How to install windows 8 using bootcamp with no optical drive

Hi,
I have a mac book pro 17" late 2011 with Mountain Lion installed.
I have previously installed a windows 7 using bootcamp without an optical drive by creating an install disk as part of boot camp option.
I still don't have an optical drive.
The other day I removed my Windows 7 since I want to try Windows 8 but when I try using boot camp to install windows 8 it is asking for an optical drive and the option to create an install disk is not available anymore.
Any idea on this issue?
Thanks much

Windows 8: enable Hyper-V, it really helps.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/03/windows-8-on-a-macbook-air-beautiful-and-kinda -broken/
http://www.windows-now.com/blogs/robert/hyper-v-3-0-confirmed-for-windows-8-clie nt.aspx
http://www.windows8update.com/2011/12/06/enabling-hyper-v-in-windows-8/ 
http://huguesval.com/blog/2012/02/installing-windows-7-on-a-mac-without-superdri ve-with-virtualbox/
Disable Windows 8’s Adaptive Brightness to Fix Dark Screen Problems
http://www.howtogeek.com/107173/disable-windows-8s-adaptive-brightness-to-fix-da rk-screen-problems/
It should be straight forward and no different, except you are burning an ISO and that always needs to be done at slowest burn speed for any version of Windows.Otherwise it won't work (even if it manages to install it will fail on restart or some other point).
Windows 8 Release Preview
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/default
https://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/?Redirected=true

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