhaps,

it does not compress the file properly?

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows update

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Anonymous
2021-05-19T12:37:59+00:00

This one works! Just burned it to DVD. So, this should resolve all the media format woes posted here? :)

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=616447

Be sure to choose the second option to create media installation, unless you want to update directly.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-04-16T16:53:59+00:00

    I downloaded the media creation tool for 20H2 Windows 10 version. Requested 64 bit version ONLY.

    ISO file is over 4.7GB, does not fit on DVD. What should I do? I DO NOT want to mess with dual layer,

    blue ray, or flash drives. Never had this problem before, seems like a glitch in the tool perhaps,

    it does not compress the file properly?

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-04-05T20:39:57+00:00

    Hello, You can purchase an external Double Layer DVD drive from Amazon for under $30. The media is fairly inexpensive also. Might this be a way through your difficulty?

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-04-04T20:59:27+00:00

    Some may find the following solution too complicated (which it isn't) or think that it will take too much time (which it won't) but here is my second solution to this problem. I'm using OP's requirements (no dual-layer DVD, no use of USB key) but I do require a network connection.

    1. Download and burn a Hiren's BootCD PE DVD.

    1. Boot the DVD and use the AOEMI disk tool on the system to create an 8GB NTFS partition at the end of the HD.
    2. Follow these directions to download the 20H2 ISO file to the new HD partition.   Right-click the "64-bit Download" button so you can do a "save link as" to the new partition.
    3. Mount the ISO as a virtual drive.
    4. Run setup on the virtual drive.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-04-04T19:46:03+00:00

    This was for an upgrade which some are doing.

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