This time, it worked - even though I'm installing from a USB 3 port. Create new volume, NTFS, then mark as active, and copy the ISO file contents over.

Then I tried not using Rufus, and using Disk Management instead. I also reformatted and recreated the flash drive to ensure it wasn't a case of data corruption. I read that this happens if you inatall from a USB 3 port, so I tried changing to a USB 2 port - same thing. Note: If the installation media for Windows is in the DVD drive or on a USB drive, you can safely remove it for this step. If you have a CD, DVD, or USB flash drive with the driver on it, please insert it now. This could be a DVD, USB or Hard disk driver. Simply select USB flash drive option on Choose where to save the installation file screen to download the installation files and prepare the bootable USB.I used Rufus to create a bootable USB flash drive (Sandisk Extreme USB 3) (I tried GPT and MBR formats), but I get thrown this message when installing Windows 8 from a USB 3 port:Ī media driver your computer needs is missing. That is, you don’t need to actually download the ISO file in order to prepare the bootable USB. In addition to downloading ISO image files, Windows Installation Media Creation Tool can be used to prepare the bootable USB of your Windows 8.1 as well. The time required to download the ISO image will depend on your internet connection speed and load on Microsoft servers. After running the executable, you need to select your language, edition of Windows 8.1, and then the architecture type. To run Windows Installation Media Creation Tool on Windows 7, simply download the utility by visiting this page of Microsoft and then run the downloaded executable.

Since the tool doesn’t prompt you to enter the license key in order to initiate the download, it’s much easier to download the official ISO. This is helpful when you’re unable to boot into Windows 8.1 and want to perform a clean install of Windows 8.1 by downloading Windows 8.1 ISO on a PC running Windows 7.

Those of you wondering if the Windows Installation Media Creation Tool can be run on Windows 7 will be glad to know that it’s possible to run Windows Installation Media Creation Tool on Windows 7 to download Windows 8.1 ISO image files right from Microsoft without having to enter the product license key. Installation Media Creation Tool on Windows 7

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