You will have to boot from your hard disk drive if the Windows Installation restarts the computer.įollow these simple steps, you can install Windows onto disks other than the one where your Windows operating system is installed with free Windows deployment tool WinToHDD easily.For those of you who have netbooks, and want to install windows 8 but cant because theres no DVD drive in them, or those of you who downloaded windows 8 from the internet, heres how to install windows 8 to your computer using a USB stick now before i begin ill mention some points that you might need to know before you begin (these are only for the people who got windows 8 unofficially from the internet) 1- after you install and run windows 8 normally, you wont be able to change the colours and the lockscreen wallpaper and the profile photo and the other features that are included within the lockscreen, they will be locked from windows, i dont know why this is happening, maybe microsoft put some sort of a limitation on windows 8 versions not sold by it, maybe its only on the windows 8 pro version, cause thats the one i have, im not sure about the other versions. Windows installation starts up and you have to complete all the installation steps. After installation restart the computer and change BIOS to boot from your hard disk drive. After clicking "Next", WinToHDD begins installing Windows. You can also specify the encryption mode and encryption strength here.
If you want to encrypt boot partition using BitLocker, tick the "Enable BitLocker" check box and enter encryption password.The "Legacy" installation mode installs Windows directly into the boot partition on the drive, and the VHD/VHDX installation mode installs Windows on the VHD/VHDX file that is stored in the boot partition.Select the boot partition and system partition from the partition list, the selected partitions will be marked as red. If you choose "Keep the existing partition scheme", you need to manually prepare the partitions on the disk before this step, and here is the user guide on how to manually prepare partitions for the destination disk.The "MBR for BIOS" and "GPT for UEFI" options will cause the destination drive to be formatted, so all data on the drive will be destroyed.
Select the destination disk in the drop-down list, a pop-up will appear asking you if you want to format it to continue, select the partition scheme you want to use and click "Yes" to continue. If you see the edition of Windows you want to install, select it, then click "Next". WinToHDD scans for and lists installable operating systems. If your CD/DVD drive is not correctly recognized by WinToHDD, you need to click the button for the program to recognize the CD/DVD drive. Once the CD/DVD is being detected in Windows, then click button and select the CD/DVD drive in the drop-down list. Installing from a DVD drive: Insert the Windows installation CD/DVD into your CD/DVD drive.Installing from an ISO/WIM/ESD/SWM/VHD/VHDX File: Click the button, then click the button and select the ISO/WIM/ESD/SWM/VHD/VHDX file from the open dialog box.Please use the following guidelines to prepare your installation source. Run WinToHDD, then click the "New Installation" button. Tutorial to Reinstall Windows without using a CD/DVD or USB drive. If you have a Windows 10/8.x/7/vista installation ISO/WIM/ESD/SWM, a VHD/VHDX file which have Windows 10/8.x/7/vista installed, or a Windows 10/8.x/7/vista installation CD/DVD, you can use free Windows deployment tool WinToHDD to install Windows onto disks (HDD/SSD) other than the one where your Windows operating system is installed.