How to install Windows 8

First of all, we need flash drive and the operating system image itself. You will also need to find out if yourcomputer (motherboard model) or laptop boot from USB devices. Check it out very easily: just look at the hardware documentation or go to the BIOS, where you should select the Boot item. In the event that this type of download is not supported, this is the first sign that your hardware needs an urgent update.

By itself, the distribution takes significantly more than 4 GB, so in order to successfully install Windows 8, you need a flash drive, the amount of which at least 8 GB. In addition, it will be necessary to worka computer with Windows 7 or Windows Vista installed, on which a bootable USB flash drive will be created. Remember that when you create it, the flash drive will be subject to formatting, so be sure to copy all the important information from the USB flash drive to a safe place. Also need DEAMON ToolsIt serves as an emulator of virtual disks.

After you connect the flash drive to the computer, you will need to start the command line using administrative rights. Go to the Start menu, in the search bar type cmd and press Ctrl + Shift + Enter.

Then in the command line write DISKPART and press Enter. Then we dial LIST DISK and again press Enter, resulting ina list of disks will be displayed, according to which it is necessary to find out under what number the one goes, under which the operating system means a flash drive. Let's say it's Disk 1.

The next step is to format the flash drive. To do this, you need to register the following series of commands: "Select Disk 1", "Clean", "Create partition primary", "Select partition 1", "Action", "Format FS = NTFS". Usually, formatting does not take much time, and after it is finished, you need to enter Assign and «Exit».

Next, you need to open the image on a virtualROM, using the program DEAMON Tools or another emulator for this. Again, we return to the command line, where you should type the name of the disk and put a colon at the end, for example, F:. Then we type CD Boot. Accordingly, in the folder F: Boot is the file bootsect.exe, run it to generate the bootloader code, prescribing bootsect.exe / nt60 G:, where G is the letter under which the USB flash drive works. Now you will receive a message stating that the boot loader was successfully created.

Remains only copy the entire contents of the DVD with the system distribution on the USB flash drive. Now finally you can install Windows 8. We put the priority of loading in the BIOS on the flash drive. After the computer is restarted, the operating system installer will automatically open.

If you create a bootable USB flash drive under the system Windows XP, then this process is slightly different in it. First of all, you need a utility MBRWiz. After formatting the flash drive on the command line, type Convert G: / FS: NTFS, where G is the letter that the flash drive is designated. Next, you need to run the file MBRWiz.exe, which will unpack the utility itself in the specified folder, for example, C: MBRWIZ. Now you need to go to this folder by writing on the command line CD C: MBRWIZ.

Dialed MBRWIZ / LIST. In the displayed list, you need to look at what serial number on the computer is a USB flash drive, for example, 1. Next, write: MBRWIZ / disk = 1 / active = 1. After this, the bootloader code is generated in the same way as for Windows 7 and Vista. Now the distribution itself can be copied to a flash drive.

The installer is a clear interface, which step by step displays the installation process. Everything starts with the choice of language and confirmation of the license agreement. For the installation mode, we recommend that you select Custom (advanced), it is also advisable to format the disk,which will be installed. Next, as usual, we have to come up with a name for the computer, and also specify usernames. This is the most necessary thing to successfully install Windows 8.