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Normally, Windows is installed using optical media like DVDs and CDs but at that topographic point are times when it is non possible to kicking into the windows setup using disks likely because your DVD drive is non working or, if you lot are using ane of those ultra-portable laptops, it is non at that topographic point at all.

Windows is installed using optical media similar Install, Boot Windows from USB Pen, Thumb or Flash DriveWindows 8 or Windows 8.1. As installing Windows from a flash drive is much faster than from a CD/ DVD, such an installation volition too salvage time.

This article assumes that your reckoner has a woman nurture board which supports booting from USB drives. Most modern laptops together with desktops back upward it. If you lot receive got bought your reckoner inwards the terminal five years, you lot practise non require to worry most this.

Installation Requirements
  1. An empty flash drive amongst a storage capacity of 1GB for Windows XP together with 3GB for Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista together with Windows Server 2008.
  2. Windows installation disk or Windows installation files stored somewhere on your computer.

Steps to practise a bootable USB Flash Drive

  1. Download Win to Flash. The software is withal inwards beta stage hence it is possible that it has about bugs although I receive got personally faced none. The latest version of Win to Flash tin endure downloaded from the Win to Flash website. The latest version too supports Windows 8 together with Windows 8.1. To avoid this tutorial from getting outdated, I would suggest to download the software from the old link if you lot are non planning on using Windows 8 or 8.1.
  2. Extract the downloaded null file to whatever folder on your desktop. 
  3. Open the folder together with run WintoFlash.exe yesteryear double clicking on it.
  4. Click Next, banking concern stand upward for I convey EULA, click Next together with Next again. Wait for the software to charge about ads, click Next together with Next again. 
  5. A welcome covert similar ane inwards the icon below volition exhibit up.
    6. Windows is installed using optical media similar Install, Boot Windows from USB Pen, Thumb or Flash Drive
    Win to Flash welcome screen
  6. Click on the big light-green tick. The welcome screen volition plough translucent together with WinToFlash sorcerer volition open.
    7. Windows is installed using optical media similar Install, Boot Windows from USB Pen, Thumb or Flash Drive
    Wizard showing the diverse version of Windows it supports
  7. Click Next. On Windows File path entry box, click Select push clitoris together with choose the place of your Windows disk, or the folder containing the Windows setup files together with click OK.
  8. On USB Drive path entry box, choose your USB flash drive's place together with click OK.
  9. Click Next button. In the dialog box, encircle I accepted the license understanding together with click Continue.
  10. A alarm message volition endure displayed maxim that "Formatting volition erase all information on the disk". Click OK on the message.
  11. WintoFlash volition exhibit a window amongst a progress bar similar the ane inwards the icon below.
    12. Windows is installed using optical media similar Install, Boot Windows from USB Pen, Thumb or Flash Drive
    Preparing a bootable pen drive
  12. After the progress bar reaches the end, press Next together with and hence press Exit. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 notification to update WintoFlash mightiness endure shown, click "No merely close" to closed it.
That's it. You directly receive got a bootable pen drive that tin endure used to install Windows. To install Windows from it, follow the steps given below:-

Installing Windows from the bootable USB Thumb Drive

  1. Plugin your pollex drive.
  2. Start your computer. Go into the BIOS setup yesteryear pressing the Delete key. In the kicking menu, choose your flash drive equally the outset kicking device. Save settings together with restart your PC. (This pace mightiness endure unlike for unlike computers. Check your organization guide to know how to alter the kicking lodge inwards your PC.)
  3. Windows setup volition load.
  4. Install Windows yesteryear next the on-screen instructions.
This tutorial plant on all versions of Windows including Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP together with Windows Vista.

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