In this article I’ll show you how to install Windows 8 Developers edition using a USB stick. I am assuming that you have already downloaded the Windows 8 Developer Preview. We are going to use Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool to create Windows 8 bootable USB stick.

Step 1:

Download Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool for free from Microsoft.

Step 2:

Install the Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool on your system.

Step 3:

Go to Start > All Programs > Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool and open the application.

How to Install Windows 8 using a USB drive
September 18, 2011 Author: ShyamS@TWC Category: Windows Tags: Installation, USB Drive, Windows 8
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In this article I’ll show you how to install Windows 8 Developers edition using a USB stick. I am assuming that you have already downloaded the Windows 8 Developer Preview. We are going to use Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool to create Windows 8 bootable USB stick.

Step 1:

Download Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool for free from Microsoft.

Step 2:

Install the Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool on your system.

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Step 3:

Go to Start > All Programs > Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool and open the application.

Step 4:

Now you need to click on browse and select the Windows 8 ISO Image and click next.

Step 5:

You’ll get two options to choose either USB or DVD, In this case you could select USB.

Step 6:

Once you select USB click on Begin copying.

Step 7:

Once it begin first it will format your USB drive and copy the installation files to it.

Now you have a bootable USB stick with Windows 8 Developers edition on it. Make sure you have chose “External Media” in the BIOS as a boot mode.

You may want to check out the system requirements for Windows 8 first:

16 Gigabyte hard drive for 32-bit systems,
20 Gigabyte for 64-bit systems
1 Gigahertz or faster 32-bit or 64-bit processor
1 Gigabyte of RAM for 32-bit, 2 Gigabytes of RAM for 64-bit minimum
Direct X 9 graphics card