Windows 8 has the ability to create a bootable USB flash recovery drive that can be used to troubleshoot a Windows 8 computer that is unable to start.

Therefore, it is suggested that you create the bootable Windows System Repair disc, which you can boot off of to access these troubleshooting and recovery tools when you need them.

Need installation media to reinstall Windows? Here's how to create a bootable CD, USB, or DVD with an ISO from scratch!

How-to: Create a bootable Windows 8 USB flash drive Bootable USB flash drives are far more convenient than DVD discs. Written by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Senior Contributing Editor ...

To create a Windows image from a retail disc, just put the Windows 8 retail disc in the drive. Open the root folder of the DVD and copy all of the files on the disc to a folder on your hard drive.

But Windows 8 does offer a “mobile” alternative that may at least pique business and tech support users' curiosity: Windows to Go, an installation of Windows 8 that boots from a USB thumb drive.

One of the convenient features in early versions of Windows (yes, Windows) was the ability to easily create an MS-DOS boot disk out of any floppy disk, which could then be used to troubleshoot ...