How to create a bootable Windows 8 USB stick? Hello friends, for these purposes it will do quite well WinSetupFromUSB program, she recently updated to final version and acquired new opportunities. Now the WinSetupFromUSB program can create a bootable USB flash drive UEFI Windows eight! And this means that with the help of such a bootable flash drive, you can install not only on a computer or laptop with simple BIOS, but you can also install Windows 8 on a computer with UEFI BIOS. WinSetupFromUSB so far single program able to create a bootable UEFI USB flash drive Windows 8, and most importantly, it's all done simply, even a beginner can handle it.
How to create a bootable Windows 8 USB stick
The impetus for writing this article was the fact that several regular readers asked me in the comments to pay attention to the updated version of WinSetupFromUSB (thank you friends). Process of creation bootable USB flash drive Windows 8 in WinSetupFromUSB looks outrageously simple. Much easier than all the methods I described in the articles:
In addition, a UEFI flash drive which is undoubtedly a plus this way... All the possibilities of the new UEFI interface I described in my article, but I will also briefly note here, UEFI gives, for example, the ability to convert your new one when installing Windows 8 HDD or SSD drive v latest standard table layout format GPT partitions, and this is an increase in performance ( Windows boot 8 to a GPT disk takes 5-7 seconds), more simple job with sections hard disk, security and besides, you will have a better chance of recovering accidentally deleted data.Note: Everything more users on our site are interested in how to create a bootable Windows 8 USB stick, and I even got the impression that the era of DVD drives is coming to an end, and a simple floppy drive is waiting for the fate of a floppy drive. For example, friends often ask me to collect system unit to order, but the DVD-drive is included in the package less and less. People prefer to do with flash drives and portable USB hard drives... And if you take my article "How to install Windows 8 from a USB flash drive", then there are much more comments in it than to the article "How to install Windows 8 from a disk". Well, okay, again I started talking friends, I do not have enough communication with you. That's it, let's get down to business, or rather, to create a bootable Windows 8 USB flash drive.
How to create a bootable Windows 8 USB stick with WinSetupFromUSB
We go to the official site of the WinSetupFromUSB program.
http://www.winsetupfromusb.com/downloads/
Choose WinSetupFromUSB-1-3.exe (22 MB)
The program is downloaded to our computer. Click double click left mouse button on the program installer.
The files are being extracted to a folder. If we are going to make a Windows 8 64-bit bootable USB flash drive, then we run the WinSetupFromUSB_1-3_x64.exe file.
Attention: Comrades, if you need bootable UEFI USB flash drive with Windows 8, then you will have to format the flash drive into file system FAT32, it follows that the image of your Windows 8 should be less than 4 GB, since the FAT32 file system does not work with files larger than 4 GB. Go immediately to the very end of the article, there is detailed information for you.
Most users do not need a UEFI flash drive, but a regular bootable USB flash drive with the Windows 8 operating system, which means that the image of your Windows 8 may well be more than 4 GB, so the bootable USB flash drive 8 will be NTFS format!
In the main window of the WinSetupFromUSB program, you can see the name of our connected flash drive.
Check the box Auto format it with FBinst and tick the box NTFS
Check the box Vista / 7/8 / Server 2008/2012 based ISO and click on the button on the right that opens the explorer window
If your flash drive is formatted in the FAT32 file system, then this warning will appear, click OK.
The explorer opens, we find ISO image Windows 8 64 bit select it with the left mouse and click "Open".
Press GO
a warning will open, click Yes
Here, too, click Yes.
The process of creating our bootable USB drive begins, which ends successfully.
Bootable USB stick Windows 8 is created!
If you decide to install Windows 8 on a laptop or computer with a UEFI BIOS, then you will convert your hard drive to the standard for placing GPT partition tables when installing, for this you need to configure the UEFI BIOS itself accordingly, how to do this, read our detailed article. If you decide to install Windows 8 on a laptop or computer with a simple BIOS, you simply boot your computer from the Windows 8 bootable USB flash drive we just created. I think at this stage, one of the readers will need our article "".If you have correctly set the priority for booting the computer from a USB flash drive in BIOS, or simply selected your USB flash drive in the laptop boot menu,
Then when you boot a computer or laptop from a USB flash drive, the first thing to do is this menu, you don't need to select anything in it and it will disappear within a few seconds.
Next, the GRUB4DOS bootloader window will appear, which the WinSetupFromUSB program uses as a bootloader. Next, select the first option using the arrows on the keyboard 0 Windows NT6 (Vista / 7 and above) Setup, which means installing the operating systems Windows Vista, Windows 7 and above. We press Enter.
