Installing Windows 8 by Pen drive

 

What is Needed?

1. Windows 7 USB Download Tool

2. Windows 8 ISO

3. Pen drive at least 8 GB

 

Steps:

1. Install & start Windows 7 USB Download Tool

2. Connect Pen drive & Select ISO in tool

3. Select USB device & Click Begin Copying.

4. Caution : This tool formats pen drive so make backup of data.

Now tool will prepare pen drive.

5. Now Restart computer & Go to your BIOS settings ( BY Pressing F2 or Delete or other button, you will see Button name at very start of your Computer System ) & change First Boot Device to something like USB HDD or USB or Removable Device or USB Mass Storage Device

Your computer may detect Pen drive as Hard Disk if so you need to change Hard Disk Priority & make your Pen drive as First Boot Priority.

6. Select Language,Keyboard Layout & Click Next

 

7. Select your Windows Version & Arch type eg. 32bit (x86) 64bit (x64)

8. Now if you need install fresh setup, removing previous version select Custom

9. Now this step is optional & only required if you are installing on you New Hard Disk. Select unallocated disk & click on New, set drive size in MB. 1024MB = 1GB & click on Apply. You can create multiple drives here.

10. Select drive to install Windows 8, agree EULA & start Installlation.

Now After copying files system will restart, now quickly remove pen drive else installation will start again from beginning. Once you see windows logo reconnect pen drive.

11. Now Give name to PC & Finish

12. Now you can add Microsoft Account where all your Windows settings,calendar events,bookmarks will get sync automatically. If you are not currently connected to Internet you can skip this but I HIGHLY RECOMMEND CREATE A MICROSOFT ACCOUNT, it is so useful.

13. Now add new User & set password ( password can be left blank )

Now if you want to install Windows 8 on Virtual Machine then download VMware Player & follow steps.

1. Click on Create new Virtual Machine & Insert Windows 8 cd or Select ISO file,click on Next

2. Enter Windows 8 serial key,username password.

3. Select Folder where to make Virtual Machine or leave it default.

4. Now select Virtual Machine hard disk size & select radio button “ Split virtual disk into multiple files “ so that you can easily store it on backup storage.

After you click Finish, Virtual machine will start & use steps above to install Windows 8.