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Make a bootable USB drive from another computer and boot and install from it

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Make sure the root of the USB drive looks something like this before you try and boot from it:

 

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If you have an empty 8GB USB stick, you can download a Microsoft-created tool that will move an Windows .iso image onto the stick, and make it bootable, all auto-magically.  

 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool

Under the "Installation" section, there is a link to download the actual tool.  For the requirements, it says you only need a 4GB stick, but I've never gotten it to work with a stick that small.  You don't mention *which* version of Windows you're going to be installing, so I can't give you any more specific instructions.

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im building my pc in about 3-4 monts but i dont know how to install windows in my pc if i not planning put an optical drive, so installing windows to it has become the hardest question to answer, any oane can help me with that?

You have two options

1. Use a usb drive to install windows

2. Get a usb optical drive and use that to install windows off of a disk

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