At “ Create a bootable disk using” option, select “ ISO Image”.ĥ. Choose the empty USB stick that you plugged in your computer.Ĥ. Now double-click to run “ rufus” application.ģ.

Remove all USB storage drives from your computer and plug an EMPTY* USB stick (minimum 4GB) to an empty USB port.Īttention: DO NOT leave your files on the USB stick, because all files will be erased during this operation.Ģ. Create a bootable Windows 8 (8.1) USB flash drive.ġ. Go to the official Rufus download page and download RUFUS USB Bootable Creator Utility to your computer. * Rufus is an excellent utility that helps create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.ġ. Step 1: Download RUFUS USB Boot Creator Utility*. How to create a Windows 7, 8 or 8.1 USB Bootable Drive. An EMPTY USB Disk with at least 4GB storage space.

If you don’t have a Windows 8 installation disk, then you can download a valid Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 ISO image file by following the instructions found on this article: How to Download Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 ISO files legally.ģ.

To create an ISO image file from your Windows 8 installation DVD disk, follow the instructions found in this article: How to create an ISO image from a DVD, CD, DVD, HD-DVD or a Blue-ray disc.

A Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 ISO image file. In this tutorial you can find step by step instructions on how to create a bootable Windows 8 (or 8.1) USB disk, from a Windows 8 ISO image file.ġ.

Nowadays many computer manufacturers don’t include an optical media (disk) reader on their products (especially on Laptops) so if you want to perform a clean installation of Windows 8 or to troubleshoot your computer problems, you must have in hands a Windows 8 (or 8.1) USB bootable disk.

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