Friday, December 5, 2014

installation - Install Windows 8 without optical drive, given a physical DVD

I bought a copy of Windows 8.1 (System Builder), which I want to install on an old desktop. As expected, the package arrived int he mail with a physical DVD, but I just realised that I don't have access to an optical drive right now.


Is it possible and legal for me to simply download an image and put it on a USB stick for the installation and then use the license that comes with my physical package? My goal is to have an installation that is practically and legally equivalent to having installed from the DVD.

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