Formatting with a USB drive?

Question

OK, so I basically formatted my USB drive and then tried to copy windows 8 installation files into the (formatted) USB. However something majorly screwed my PC up and the copying process was interrupted. I tried copying them again and then skipping the files I had already copied, but when I booted from the USB drive and tried to install windows, an error popped up, stating that a file was corrupt. So basically what I'm asking is: do I need to format my USB drive again or just copy the installation files over?
Thanks in advance..

Answer 1

Formatting a drive to be a boot drive is a bit different from formatting a disk partition.

Since you don't say how big the USB drive is, no way to say how long it could or should take. Bigger will take longer...

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Answer 2

There may be problem if you just copy all the installation file to usb drive. It'll be good if you format the usb drive and start it again.

Answer 3

I did not think it was possible with Windows 8, but apparently it is.



See the link below for information.



Good Luck