device, like a flash drive, has become one of the
most common and essential thing this days.
It’s not surprising why many new computers,
especially tablets and smaller laptops and
desktops, no longer have optical drives.
importance if there is no disk drive available to
run the DVD!
If you want to install Windows 8 from a USB
device, you’ll need to copy the setup files from
the DVD to the USB drive. But, by copying it
simply there won’t be everything. Windows 8
software is also sold as a downloadable ISO file
which, if you choose to buy Windows 8 that
way,it requires similar steps to get it properly
copied to a USB drive.
Irrespective of the kind of Windows 8 DVD
software you have, you need a flash drive to copy
the setup, or a Windows 8 ISO file to achieve the
same goal. The following steps will guide you
through the installation process with the
Windows 8 installation files properly copied to a
flash drive.
Duration: Transferring/ Copying the Windows 8
installation files into a flash drive or other
external USB device will take between 20 to 30
minutes, depending on the format your copy of
Windows 8 is in right now and the speed of your
computer.
Compatibility: The following steps can also be
used for Windows 8 (standard) or Windows 8
Pro, as well as those editions of Windows 8.1.
Required Materials:
A USB flash drive (4 GB for 32-bit, 8 GB
for 64-bit)
A Windows 8/8.1 DVD or ISO
Availability of a computer with a DVD
drive, if you have a Windows 8 DVD
installation disk) with either of these
operating systems (Windows 8, Windows 7,
Windows Vista, or Windows XP) installed
or the Availability of an External USB DVD
Drive.
NOTE: If you have a Windows 8 ISO file and you
want to transfer it to a flash drive, begin with
second step (Step 2) but if you have a Windows 8
DVD instead, Proceed from Step 1.
Installing Windows 8 or 8.1 From a USB Device
1. Create an ISO file from the Windows 8
DVD. This is the process in which you
create a single file, called an ISO image,
which contains all the data stored on the
Windows 8 setup DVD disc. This ISO file
can be created with Daemon Tool or
Ripping.Once you have an ISO image
created from your Windows 8 disc, come
back here and continue on with this
tutorial which will explain how to get that
ISO file onto a flash drive.
Note: If you have created your ISO file
already with your favorite program, called
“ripping,” then you can use whatever
application or software you mostly use.
However, if you’ve never created an ISO
image, or don’t have a program installed
right now that does it, Kindly search for
tools and application with a video tutorial
on how to Create an ISO file.
2. Download the Windows 7 USB/DVD
Download Tool from this link wudt.codeplex.com/ from Microsoft and then
install it.This is a free Microsoft program
that helps to properly format your flash
drive and then copies the contents of the
Windows 8 installation ISO file you have
to the USB flash drive.
Note: Don’t be disturbed by the program
title “ Windows 7 ”. This program works
perfectly well with Windows 8 ISO files
which is compatible with all these
windows Operating systems, e.g. Windows
8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows
XP.
3. Launch the Windows 7 USB DVD Download
Tool program. The shortcut should appear
on the Desktop, as well as in “All
Programs” on your Start menu, depending
on Version of Windows you installed on
your computer.
4. On Step 1 of 4: Choose ISO file screen,
Click Browse
5. Locate, and then select, your Windows 8
ISO file. Then click or touch Open. Note: If
you have downloaded Windows 8 from
Microsoft, check your Downloads folder or
your Desktop for the ISO image. If you
created an ISO image from your Windows
8 DVD, the ISO file will be wherever you
have created it.
6. Click Next .
7. At the Step 2 of 4: Choose media type
screen, Select USB deviceNote: At this
stage, you can see that there is also a DVD
option. Since our aim is to transfer
Windows 8’s setup files to a USB flash
drive, this tool you can also be used to
burn a Windows 8 ISO image to a DVD or
BD disc.
8. At the Step 3 of 4: Insert USB device screen,
choose from the drop-down list the USB
flash drive or USB external hard drive
which you want to copy the Windows 8
setup files into and then click Begin
copying . Tip: If the USB storage device
you’re planning to use hasn’t been
connected, you can insert it into the
computer now and then click the blue
refresh button to make it show up on the
list.
9. Click Erase USB Device if you are
prompted with a “ Not Enough Free Space
window” message. If this message doesn’t
appear, don’t worry, it means that your
flash drive or external hard disk is
already empty. Note: Every data/file you
might have on this USB drive is going to
be deleted as part of the process of getting
the Windows 8 installation files copied.
10. On Step 4 of 4: Creating bootable USB
device , At this point, the Windows 8
installation files will begin to copy, it just
takes few minutes for the Windows 7 USB
DVD Downloaded Tool to prepare the
drive.The first Process you will see is
Formatting, which will be done under few
seconds, depending on the size of your
USB drive. The next process will be
Copying files which could take up to 30
minutes long, depending on which
Windows 8 ISO file you’re working from,
as well as You computer speed.
11. If all stages were successfully completed,
then the next screen should display
Bootable USB device created successfully
with a Status that says Backup
completed .You can now close the Windows
7 USB DVD Download Tool program
window. The flash drive, or other external
USB drive you’re using has now been
properly configured as a bootable device
and also has the necessary files to install
Windows 8 on any system.
12. Boot from the USB device that you just
created to start the Windows 8 install
process. Tip: If the Windows 8 setup
process doesn’t start, it’s very likely that
you’ll need to make boot order changes in
the BIOS. See How To Change the Boot
Order in BIOS from the link pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ss/bootorderchange.htm if you need help doing that.
Tip: If you have a UEFI based system and
you still can’t boot Windows 8 Setup from
the flash drive, even after setting the USB
device first in the boot order, see Tip #1
below for help.
Tips & More Information
1. The Windows 7 USB DVD Downloaded Tool
formats your USB drive as NTFS, a file system
that many UEFI based computers will not boot
from when on a USB drive.
To work around this issue, do this:
After Step 11 above, copy all the files from
your flash drive to a named folder on your
PC.
Manually Format the flash drive, with the
older FAT32 file system option.
Copy back all the files from the named
folder you created in Tip 1.1 back to the
flash drive.
Repeat Step 12 above.
2. There are other alternative methods for getting
a Windows 8 or 8.1 ISO image properly onto a
USB flash drive but I prefer the procedure I’ve
outlined above, but if you have trouble with it,
that general ISO-to-USB procedure should work
as well.
3. Still having trouble installing Windows 8 or 8.1
from a flash drive or other USB device? Use the
contact page, social networks or via email, and
more.
Still having trouble installing Windows 8 or 8.1
from a flash drive or other USB device? Use the
contact page, social networks or via email, and
more.
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