In the next window, select Windows 8.0 x64 and press Enter,
The process of installing the operating system begins with our bootable Windows 8 USB flash drive.
Further.
Install.
Enter the key.
We accept license agreement. Complete installation(Extra options).
In this window, select the partition for installing the operating system and click next, the whole process Windows installations 8 has started.
For these purposes, the WinSetupFromUSB program is quite suitable, it has recently been updated to the final version and has acquired new features. Now WinSetupFromUSB can create a bootable UEFI Windows 8 USB flash drive! And this means that with the help of such a bootable flash drive, you can install Windows 8 not only on a computer or laptop with a simple BIOS, but you can also install Windows 8 on a computer with a UEFI BIOS. WinSetupFromUSB is still the only program capable of creating a bootable UEFI USB flash drive for Windows 8, and most importantly, it's all done simply, even a beginner can handle it.
How to create a bootable Windows 8 USB stick
The impetus for writing this article was the fact that several regular readers asked me in the comments to pay attention to the updated version of WinSetupFromUSB (thank you friends). The process of creating a bootable Windows 8 flash drive in the WinSetupFromUSB program looks outrageously simple.
In addition, a UEFI flash drive is created, which is undoubtedly a plus for this method. I described all the possibilities of the new UEFI interface in my article BIOS UEFI, but here I will also briefly note that UEFI makes it possible, for example, when installing Windows 8, to convert your new hard disk or SSD drive to the latest standard for the layout of GPT partition tables, and this is an increase in performance ( booting Windows 8 to a GPT disk takes 5-7 seconds), easier work with hard disk partitions, security, and besides, you will have more chances to recover accidentally deleted data.
How to create a bootable Windows 8 USB stick with WinSetupFromUSB
We go to the official site of the WinSetupFromUSB program.
Choose WinSetupFromUSB-1-3.exe (22 MB)
the program is downloaded to our computer. We double-click the left mouse on the installer of the program.
The files are being extracted to a folder. If we are going to make a Windows 8 64-bit bootable USB flash drive, then we run the WinSetupFromUSB_1-3_x64.exe file.
Attention: Comrades, if you need a bootable UEFI flash drive with Windows 8, then you will have to format the USB flash drive to the FAT32 file system, it follows that your Windows 8 image should be less than 4 GB, since the FAT32 file system does not work with files larger than 4GB. Go immediately to the very end of the article, there is detailed information for you.
Most users do not need a UEFI flash drive, but a regular bootable USB flash drive with the Windows 8 operating system, which means that the image of your Windows 8 may well be more than 4 GB, so the Windows 8 bootable USB flash drive we created will be in NTFS format!
In the main window of the WinSetupFromUSB program, you can see the name of our connected flash drive.
Check the box Auto format it with FBinst and tick the box NTFS
Check the box Vista / 7/8 / Server 2008/2012 based ISO and click on the button on the right that opens the explorer window
If your flash drive is formatted in the FAT32 file system, then this warning will appear, click OK.
The explorer opens, we find the ISO image of Windows 8 64 bit, select it with the left mouse and click "Open".
Press GO
a warning will open, click Yes
Here, too, click Yes.
The process of creating our bootable USB drive begins, which ends successfully.
Bootable Windows 8 USB stick created!
But here we will not rush. And let's pay attention to this.
If you decide to install Windows 8 on a laptop or computer with a UEFI BIOS, then you will convert your hard drive to the GPT partition table layout standard when installing, for this you need to configure the UEFI BIOS itself accordingly.
If you decide to install Windows 8 on a laptop or computer with a simple BIOS, you simply boot your computer from the Windows 8 bootable USB flash drive we just created.
If you have correctly set the priority for booting the computer from a USB flash drive in BIOS, or simply selected your USB flash drive in the laptop boot menu,
then when you boot a computer or laptop from a flash drive, the first thing you will see is this menu, you do not need to select anything in it and it will disappear within a few seconds.
Next, the GRUB4DOS bootloader window will appear, which the WinSetupFromUSB program uses as a bootloader. Next, using the arrows on the keyboard, select the first option 0 Windows NT6 (Vista / 7 and above) Setup, which means installing the operating systems Windows Vista, Windows 7 and higher. We press Enter.
In the next window, select Windows 8.0 x64 and press Enter,
the process of installing the operating system begins from our bootable USB flash drive Windows 8.
Further.
Install.
Enter the key.
We accept the license agreement. Full installation (advanced options).
