Windows 10

[CRV]

Can Windows 10 be downloaded straight without using a CD/DVD, flash drive etc?

 

[VirtualLarry]

If you are running a previous version of Windows, of the same bit-ness (64-bit on 64-bit, etc.), then you can download the MS Windows Upgrade Assistant, which will automagically download the upgrade, and install it.

If you don't have any OS on there at all, then you need a PXE Boot server, or WIM Image boot server, to get the PC to boot off of a remote OS image, and then install the OS over the network to the internal HDD or SSD.

It's much, much, easier, just to use a USB flash drive that is bootable, with the necessary OS installation files on it. One of these can be created with the MS Media Creation Tool.

 

[Amol S.]

Op, you didn't state whether you already have Windows 10 installed or you are planing to upgrade.

You can also use the MS Media Creation Tool, to upgrade to Windows 10. It says it on the Windows media creation too page. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10