Windows 8 from flash drive

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We have 3 drives showing, which are from top to bottom, the internal hard drive of the build machine, the hard drive we prepared with a custom install of the Windows In our example the second hard drive is connected inside the build machine by a normal SATA channel, but it could be connected by USB provided there are enough available ports.

Note that disks are numbered from 1, where as Disk Management and many other tools start numbering from 0 zero. We do not have to do any preparation work on the USB key because no matter what is on it or how it is configured the copy process should overwrite everything.

So go ahead and select the option Copy Disk Wizard. We want to copy our specially prepared physical hard drive, which in our example is Disk 2, so we highlight it and click Next. Feedback will be sent to Microsoft: By pressing the submit button, your feedback will be used to improve Microsoft products and services. Privacy policy. The steps described on this page assume you have Windows installation media and access to a Windows technician PC.

If you're looking for an easy, automated way to create a bootable USB Windows installation drive, see:. If Mark Partition as Active isn't available, you can instead use diskpart to select the partition and mark it active. Optional: add an unattend file to automate the installation process. For more information, see Automate Windows Setup. If your image is larger than the filesize limit:. Please read the instructions with warnings and notes slowly and carefully in case of any mistakes.

Step 2 of 4: Choose media type. Please select the USB drive you would like to set up your Windows 8 on. Step 3 of 4: Insert USB device. Insert the target USB into your computer and click Begin copying. This will erase your USB, please ensure that the crucial data is backed up or moved out.

Step 4 of 4: Creating bootable USB device. It will automatically carry out the task and just wait until it finishes. Windows To Go is a portable device that contains your familiar system environment.

With it, you are able to boot into the same system you usually working in anytime on any computer.