In this window, select the partition for installing the operating system and click on, the whole process of installing Windows 8 has begun.
If you do not know what to do next, then refer to our article Installing Windows 8, in it in detail describes how to partition the hard disk in the Windows 8 setup program and how to install this new one operating system from Microsoft.
How to create a bootable UEFI USB flash drive Windows 8 program WinSetupFromUSB
In this case, the process of creating a bootable Windows 8 USB flash drive differs only in that the USB flash drive needs to be formatted in the FAT32 file system.
Operating room Windows system 8 can rightfully be considered innovative: it was with her that the emergence of the app store, the famous flat design, support touch screens and many other innovations. If you decide to install this operating system on your computer, then you will need a tool such as a bootable USB flash drive.
Unfortunately, there is no way you can create installation media by using staff resources systems. You will definitely need additional software which you can easily download on the Internet.
Attention!
Before moving on to any method of creating installation flash drive, you need to do the following:
- Download the image of the required Windows versions;
- Find a medium with a capacity of at least the downloaded OS image;
- Format your USB stick.
Method 1: UltraISO
One of the most popular programs to create a bootable USB drive. And although it is paid, it is many times more convenient and functional than its free analogues... If you only want to burn Windows with this program and no longer work with it, then the trial version will be enough for you.
This is done! Wait until the end of the recording and you can safely install Windows 8 for yourself and your friends.
Method 2: Rufus
Now let's look at other software -. This program is completely free and does not require installation. It has all the functionality you need to create installation media.
Method 3: DAEMON Tools Ultra
Please note that in the manner described below, you can create drives not only with installation manner Windows 8, but also with other versions of this operating system.
- If you have not yet installed the program, then you will need to install it on your computer.
- Run the program and connect the USB drive to your computer. In the upper area of the program, open the menu "Instruments" and go to item "Create Bootable USB".
- Near point "Drive unit" make sure that the program has displayed the USB flash drive to which the recording will be performed. If your drive is connected, but not displayed in the program, click on the update button on the right, after which it should appear.
- One line below to the right of the item "Image" click on the ellipsis icon to display Windows Explorer. Here you need to select the image of the operating system distribution kit in ISO format.
- Make sure you check the box « Boot image Windows ", and also check the box next to "Format", if the flash drive has not been formatted before, and it contains information.
- In the graph "Label" if desired, you can enter a name for the drive, for example, "Windows 8".
- Now that everything is ready to start forming a USB flash drive with an OS installation image, you just have to press the button "Start"... Please note that after that the program will ask you to grant administrator rights. Without it boot drive will not be recorded.
- The process of forming a USB flash drive with a system image will begin, which will take several minutes. Once the creation bootable USB media is completed, a message is displayed on the screen "The process of writing an image to USB completed successfully".
Most modern laptops and computers are manufactured without DVD drive ov. This means that if you are going to reinstall the operating system, you will have to first create a bootable USB flash drive with Windows 8 on board, booting from which to start the installation of the OS.
This article is primarily aimed at those who are first faced with creating a bootable USB flash drive for installing Windows. For all the rest, we just note that the described technique is similar to the creation technique.
What do we need to create a bootable USB drive for installing Windows 8?
- Windows 8 iso image
- The actual USB flash drive (preferably USB 3.0). The size of the flash drive must be at least 4 GB; ideally, it should have an 8 GB flash drive. it is guaranteed to fit any of the Windows 8 distributions.
- Any program for creating a virtual CD / DVD drive ( Daemon tools, Alcohol 120%, etc.
Formatting a USB flash drive
Connect the USB flash drive to a free USB port computer. and run the following commands:
Please note that all information on the flash drive will be erased, so do not forget to copy from it important information.
After all the operations done, the reformatted USB flash drive should appear in Windows Explorer with a letter assigned (in my case G :).
Mount Windows 8 ISO image to virtual DVD-ROM
Using any mount utility virtual images"Insert" installation disc with Windows 8 virtual DVD drive. Recall that without the use of third-party software. Let's say that this drive has a drive letter F :.
Let's make the USB flash drive bootable
Before copying the installation files to a USB flash drive, you need to make it bootable. For this we need Boot utility Sector Registration Tool bootsect.exe- which can be found in the boot directory on the mounted Win 8 ISO image.
V command line with administrator rights, run the commands:
F: cd boot bootsect.exe / nt60 g:
If the command is successfully executed, the command will appear: Bootcode was successfully updated on all target volume.
If you are working on a 32-bit version of Windows, and you have mounted an image of a 64-bit Windows 8, then you will not be able to run bootsect, because the bootsect version in this image is 64 bit.
