How Do I Get the Installation Media for Windows 8?
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Head to Microsoft’s installation tool webpage, connect your USB flash drive (at least 4 GB of space should be available) or insert your writeable DVD, and then click the Create media button. Once the media creation tool is finished, you can use the USB flash drive or DVD (after rebooting) to install Window 8.1.

How do I download Windows 8.1 installation media?

Please follow these steps:

  1. Download the Windows 8.1 Media-Creation-Tool directly from Microsoft.
  2. Right click on the mediacreationtool.exe file that has downloaded and select “Run as administrator”
  3. Choose the language, edition, and architecture for the media you want to create:

How do I create a bootable USB drive for Windows 8?

How to Install Windows 8 or 8.1 From a USB Device

  1. Create an ISO file from the Windows 8 DVD. …
  2. Download the Windows USB/DVD download tool from Microsoft and then install it. …
  3. Start the Windows USB DVD Download Tool program. …
  4. Select Browse on Step 1 of 4: Choose ISO file screen.
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