When all the files are done copying to the device, remove it from the source computer, insert into a USB 3.0 port on the destination computer and reboot.įor me, this worked beautifully. On the destination computer where you want to install Windows Server 2012 or Windows 8, boot into the BIOS (usually by pressing F2 repeatedly while the computer’ is displaying the initial POST screen), then go to the boot preferences and make sure your USB drive is enabled and in the list before other devices like the HDD. iso file itself, go to the drive letter assigned to the. Copy the entire ISO contents to the root of the USB stick.
Type BootSect /NT60 DriveLetterOfTheUSBStick (i.e. In the command window, change to the mounted ISO disk volume, then CD into the Boot folderĦ. Type: Select Vol VolumeNumberFromTheListVol (i.e.Type: List Vol to get a list of the volumes (you need the list.Start –> CMD –> Right-Click, Run as Administrator). Opened an Administrator Command Prompt (i.e.(I just did it from Disk Management, but you could also do it from explorer, command prompt, etc.) Format the USB 3.0 Stick (has to be 4GB or bigger – mine was 32GB) using the NTFS file system, quick format.(I happen to use Virtual Clone Drive to mount the ISO as a drive letter). Mount the Windows Server 2012 (or Windows 8).So rather than waste time burning additional DVDs I decided to make a bootable USB 3.0 stick instead. Turns out the reason has nothing to do with my hardware configuration but rather some glitch with the DVD+R media to which I had burned the Server 2012 installation media. 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. “A media driver your computer needs is missing. The other day I was trying to install Windows Server 2012 to a test server, but the installation kept failing on a Load driver screen:
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