How to install Windows 8 via USB flash

Currently the average motherboard supports booting from USB, that's why many people install windows 8 via the USB Flasdisk. Although today many free apps available for creating bootable USB flasdisk (like boot CD / DVD), but the free app is not working optimally, that's why I am going to share a simple trick and maximum results.

The following are things that need to be prepared:
- Computer / laptop with Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8.
- Windows 8 ISO or DVD of Windows 8.
- Flasdisk empty with a capacity of at least 4GB.
Here is how to install windows 8 via USB flash media:
1. Plug the USB stick into the computer and then format. Before formatting if artifacts important files please backup.
2. Click Start -> All Programs -> Accessories and then right-click on Command Prompt and select Run as administrator. If the User Account Control window appears you click Yes.

To run the Command Prompt with Administrator privileges can also be a way: Start Menu - Search and then type CMD then press Ctrl + Shift + Enter.
3. At the command prompt, type the following command and press Enter:
DISKPART

Then the following message will appear like this:

4. To find the USB flash disk number where we are, how namely: type LIST DISK command and then press Enter. In practice there is a USB flash me at number 1.

If you flasdisk is detected, it will look like the picture above, where there flasdisk usb at number 1 is 15 GB. If flasdisk not detected, try to unplug and plug again then repeat the above steps.
The next step, type the following command and then press Enter.
SELECT DISK 1
CLEAN
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY
SELECT PARTITION 1
ACTIVE
FORMAT FS=NTFS
ASSIGN
EXIT

Now we can flasdisk usb boot, but do not be closed once the command prompt, minimize it.
5. Mounting next step Windows 8 ISO file using a virtual program CD / DVD for example ultra iso, virtual clone drive or the other. If the DVD has just enter into the DVD-ROM.
If we have her mount the ISO file, because we want to copy its contents to the USB flasdisk, then you need to remember the drivers (In practice this drive: G)
6. Returning again to the Command Prompt and then type the following code:
G: CD BOOT and press Enter (drive G: is the virtual drive that previously we have made (mount)).

7. Then type: bootsect.exe /NT60 J: (drive A: is the name of a USB flash drive, to make sure the truth seen through windows explorer).

8. Open Windows Explorer and then all the files that we have mounted iso copy it to the USB flasdisk using ultra ISO program. If using a CD / DVD then stay just copy all into usb flasdisk.

Another way to make a usb flash that can be used to install Windows 8 using a tool that Rufus:
1. Plug the USB stick into the computer and then format, earlier if artifacts important files please backup or secure.
2. Download program Rufus (rufus_v1.2.0.exe), then run with administrator permissions (for windows vista and windows 7).
3. Choose USB flash, select the file system to be used (FAT 32/NTFS), check the Quick format mode, "Create a bootable disk using: MS-DOS" and also "Create the extended label and icon files".

4. Right-click on the image icon on the right side drive option "Create a bootable disk using", then locate the Windows 8 ISO file.
5. Click "Start", then it will start the process of transfer windows 8 iso file to a USB flash. Once the file transfer process is complete, then the usb flasdisk can be used to install Windows 8 using the same CD/ DVD media.

Description: To install Windows 8 using USB media Flasdisk, set the computer's BIOS to set the boot priority first USB stick.
If it is a master boot and detect the windows in flasdisk then install it the same way as using a CD/ DVD media. If you do not know how to install windows 8, please read the following link:
how to install windows 8 Final
That's what I can share with you on how to install windows 8 via the USB stick. Hopefully I made above information can be useful ..

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