| Source | Safe? | Legal? | Up-to-Date? | Recommended? | |--------|-------|--------|-------------|---------------| | | ❌ No | ⚠️ Grey area | ❌ Usually old | ❌ Avoid | | Official Microsoft | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Use this |
If you cannot use the ISO directly, tools like or Ventoy are industry standards. You can download the ISO using the method above and use Rufus to burn it to a USB drive. This ensures you are using a clean, unmodified file straight from Microsoft servers.