Need Help With Making Bootable USB (Rufus)

[Chubpanda37]

Just built my pc, don't have an optical drive so I decided to use a flash drive to install windows.
Can anyone just quickly guide me through using rufus? A lot of stuff here I don't know and I am afraid I will mess up. Thank you.

 

[USAFRet]

Just built my pc, don't have an optical drive so I decided to use a flash drive to install windows.
Can anyone just quickly guide me through using rufus? A lot of stuff here I don't know and I am afraid I will mess up. Thank you.

What OS, and where are you getting it from?

 

[alexoiu]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmtRE9LTCOE
or look for similar.

 

[NEmpire95]

Just built my pc, don't have an optical drive so I decided to use a flash drive to install windows.
Can anyone just quickly guide me through using rufus? A lot of stuff here I don't know and I am afraid I will mess up. Thank you.

http://microsoft-news.com/how-to-create-a-bootable-usb-drive-for-windows-10/

 

[Rookie_MIB]

Step 1: Need to get the data off your install disk to an ISO file. There are plenty of tools to do that.
Step 2: get a blank thumb drive.
Step 3: start up rufus and point it at the ISO file as the source, and then the thumbdrive as the destination.
Step 4: press start. rufus does the rest.

 

[Chubpanda37]

Er was thinking about buying from S5ean windows 8.1 pro

 

[USAFRet]

Er was thinking about buying from S5ean windows 8.1 pro

And what might that be?
Do you have a link for this? Cause it does not sound legit.

ohh....reddit
Def not legit. Sorry.

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... 1) basically you need to format your USB stick to FAT32 and click the box that says "make bootable"
2) De-power/shutdown
3) power up to BIO's and change boot order for USB above the hardrives ( save&exit )
4) power down and insert USB stick.
5) power up and see if Rufus OS is loaded.

*** any Windows version can make a Bootable OS USB too... using the format APP... just to give you an idea how it works and not Rufus dependent in your Install procedure... The ISO to USB/DVD Microsoft APP can format your USB and make it bootable too... a lot of options here for you making the USB install media.

 

[USAFRet]

Step 1: Need to get the data off your install disk to an ISO file. There are plenty of tools to do that.
Step 2: get a blank thumb drive.
Step 3: start up rufus and point it at the ISO file as the source, and then the thumbdrive as the destination.
Step 4: press start. rufus does the rest.

"Step 1:" ????

 

[Chubpanda37]

Eh i just need a bootable flash drive for now can anyone tell me how? There's something about UEFI bios and idk if my motherboard has it or not..

 

[Chubpanda37]

I need a disk???

 

[Chubpanda37]

Hello... 1) basically you need to format your USB stick to FAT32 and click the box that says "make bootable"
2) De-power/shutdown
3) power up to BIO's and change boot order for USB above the hardrives ( save& exit )
4) power down and insert USB stick.
5) power up and see if Rufus OS is loaded.

*** any Windows version can make a Bootable OS USB too... using the format APP... just to give you an idea how it works and not Rufus dependent in your Install procedure.

For "Create a bootable disk using:" which one do I select? Iso image, MS-DOS, FreeDOS, or DD image? Also how many passes?

 

[USAFRet]

Step 1: Buy a valid OS license. You seem to be going down the wrong fork in that road.

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... Do you have a ISO DL'd yet? point APP to it.
either MSDOS or FreeDos is suitable/Bootable for Windows ISO install... click BOX 'make Bootable"
one

 

[Chubpanda37]

Hello... Do you have a ISO DL'd yet? point at it.
either MSDOS or FreeDos is suitable/Bootable for Windows ISO install... click BOX 'make Bootable"

Where do I download the ISO?

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... Microsoft... they have 30-?? day free-trial on all their products... or you can use a pre-made Windows DVD and make a USB ISO from it.

 

[USAFRet]

Hello... Microsoft... they have 30-?? day free-trial on all their products... or you can use a pre-made Windows DVD and make a USB ISO from it.

Hello, not any more. Win 8.1 and later will demand a license key as you install it.

 

[USAFRet]

Hello... Do you have a ISO DL'd yet? point at it.
either MSDOS or FreeDos is suitable/Bootable for Windows ISO install... click BOX 'make Bootable"

Where do I download the ISO?

Where did you purchase the OS from?

 

[Chubpanda37]

Hello... Do you have a ISO DL'd yet? point at it.
either MSDOS or FreeDos is suitable/Bootable for Windows ISO install... click BOX 'make Bootable"

Where do I download the ISO?

Where did you purchase the OS from?

Uh haven't purchased yet still trying to figure out where to save ISO file either flash drive or pc do you know which one?

 

[USAFRet]

Hello... Do you have a ISO DL'd yet? point at it.
either MSDOS or FreeDos is suitable/Bootable for Windows ISO install... click BOX 'make Bootable"

Where do I download the ISO?

Where did you purchase the OS from?

Uh haven't purchased yet still trying to figure out where to save ISO file either flash drive or pc do you know which one?

Purchase here:
Newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832588528&cm_re=windows_10_usb-_-32-588-528-_-Product

Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Windows-Home-Flash-Drive/dp/B01019T6O0

Direct to you on USB.

 

[Chubpanda37]

Er I went with pc... Is that okay or should i cancel the download?

 

[USAFRet]

Er I went with pc... Is that okay or should i cancel the download?

The ISO can be had free, direct from Microsoft.
From where did you purchase the license key? That's the part that actually costs money.

 

[Chubpanda37]

Er I went with pc... Is that okay or should i cancel the download?

The ISO can be had free, direct from Microsoft.
From where did you purchase the license key? That's the part that actually costs money.

Already said I didn't purchase anything yet. Do I still have to use rufus after its done downloading on my flash drive? Different websites be giving different info making me mad confused.

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... will this help? http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows7/a/install-windows-7-usb.htm
Save/create on another computer.

The "ISO" file needs to go through a conversion first... Sometimes just right clicking on the .ISO will give you some conversion options, depending on the OS. The ISO to USB/DVD Microsoft APP will do it all for you... format fat32, make bootable, and convert... Rufus is cool thing too to use and practice with... I have used the OS to flash firmware.

 

[USAFRet]

Er I went with pc... Is that okay or should i cancel the download?

The ISO can be had free, direct from Microsoft.
From where did you purchase the license key? That's the part that actually costs money.

Already said I didn't purchase anything yet. Do I still have to use rufus after its done downloading on my flash drive? Different websites be giving different info making me mad confused.

You can download the ISO from MS
There are various ways to generate a bootable USB from that ISO
To install and activate the OS, you need to purchase a valid license key.

Again...where are you considering purchasing this from?
(if you say some dude on reddit, I'm out of the conversation)