How to burn iso image with Windows 8 Consumer Preview to USB memory stick on Mac OS X

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I want to install the Windows 8 Consumer Preview on my netbook Samsung NB30. The netbook doesn't have a CD or DVD drive, so I want to burn the image to a USB memory stick. I only have Mac OS X machines at home currently, so I've tried to use the Disk Utility and the restore function, but it fails with a 'cannot validate source' error message.

Any idea how to put the ISO on USB stick using Mac?

possible duplicate of [How do I burn an ISO on a USB drive on Mac OS X?](http://superuser.com/questions/63654/how-do-i-burn-an-iso-on-a-usb-drive-on-mac-os-x) — Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007, Mar 24 '12 at 17:34

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 04 '12 at 01:24

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This windows tool should get the job done.

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answered Mar 04 '12 at 01:24

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Thanks, I managed to run the tool in Windows 7 virtual machine and it did the job for me. – piokuc Mar 04 '12 at 17:31
This method is recommended by the Windows 8 download page. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/windows-8/iso – Daniel Jun 03 '12 at 06:59
@Daniel your link refers to the same tool I linked to. – Moab Jun 03 '12 at 17:22
The point was Microsoft recommends this method. – Daniel Jun 09 '12 at 14:18
Tool is hosted at the Microsoft store with instructions from Microsoft, what more of a recommendation does one need. – Moab Jun 09 '12 at 15:09

How to burn iso image with Windows 8 Consumer Preview to USB memory stick on Mac OS X

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