[GUIDE]WINDOWS 8 LIVE USB : install it on a USB KEY - UPDATE 11/01/13 - RTM TOO !!!

KingGong · 15th April 2012, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by PYCON

Ehm... what's transformer prime ?

the best android tablet at the moment! it comes with a docking station with usb 2.0 port that's why i asked

PYCON · 15th April 2012, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by KingGong

the best android tablet at the moment! it comes with a docking station with usb 2.0 port that's why i asked

I don't know it so... try...

k.janku1 · 15th April 2012, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by KingGong

is this also working, when i plug the usb stick in my transformer prime?
that would be awesome!

No, because the proccesor in your prime has an ARM architecture so it wan't boot a 32 bit system. It also doesn't have BIOS to boot from USB.

Sent from my U20i using XDA

k.janku1 · 19th April 2012, 04:35 PM

how long did it take you to "unzip" the install.wim ?

razer1224 · 19th April 2012, 05:59 PM

Somebody have lenovo tablet try them but i dont knw about the chipset

PYCON · 20th April 2012, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by k.janku1

how long did it take you to "unzip" the install.wim ?

It depends of performance of your PC.

INSTALL.WIM is 2,5 average size file, so on my I7 the uncompress
got me waiting for about 6 / 7 mins... So try, if u jave a dual core
it's possible u've to wait up to 12 / 15 mins to uncompress it...

Marc. · 23rd April 2012, 10:25 AM

If you format the USB where W8 is on, then its normally removed?

k.janku1 · 24th April 2012, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Marc.

If you format the USB where W8 is on, then its normally removed?

Yes, but whwn I had it installed on a second partiton of my HDD and then formatted it, I couldn't boot back to windows 7

PYCON · 24th April 2012, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Marc.

If you format the USB where W8 is on, then its normally removed?

No man, u can't format the usb key on which u've installed Win 8.

'cause for the system, it's the C: and so the system partition, u
can't format it, resize it, remove it from usb tray icon...

hassanselim0 · 29th April 2012, 07:20 AM

@pycon: I think he meant that he wanted to format it from Windows 7 (or whatever his other OS is), and I think it's safe to do that.

@k.janku1: That's because Windows 8's dual boot screen is shown AFTER Windows 8 actually boots, so before deleting Windows 8 you first have to remove it from the boot list in "msconfig" (just type that in the search), and if you already formatted your HDD partition where Windows 8 is installed, then your only solution is to repare your MBR using a Windows DVD or some other boot tool like SuperGRUB (it can restore Windows MBRs too, not just Linux!)