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Format a USB flash drive; Copy the Windows 8 files onto the USB flash drive; Make the USB flash drive bootable; Install Windows 8 from the bootable flash drive Step 1: Mount the Windows 8 Developer Preview ISO image on your computer. The first step is to mount the ISO image on your computer. How-to: Create a bootable Windows 8 USB flash drive. Format your USB flash drive ready like this: - Insert a USB flash drive into your computer - Start a Command Prompt as an administrator (right-click on the entry and select Run as administrator) and type diskpart and then press ENTER - Next, type the following BOLD lines a line at a time.
Applies To: Windows Server 2016 Essentials, Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials, Windows Server 2012 Essentials
You can create a bootable USB flash drive to use to deploy Windows Server Essentials. The first step is to prepare the USB flash drive by using DiskPart, which is a command-line utility. For information about DiskPart, see DiskPart Command-Line Options.
Tip
To create a bootable USB flash drive for use in recovering or reinstalling Windows on a PC instead of a server, see Create a recovery drive.
For additional scenarios in which you may want to create or use a bootable USB flash drive, see the following topics:
To create a bootable USB flash drive
- Insert a USB flash drive into a running computer.
- Open a Command Prompt window as an administrator.
- Type
diskpart
. - In the new command line window that opens, to determine the USB flash drive number or drive letter, at the command prompt, type
list disk
, and then click ENTER. Thelist disk
command displays all the disks on the computer. Note the drive number or drive letter of the USB flash drive. - At the command prompt, type
select disk <X>
, where X is the drive number or drive letter of the USB flash drive, and then click ENTER. - Type
clean
, and the click ENTER. This command deletes all data from the USB flash drive. - To create a new primary partition on the USB flash drive, type
create partition primary
, and then click ENTER. - To select the partition that you just created, type
select partition 1
, and then click ENTER. - To format the partition, type
format fs=ntfs quick
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, and then click ENTER. - Type
active
, and then click ENTER. - Type
exit
, and then click ENTER. - When you finish preparing your custom image, save it to the root of the USB flash drive.
Making Windows 8 Bootable Usb
See Also
Getting Started with the Windows Server Essentials ADK
Creating and Customizing the Image
Additional Customizations
Preparing the Image for Deployment
Testing the Customer Experience
Creating and Customizing the Image
Additional Customizations
Preparing the Image for Deployment
Testing the Customer Experience
Creating Windows 8.1 / 8 Bootable Usb Flash Drive
Getting Started with the Windows Server Essentials ADK
Creating and Customizing the Image
Additional Customizations
Preparing the Image for Deployment
Testing the Customer Experience
Creating and Customizing the Image
Additional Customizations
Preparing the Image for Deployment
Testing the Customer Experience