I used Rufus to create a bootable USB flash drive (Sandisk Extreme USB 3) (I tried GPT and MBR formats), but I get thrown this message when installing Windows 8 from a USB 3 port: A media driver your computer needs is missing. This could be a DVD, USB or Hard disk driver. If you have a CD, DVD, or USB flash drive with the driver on it, please insert it now. Note: If the installation media for Windows is in the DVD drive or on a USB drive, you can safely remove it for this step. I read that this happens if you inatall from a USB 3 port, so I tried changing to a USB 2 port - same thing. I also reformatted and recreated the flash drive to ensure it wasn't a case of data corruption.

Then I tried not using Rufus, and using Disk Management instead. Create new volume, NTFS, then mark as active, and copy the ISO file contents over. This time, it worked - even though I'm installing from a USB 3 port. So what exactly caused the problem in the first place?

Dec 09, 2014 Ini adalah salah satu cara untuk menyelamatkan/recovery data, selain bisa untuk menyelamatkan flashdisk yang minta format Easus Data Recovery Wizzard.

From the above it seems like formatting and creating a bootable flash drive using Rufus is the cause. Yet this does not correspond to the error message which implies that Windows has problems reading the data from the drive. And isn't it supposed to be impossible to install via a USB 3 without loading the drivers?

So how come I was able to do so? The Windows 8 installation media includes USB 3.0 drivers. USB installation media created using alternative utilities, including the, produce a boot configuration which is incompatible with USB 3.0. Media produced using the Install Windows 8 button on the page will also work with USB 3.0, as will media created with the and the using Windows PE 4.0 or newer.

Is there a way to install the drivers during an installation using a USB created with the Windows 8 USB/DVD Download Tool? I am also guessing that installing via a DVD circumvents this issue? Is there a way to install the drivers during an installation using a USB created with the Windows 8 USB/DVD Download Tool? Bentley E39 Service Manual there.

I am also guessing that installing via a DVD circumvents this issue? If you are asking whether the creates media compatible with USB 3.0, the answer is yes. There is no Windows 8 USB/DVD Download Tool, only one for Windows 7, and the media it creates does not support boot from USB 3.0. Another alternative is to manually create the media, follow the steps listed in to create an active partition, then manually copy and paste the files from the ISO into this partition. Because this uses the ISO native files to boot, it is identical to using the DVD, which yes, also supports USB 3.0 during installation. For reference, the commands are: diskpart list disk select disk clean create part pri select part 1 format fs=ntfs quick active exit List disk lists your system's current disks to allow you to discover the drive number or letter of your flash drive.