While powering up, depending on your laptop, you should tap either the ESC or F2 or F8 or F10 or Del key in order to get into BIOS. If you’re working with a bootable USB installer plug it into an available USB port.ĥ. If you don’t have access to an optical drive, you will need to create a bootable USB installation disc. Insert your Windows installation disc into your optical drive. If you’re in possession of a Windows 8 CD with an activation/license key, skip to step 2.ģ. You should be able to find Windows 8 Pro from the locations mentioned prior.

Since you can’t source Windows 8 off the internet via a download site, it’s advised to purchase an old version of Windows 8 either from your local tech store or from Amazon. If you want to avail touch sensitive operations, your laptop should have a touch sensitive screen.ġ. Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver Hard disk space: 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with support for PAE, NX, and SSE2 Please keep in mind though that your DOS powered laptop meets the minimum hardware requirements to install the OS.

If you find yourself owning a laptop based on DOS and wish to install Windows 8 on it, this tutorial will show you can move forward.