Copying the Windows 8 installation files to a USB flash drive
Next, you need to copy the Windows 8 installation files to a usb flash drive. On the same command line, run the command
Xcopy f: \ *. * G: / e / f / h
This command will copy all files from virtual dvd image (F :) to a USB flash drive (G :).
It is advisable to disable the antivirus before starting the transfer, because all modern antiviruses, as part of the fight against autorun, block access to the autorun.inf file on removable media... If the antivirus is not disabled, access errors may occur.
This completes the procedure for creating a bootable USB flash drive with Windows 8, it remains only to change the boot order in the BIOS, specifying the boot from a USB drive and start installing Windows 8.
Experienced Windows users may argue, all the same can be done using special utility Microsoft - Windows 7 USB / DVD Download Tool to create a bootable USB disk to install Windows 8 or Windows 7. Everything is correct, all these operations can be performed (it will be easier and faster) using this utility. However, the above technique allows you to thoroughly understand the procedure for creating a bootable USB stick without the use of third-party software.
Decided to reinstall Windows 8, but do not know how to write an image with its distribution kit to a USB flash drive? This article will help you understand how a bootable Windows 8 USB flash drive is created when using free utilities, implying that the user has an image with installation files"Eights".
But why not just copy the contents of the ISO file to a removable drive and use it to install the OS? The fact is that when the PC is booted, the BIOS after initializing the hardware starts searching boot sector... It sends a request to the first sector of the drive in order to detect the master boot code MBR records... When the MBR is detected, the BIOS transfers control to it. MBR detects active section and reads its 1st sector in which there is Windows bootloader- PBR. At simple copying files from the ISO image to the drive, the MBR master boot area is not formed on it and boot record(OS loader) - PBR.
Windows USB DVD Tool
Official utility from Microsoft to create a bootable drive. Despite its original purpose for working with Windows 7, the application will allow you to make a bootable USB flash drive with a "eight". Requires for work installed platform NET Framework v2.
- Download, install and run the utility.
- Click on the "Browse" button, set the path to the image in ISO format, click "Open" or "Enter".
- Click on the "Next" button.
- We select "USB device".
- Click on the "Begin copying" button after selecting the desired flash drive from the list.
- To do bootable media, we confirm the formatting of the flash drive by clicking "Erase USB Device".
- We are waiting for the application to copy the installation files.
- After the inscription: "Backup completed" appears, close the program window.
WinToFlash program
Another program with similar algorithm work that will allow you to make a bootable USB stick.
- We launch the installed utility.
- In the "First Run Wizard" window, select " Free License"And click" Next ", accepting the developer license agreement.
- After that, the advertisement will be loaded.
- We select the functioning of the product in the wizard mode by ticking the checkbox option permanent launch in master mode. This will allow you to create an installation USB drive in a few clicks.
- We connect the drive to the USB port, if it is not connected, and copy important information from it to the hard drive, since it will be deleted.
- Move the toggle switch to the position shown in the screenshot.
- Click "Select" and set the path to the Windows 8 image.
- In the "USB disk" field, select the required medium from the drop-down list, if the application has chosen the wrong one.
- Click "Next".
- In the next window, click "Continue" in order to create a USB flash drive for reinstall Windows 8, ignoring the warning about recording an unlicensed copy.
- The transfer of the contents of the image to the USB flash drive will start without any warning.
WinSetupFromUSB
WinSetupFromUSB - powerful application allowing you to create a flash drive with Windows distribution, LiveCD, WinPE and Linux. Also, the utility can make a multi-boot device with several OS.
- We load the last reaction of the program and unpack the sfx archive into a convenient directory.
- We launch the WinSetupFromUSB edition, suitable for the bitness installed on your Windows PC (x64 or x32).
- Click on the desired flash drive in field " USB disk selection ... ".
- Check the "Auto format with FBinst" option to delete all information from the USB flash drive (optional).
- If you checked the box, select the file system (FAT32 is recommended) or skip the step.
- In the "Add USB disk" frame, check the box next to the second item, as in the screenshot.
- Click on the button with three dots and set the path for placing the ISO file.
- We click "GO" in order to create a bootable drive with the Windows 8 distribution.
- We confirm the formatting of the device and wait for the end of the process of transferring data from ISO to the USB flash drive.
Similarly, you can make a USB flash drive with installation Windows files at help Rufus, therefore we will not dwell on it.
UltraISO
To make bootable media when help UltraIso, it needs to be formatted, then the MBR must be created. For this, the tiny BootIce utility is suitable.
