usb boot on GA-Z87-UD3

Wahsauce

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Hey guys, forgive me if this is the wrong place to post this, its my first time here:

I have just upgraded to:

i5 4670k
GA-z87-UD3
G-Skill DDR3 1600 8GB
Sapphire R9 270x 2gb Toxic Ed

My problem is this, my old dvd/cd drive is IDE, this board doesnt have IDE support, I have plenty of 4GB flash drives, but none big enough for windows, so I created a bootable install of Win8 on my phone SD card, which worked.

I'm using a Win8 iso with a key from work, this is a work PC at home, it's a legitimate install before anyone says anything :).

I cannot boot with my phone connected, I can choose the usb device from the bios boot order, but I just get a boot loop when I try to boot from it.

Any advice on this? Will it even work?

I really exhausted all my funds on the PC so i cant afford a new dvd drive.

thanks heaps for any help you guys can offer :)