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# Step 1: Preparing USB

1. Download Media Creation Tool [here](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10), click **Download Now.**
2. Open **Media Creation Tool.**
3. Select **Create installation media (USB flash drive, DVD or ISO file) for another PC.**
4. Use the recommended options.
5. Select **USB flash drive** *(min 8 GB).*
6. Select your USB flash drive *(this will remove all its data).*
7. Drag this[ file ](https://elite4files.elite4cheats.com/share/vhe4cV0i)(Autounattended.xml): Together with the windows

#### Your USB should look like: <a href="#your-usb-should-look-like" id="your-usb-should-look-like"></a>

<figure><img src="/files/d3P6q7ddy8okNKmFdOQB" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

#### Getting Ethernet Drivers <a href="#your-usb-should-look-like" id="your-usb-should-look-like"></a>

1. Open **Device Manager**

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<figure><img src="/files/JC8wzKHr5tAlvZNtnaDS" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

2. Open **Msinfo32 and search your Baseboard (Motherboard) Proudct:**

<figure><img src="/files/mvtUM1m1xOTAO0ZdBtrL" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

3. Search your **Motherboard Proudct in Google and download the driver**

<figure><img src="/files/o4vaCO2DDJF9cWOjbLRF" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

4. **Extract the downloaded drivers to your USB stick**\
   You'll need them later during the reinstall process.

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## Asus Motherboards:

* Make sure you downgrading to a version **PRE 2022**
* If you have the **lowest version** without any possibility to downgrade further, then you may proceed to **upgrade by only one version**.
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