Continue to Step 3 if you have a Windows 8 ISO file.Īs you already know, that Windows disc you have isn't going to do you any good as it is because your computer doesn't have an optical drive to stick the DVD into.
Continue to Step 2 if you have a Windows 8 DVD.There's an extra step to take if your copy of Windows 8/8.1 is on a DVD, so: Now that you have a flash drive, your Windows 8 media, and access to a working computer, you can work on getting those installation files from that disc or downloaded onto your flash drive so you install Windows 8. If what you're working with now is a Windows 8 DVD (versus an ISO image), make sure this computer you'll be borrowing has a DVD drive, too. This can be the computer you're about to install Windows onto, assuming it's working, or it can be some other computer.
The last thing you'll need is access to a working computer. See A Brief History of Microsoft Windows for the latest on the newest versions of Microsoft's Windows OS. Keep in mind that Windows 8 is not the newest version of Windows in fact, Microsoft ended support for this version of Windows in 2016.
