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    X240: Installing Windows 8 without DVD drive?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by LaPank, May 17, 2014.

  1. LaPank

    LaPank Notebook Enthusiast

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    I bought a brand new X240 and wanted to use Windows 8.1 instead of the preinstalled Windows 7.
    To my surprise I had to learn that Lenovo does not include USB media to install Windows 8, but DVDs. I wonder why Lenovo does this, as the X240 comes without a DVD drive and this type of media is completely useless unless you buy a DVD drive.

    Does anybody know how to get the recovery disks as USB media? Or if there is a secure way to convert the 4 DVDs which Lenovo delivers with the X240 ultrabook into USB media?

    I don't want to end up starting the Windows 8 installation process with self made revovery USBs and get stuck halfway through ...
     
    LaPank, May 17, 2014
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  2. getgamein

    getgamein Notebook Enthusiast

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    You can purchase USB optical drive from Lenovo.
    You can download ISO file from Microsoft and using USB installation took make a bootable USB disk.
     
    getgamein, May 27, 2014
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  3. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Windows also lets you save a recovery image of your system to a USB drive.
     
    Commander Wolf, May 27, 2014
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