In my case the number corresponding to the USB flash drive was 1, so I will use that in my examples.

The List Disk command shows every disk in the system.

After doing so, open an elevated Command Prompt (by using the Run As Administrator option) and then enter these commands: With that said, you can get started by plugging your USB flash drive into a computer that is already running Windows. In fact, this procedure works just as well with a Windows 7 or a Windows Server 2008 DVD. However, there are lots of different uses for bootable flash drives besides just installing Windows 8 onto a tablet, so you will be happy to know that a Windows 8 DVD isn’t a requirement. When I set up the flash drive for installing Windows 8 onto a tablet, I used a computer that was running Windows 7 and I used a Windows 8 DVD. That being the case, I wanted to share with you the technique that I used.īefore you can make a USB flash drive bootable, you will need a computer that is running a Windows operating system and you will need a copy of the Windows installation media. A few days after I submitted that particular blog post it occurred to me that there is quite a bit of confusing and sometimes contradictory information on the Internet regarding making a bootable USB flash drive. Last month I discussed in one of my blog posts about putting Windows 8 onto a tablet by booting the tablet from a USB flash drive and then installing the new operating system. Posey's Tips & Tricks Making a USB Flash Drive Bootable (Perfect for Running Windows 8)īrien walks you through the process of creating and running Windows 8 from a bootable USB flash drive.

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