While Microsoft Windows 8 setup assistant utility provides and excellent way to download and create operating-system bootable installation media (CD/DVD/USB/ISO), it does not provide any means to use an existing .ISO file for creation of these bootable media options.

To create an bootable CD, DVD or USB setup disk from an previously downloaded and saved Windows 8 ISO file follow the steps demonstrated below.

As scheduled Microsoft Windows 8 is finally out now for retail purchase all over the globe. Made available in three flavours Windows RT, Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro (comparison) - the desktop OS comes with a entierly new modern user interface.

Microsoft Windows 8 is scheduled for retail sale from October 26th 2012, however users can grab an 100% legal and genuine copy of the final build right now from Microsoft servers - as the company is now offering free Windows 8 Enterprise 90-day evaluation version to users.

This final version is same to already leaked Windows 8 RTM versions except the fact that Windows 8 Enterprise version is Windows 8 Pro with additional features like Windows To Go (portable bootable USB flash drive) and tools for enhanced security and networking features. These downloads come with 90 days of activation and is aimed for early adopters like developers and system integrators to test things out before the retail launch.

Just a day ago Microsoft announced the "Released to manufacturing" (RTM) milestone for Windows 8 and today it got leaked on internet, available for everybody to download freely. The RTM version is when the product development and testing is completed and final code is handed over to company's OEM partners for manufacturing, using this FINAL version OEM's will begin preparing there offerings of Windows 8 PCs and devices.

This "FINAL VERSION" of Windows 8 is out now in public on Bittorrent portals and file-hosting websites for download, the leaked version is "Enterprise N X64 edition" does not feature the Windows Media Player component. Since, this is the original version without any "Windows 8 key or crack" and this will expire within 30 days on installation. The details of leak are as follows :


MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.8.ENTERPRISE.N.RTM.X64.VOLUME.ENGLISH.BOOTABLE_ISO-CTRLSOFT
FILE: W8EntN.x64.RTM.EN-CtrlSoft.iso
SIZE: 3,168,436,224 bytes
CRC-32: 3B2EDC62
MD5: A5A2E1AF1A48D3655C08F384D7408F83
SHA-1: EA02303283F24EB1942D39B1272D2F07B18B4645

NOTE: Original files NON-boot DVD M$ distributive by WZT.
Bootable ISO by CtrlSoft.
"ENTERPRISE-N" version Windows 8 not include Windows Media Player.

08-03-12

The wait is finally over as official .ISO DVD image file links for Microsoft Windows 8 Developer Preview Build is now available for public downloading (as posted at the end of this post), to get started with the new operating system user will require a minimum hardware specs of - 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor, min. one Gigabyte RAM , 16 GB available hard disk space, DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver.

A complete list of final major features and images with direct download links posted after the jump.

Microsoft Windows 8 M1 Build 6.1.7850 got leaked for public downloading but if you don't want to mess-up with a pre-build version of the future OS and still want to see what's in here is a video demonstration of "Windows 8 Build 7955". The video shows the new logon process and the metro design language.