Windows install

[Johnny-Boi]

i am currently lacking a working pc, can i install windows without having a usb drive

[Drama Lama]

You need some kind of storage to put the installer on and something to install the OS on

no USB drive no install 

you could use an external drive 

Edited June 17, 2020 by Drama Lama

[Johnny-Boi]

8 minutes ago, Drama Lama said:

you could use an external drive 

how would that work 

[Drama Lama]

Just now, Johnny-Boi said:

how would that work 

Use it like an USB stick 

[jaslion]

18 minutes ago, Johnny-Boi said:

i am currently lacking a working pc, can i install windows without having a usb drive

You need something to boot the windows installer from be that a usb, dvd, external hdd,.. So pretty much find someone with a computer that would let you create a bootable usb with the mediacreationtool from microsoft.

[BobVonBob]

9 minutes ago, Johnny-Boi said:

how would that work 

An external drive can be used, but unless it's blank it shouldn't be. The Windows Media Creation Tool will wipe the drive. You might be able to work around this by partitioning the drive and mounting the second partition as a new drive, but I suspect it would be more trouble than it's worth. See if a friend has a USB drive they aren't using, or you can use a DVD instead if you have a DVD reader/writer.

[BobVonBob]

22 minutes ago, Johnny-Boi said:

i am currently lacking a working pc, can i install windows without having a usb drive

Oh wait you don't have a PC? You'll need one to create the installer. Ask a friend or if you've got a local library that's open you could try there.

[Johnny-Boi]

2 minutes ago, BobVonBob said:

Oh wait you don't have a PC?

i mean would a chromebook work

[BobVonBob]

4 minutes ago, Johnny-Boi said:

i mean would a chromebook work

If you have a USB drive, the answer is actually yes.

 

You can follow the instructions from here.

https://technastic.com/create-a-bootable-usb-on-chrome-os/