Installing
Window 8 from a USB stick or Pen drive..
Create an ISO file from the Windows 8 DVD using iso file creater. 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.
Download the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool from Microsoft
then install it.
This free program from Microsoft properly formats your flash
drive and then copies the contents of the Windows 8 installation ISO file you
have to that flash drive.
Start the Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool program.
Click Browse on the Step 1 of 4: Choose ISO file screen.
Locate, and then select, your Windows 8 ISO file. Then click
Open.
Choose USB device on the Step 2 of 4: Choose media type
screen.
On the Step 3 of 4: Insert USB device screen, choose from
the drop-down box the flash drive or USB-connected external hard drive you want
to put the Windows setup files onto and
then touch Begin copying. Erase USB Device if you're prompted to do so. If there
is no enough space drive then erase the drive. Important: If this message
didn't make it apparent, you should know that whatever data you might have on
this drive is going to be erased as part of the process of getting the Windows
8 setup files copied.
On Step 4 of 4: Creating bootable USB device, just wait for
the Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool to prepare the drive and copy the Windows 8
installation files to it.
The first Status you see will be Formatting, which will take
anywhere from a few to several seconds, depending on how large the USB drive is
that you're using. Next will be Copying files which could take anywhere from 15
to 30 minutes, possibly longer, depending on which Windows 8 ISO file you're
working from, as well as on how fast your flash drive, USB connection, and
computer is.
After completion of this process you can now close the
Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool program window. The flash drive, or other
external USB drive you're using, now has the necessary files on it to install
Windows 8 and is also properly configured to be booted from.
Boot from the USB device that you just created to start the
Windows 8 install process.