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How to create a Bootable Windows 8.x (8 or 8.1) USB Disk from ISO file.
Nowadays many computer manufacturers don’t include an optical media (disk) reader on their products (especially on Laptops) so if you want to perform a clean installation of Windows 8 or to troubleshoot your computer problems, you must have in hands a Windows 8 (or 8.1) USB bootable disk.
In this tutorial you can find step by step instructions on how to create a bootable Windows 8 (or 8.1) USB disk, from a Windows 8 ISO image file.
1. A Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 ISO image file.
- To create an ISO image file from your Windows 8 installation DVD disk, follow the instructions found in this article: How to create an ISO image from a DVD, CD, DVD, HD-DVD or a Blue-ray disc.
- If you don’t have a Windows 8 installation disk, then you can download a valid Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 ISO image file by following the instructions found on this article: How to Download Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 ISO files legally.
3. An EMPTY USB Disk with at least 4GB storage space.
How to create a Windows 7, 8 or 8.1 USB Bootable Drive.
Step 1: Download RUFUS USB Boot Creator Utility*.
* Rufus is an excellent utility that helps create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.
1. Go to the official Rufus download page and download RUFUS USB Bootable Creator Utility to your computer.
Step 2. Create a bootable Windows 8 (8.1) USB flash drive.
1. Remove all USB storage drives from your computer and plug an EMPTY* USB stick (minimum 4GB) to an empty USB port.
Attention: DO NOT leave your files on the USB stick, because all files will be erased during this operation.
2. Now double-click to run “rufus” application.
When Rufus utility starts:
3. Choose the empty USB stick that you plugged in your computer.
4. At “Create a bootable disk using” option, select “ISO Image”.
5. Then click the icon next to “Create a bootable disk using – ISO Image” option.
6. Select the Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 ISO file from your computer (e.g. Windows.iso) and choose “Open”.
7. When done, press “Start”.
8. Read carefully the warning message and press “OK”.
— Wait until Rufus utility erases your USB stick and transfers Windows 8 ISO files to it. —
9. When Rufus operation is completed, close Rufus utility, unplug the USB stick and use it to troubleshoot Windows 8 or to perform a clean OS installation.
Notice: In order to boot from the USB disk, you must set the USB as first boot device from your BIOS settings.To do that:
- Power On your computer and press “DEL” or “F1” or “F2” or “F10” to enter BIOS (CMOS) setup utility.
(The way to enter into BIOS Settings depends on the computer manufacturer). - Inside BIOS menu, find the “Boot Order” setting.
(This setting is commonly found inside “Advanced BIOS Features” menu). - At “Boot Order” setting, set the USB disk (e.g. USB-HDD) as the first boot device.
- Save and exit from BIOS settings.
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How to Create a Bootable Windows 8.1 USB Flash Drive
Windows 8.1 will be out in a few days . Starting October 18th everybody will be able to purchase windows 8.1 . For people who already have a legal copy of Windows 8 , They can upgrade to windows 8.1 for free from the Windows app store .
If you already have a legal copy of windows 8 then you can skip the wait and get your hands on the RTM version of Windows 8.1 . once you download the Windows 8.1 RTM , you can use your windows 8 serial key to activate windows 8.1 and use it before everybody else . Currently the RTM versions of Windows 8.1 are not officially available for everyone , except developers and students with a MSDN or Technet subscription. If you’re geeky enough , you can easily get your hands on a copy of the RTM version of Windows 8.1 online .
Once you get your hands on the RTM version of Windows 8.1 , you can follow this guide to create a Bootable USB flash drive to install Windows 8.1 on your PC . Also these instructions will work with the windows 8.1 preview versions too .
What do you need ?
There are many free programs out there which can help you to create a bootable windows 8.1 USB Flash drive . For this guide I would be using Rufus , because its very small and faster than all the other programs to create a bootable Windows 8.1 USB Flash drive . Follow these instructions to create a bootable windows 8.1 USB flash drive .
Instructions to create a bootable Windows 8.1 USB Flash drive
- Step 1: Download and run Rufus
- Step 2: From the device drop down menu select your USB flash drive
- Step 3: For partition scheme . Select “ GPT partition scheme for UEFI computer “ if you have a UEFI enabled Bios , otherwise select “ MBR partition scheme for BIOS and UEFI computer “ .
- Step 4: For file system select Fat 32 if your windows 8.1 ISO file size is below 4 GB else choose NTFS . For a UEFI bios it is compulsory to have a FAT32 file system .
- Step 5: Leave the cluster size at default and check the quick format option .
- Step 6: check “ create a bootable disk using “ and select ISO image and select the Windows 8.1 RTM ISO image .
- Step 7: Check “ create extendable label and icon “
- Step 8: Now click on start to create your bootable Windows 8.1 USB flash drive .
Once your bootable windows 8.1 USB pen drive is created , you can then process further with installing windows 8.1 on your PC . We will do a detailed guide about installing windows 8.1 very shortly .
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