How to: Create Bootable Windows 8 ISO DVD

Recently I have downloaded leaked version of windows 8 RTM,In that it had only flat installation file and there were no bootable ISO image.So in order to install this from DVD we cant to create ISO image first.

Just follow this simple steps to do it.

Stuffs needed:

• oscdimg.exe : Download

       It is a command line cd/dvd ROM pre mastering tool,for more tutorial about this tool visit

• Windows setup files

Steps:

1.First up all you need to keep all window installation files in in one folder.For example i keep it in (C/win8)

2.Run the downloaded tool as administrator.Note you need to have microsoft .NET 4.

3. Type following code.

oscdimg.exe –l<Disc_Label> -m -u2 –b<path_of_bootable_img_file>

 <path_of_installation_file> <path_with_filename_is_to_be_created>

Note :

• -l is used to set volume label of DVD
• -m is used to create bigger image file than 700MB
• -u2 is used to create UDF file system for DVD
• -b is used to locate boot image of DVD

For example:

oscdimg.exe -lwin8 -m -u2 -bC:\win8\boot\etfsboot.com C:\win8 C:\win8.ISO

After this it will scan source tree and create ISO image file

4.Now can cd/dvd burning softwares and burn your bootable media