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    How To Create UEFI Bootable USB To Install Windows 8.1

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    The document provides instructions for creating a bootable USB drive to install Windows 8.1 on a UEFI-based computer. It explains that the USB drive must use the FAT32 file system and GPT partitioning to be bootable under UEFI. It then provides three methods to create the bootable USB drive: using third-party software ISO2Disc or Rufus to write the ISO file to the USB drive, or using the Diskpart command to prepare the drive and copy files manually. The steps for each method are described in detail.

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    How To Create UEFI Bootable USB To Install Windows 8.1

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    The document provides instructions for creating a bootable USB drive to install Windows 8.1 on a UEFI-based computer. It explains that the USB drive must use the FAT32 file system and GPT partitioning to be bootable under UEFI. It then provides three methods to create the bootable USB drive: using third-party software ISO2Disc or Rufus to write the ISO file to the USB drive, or using the Diskpart command to prepare the drive and copy files manually. The steps for each method are described in detail.

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    The document provides instructions for creating a bootable USB drive to install Windows 8.1 on a UEFI-based computer. It explains that the USB drive must use the FAT32 file system and GPT partitioning to be bootable under UEFI. It then provides three methods to create the bootable USB drive: using third-party software ISO2Disc or Rufus to write the ISO file to the USB drive, or using the Diskpart command to prepare the drive and copy files manually. The steps for each method are described in detail.

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    How To Create UEFI Bootable USB To Install Windows 8.1

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    The document provides instructions for creating a bootable USB drive to install Windows 8.1 on a UEFI-based computer. It explains that the USB drive must use the FAT32 file system and GPT partitioning to be bootable under UEFI. It then provides three methods to create the bootable USB drive: using third-party software ISO2Disc or Rufus to write the ISO file to the USB drive, or using the Diskpart command to prepare the drive and copy files manually. The steps for each method are described in detail.

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    You have a UEFI-based PC and you used Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool to create

    a bootable Windows 8.1 installation USB drive. You go to BIOS to change the BIOS boot
    order of drives and don’t know why you cannot find the USB drive marked as UEFI
    bootable in the Boot Device Menu.
    In this tutorial we will show you how to create a bootable USB flash drive for Installing
    Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1 on a UEFI-based computer.
    Note:

     To boot a UEFI-based computer from a USB flash drive, the drive needs to be
    formatted using the FAT32 file system.
     FAT32 has the limitation of the maximum individual file size of 4 GB and the
    maximum volume size of 32GB.
     32-bit editions of Windows are not supported by Microsoft for booting on a UEFI-
    based computer.
     UEFI works with a new partitioning scheme: GUID Partition Table (GPT)

    Requirements:

     A USB flash drive with a minimum of 4 GB


     Windows 7 (64-bit) ISO or
     Windows 8 (64-bit) ISO or
     Windows 8.1 (64-bit) ISO
     You can also use a Windows installation DVD instead of an ISO file

    Please insert your USB flash drive into an available USB port before perform these below
    steps.

    METHOD 1: Using third-party freeware - ISO2Disc


    Step 1: Download and install ISO2Disc
    Step 2: Launch ISO2Disc. Click on the Browse button and select your 64-bit Windows 8.1
    ISO file.
    You can also select Windows 7 (64-bit) ISO file or Windows 8 (64-bit) ISO file as your
    demand.

    Step 3: Select the Burn to USB Flash Drive option.


    Step 4: Select your USB drive from the list.
    Step 5: In the Partition Style list: select GPT.
    Step 6: Click on the Start Burn button.

    And wait several minutes for the burning procedure to be complete then you will have a
    UEFI bootable USB to install Windows 8.1.

    METHOD 2: Using third-party freeware - Rufus


    Step 1: Download at the official site: http://rufus.akeo.ie/
    Step 2: Run Rufus and click Yes if prompted by the User Account Control.
    Step 3: Select the settings as:

     Device: select your USB flash drive


     Partition scheme and target system type: select GPT partition scheme for UEFI
    computer
     File system: select FAT32
     Cluster size: select Default
     Format Options:
    o Quick format: checked
    o Create a bootable disk using: select ISO Image then click on icon
    and select your ISO file.
    o Create extended label and icon files: checked
     New volume label: enter your desired label for the USB flash drive or leave the
    default name.

    Step 4: Click on the Start button then click on OK to confirm the warning.
    The program will now start copying the ISO file to make your bootable UEFI USB flash
    drive.
    And after more than 15 minutes, you will have a UEFI bootable USB to install Windows
    8.1, Windows 8 or Windows 7.
    METHOD 3: Using Microsoft’s Diskpart - a command-line hard disk partitioning utility.
    Step 1: Open a Command Prompt with Administrator privileges in Windows 7 or
    Windows 8 or Windows 8.1.
    Step 2: Type in these below commands then press Enter:
    diskpart
    list disk
    select disk X (caution: replace X with your target USB drive, in my case
    it is disk 2)
    clean
    create partition primary
    format fs=fat32 quick
    active
    assign
    list volume
    exit
    Step 3: Copy all files and folders in the ISO or DVD onto the newly created UEFI boot
    USB flash drive.
    (if you are creating a UEFI bootable USB flash drive for installing Windows 7, please
    continue with step 4. If not, go to step 5)
    There’re many ways to copy files in an ISO to USB flash drive:
    #1 - If you’re using Windows 8/ Windows 8.1:

     Navigate to the folder that contains your ISO file.


     Right-click on the ISO file > select Mount

     It will automatically bring you to the mounted ISO file.


     Click on Select all or press Ctrl + A to select all files and folders.
     Right-click on them > select Send to > select the Removable Disk with the volume
    letter that you created in step 2 above.
    #2 - If you’re using Winrar:
    (Download the full version of Winrar here, the trial version here)

     Navigate to the folder that contains your ISO file.


     Right-click on the ISO file > select Winrar > select Extract files
     Select the Removable Disk with the volume letter that you created in Step 2 above
    > click on OK
    #3 - If you’re using 7-Zip:
    (Download 7-Zip here)

     Navigate to the folder that contains your ISO file.


     Right-click on the ISO file > select 7-Zip > select Extract files
     Click on the Browse button > Select the Removable Disk with the volume letter
    that you created in step 2 above > click on OK > click on OK

    Step 4: if you are creating a UEFI bootable USB flash drive for installing Windows 7,
    please follow these steps below. If not, go to step 5.
    Navigate to your Removable Disk > efi > microsoft and copy the boot folder
    Up to the efi folder and paste it.
    Download and install the free archive manager 7-Zip.
    Navigate to your Removable Disk > sources
    Right-click on the install.wim file > select 7-zip > select Open archive and wait some
    seconds for 7-zip to open it.
    On the 7-Zip navigation window, go to folder install.wim\1\Windows\Boot\EFI\
    Right click on the bootmgfw.efi file > select Copy to > click the Browse button and select
    your desktop > click OK > close 7-zip.
    Navigate to your desktop > rename the bootmgfw.efi file to bootx64.efi.
    Copy the bootx64.efi file into the Removable Disk > efi > boot folder
    Step 5: You now have a UEFI bootable USB and are ready for installing Windows 8.1,
    Windows 8 or Windows 7.

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