Download Windows 10 iso directly – Install / upgrade offline

Microsoft has released its new operating system Windows 10 – which is available free for the existing Windows 7 and Windows 8 users. Windows 7 & 8 users can upgrade to Windows 10 through a tool called “Media Creation Tool” – which is available in this link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

The software downloads the whole operating system and then updates your Windows 7 or 8 to Windows 10. This is a painstaking process where you need to keep you computer on for a long time for the upgrade to complete. However, there is another method using which you can download the whole ISO – burn it in DVD or make a bootable USB drive and install/upgrade to Windows 10 operating system. Moreover, you can distribute the ISO or keep it with you for future use – saving a lot of Internet bandwidth and time for you.

The “Media Creation Tool” is for the windows users who are planning to upgrade – but there might be Linux or Mac users who might want to shift to windows 10. Windows has direct iso download option for Linux or Mac users. Well – we will use this feature to get the Windows 10 iso even from the windows. There is an extension of Google Chrome browser named “User Agent Switcher Extension“. If you do not have it – you have to install it.

After installation of the extension – right click on a blank space on any webpage – Click on “User-Agent Switcher” >> Safari >> Safari on Mac. Or alternatively other operating system [firefox, Google Chrome, Opera] of MAC or Ubuntu.

Now go to this link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO

You may ask the question – why do you need to use that Google Chrome extension!! Well, if you try to browse the above link from your browser and if you are using windows – you’ll be redirected to: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

This redirected page will only allow you to download “Media Creation Tool” not the direct Windows 10 ISO. I hope this make sense now…

However, You’ll be prompted to choose the Windows 10 Edition. You may select “Windows 10”.

Then you’ll again be prompted to select the language.

After you select your desired language you’ll get the ISO download link:

Remember – the download link is valid for 24 hours. The download size is nearly 4GB (3.8 to be precise). After you download it – you may make a bootable usb disk or burn it in a DVD – distribute it to anyone who wants to upgrade or install fresh windows 10 in their computer. Cheers.

Good Luck…