If you have a new computer that supports the BIOS successor UEFI, I recommend choosing the last option if you want to ensure that Windows 8 will make use of the UEFI features.įor the file system, you should select FAT32 and not NTFS in that case. You can choose between the MBR partition scheme for BIOS or UEFI computers, the MBR partition scheme for UEFI computers, and the GPT partition scheme for UEFI computers. Rufus allows you to select the partition scheme and the target system type. Considering that the tool only has to format a flash drive and copy some files to it, I don’t understand why Microsoft requires the Windows 7 USB tool to be installed. In addition, it offers a few features that the IT pro will like.įirst of all, it is a portable application and therefore needs no installation. Thus far, it mastered every flash drive I tried. I think Microsoft should no longer sell Windows on DVDs and instead offer USB setup sticks and bare metal cloud installations.Īnyway, I played with the free Rufus alternative to the Windows 7 USB tool, and it appears to be more reliable. People expect that they can just use a product when they paid for it without the need to fiddle around with diskpart. 😉 I believe forcing end users to download an unreliable tool to create install media is an anachronism. So you see what a Microsoft fan boy I am. I suppose the majority of customers would just have returned the Windows 8 DVD and bought an iPa(i)d or Android tablet instead. They didn’t know how to do that and I ended up doing it myself in the shop. Since the Windows 8 package only came with a DVD and I didn’t bring a DVD drive, I had to go back to the shop and ask them to create a USB boot stick for me. It appears that, depending on the country, the license key and the Windows 8 setup have to fit together.
When I tried to install the OS with my USB stick, the setup complained that the license key doesn’t work. I recently bought Windows 8 in the Philippines.
I’d like to take this opportunity to add one more annoyance that might be a bit off topic because I am supposed to review Rufus here. If you run into problems even before you can create the installation media, then then you are likely somewhat prejudiced against a new operating system that was made for tablet PCs and Ultrabooks for which a setup DVD is relatively useless. Considering that more and more PCs no longer feature DVD drives, this could be a major reason why Windows 8 user satisfaction is not always as high as Microsoft hopes.
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