I did that to no avail. I used a powered USB hub (not Dell's, but Anker's) and hooked up a Dell keyboard and the Windows recovery USB flash drive, 32-bit). The tablet doesn't respond so that I can continue the Win 10 install.

Separately, I also copied the Windows 10 recovery files to a mini SD drive. I tried to change the BIOS so that it would boot to the mini SD drive,but it did not recognize the SD drive.

I believe I used the right adapter, but not entirely sure. Here's the link to what I used -

www.amazon.com/.../ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00

It's an Anker Ultra Slim 4-Port USB 3.0 Data Hub with 12W Power Adapter / USB Wall Charger.

I downloaded Rufus and NTLite and will give this a shot and report back. Thank you.

I downloaded the iso file, 32 bit, for win 8.1 pro. I chose the iso file, not the file that boots from a USB stick. The win 8.1 pro iso did contain the boot.wim file, which I copied to another directory. But there isn't an install.wim file. The install files I found were install.esd, install.exe, installprep.exe, and installeventres.dll.

I also downloaded 32-bit iso files for win 8 and win 10. These did not have install.wim file as well.

Not sure how to proceed now.

Also, I didn't find the Z3700 driver pack on Dell's web site. But I did find the Intel Atom Z3000 chipset driver for my Dell Venue 8 Pro (model 5830). Is that it?

I did get the post yesterday and bought the Ugreen micro OTG. It arrives tomorrow.

Sorry, the new adapter didn't work. It's the same issue: Windows Setup  is found, but the touchscreen is disabled. I connected a Dell USB keyboard to the powered hub, but was unable to advance the screen by hitting "Next" or capital "N." See above post from Xavalon. I followed his instructions because he indicated there is a way to embed the driver so that the touchscreen loads along with Windows at the same time. However, I couldn't find one of the Windows files (install.wim) and the Z3700 driver pack on Dell's site for my Venue 8 Pro. I left him some questions but haven't heard back. I'm not sure why Dell doesn't make the Windows recovery/driver set available any longer to its customers on a flash drive.

Just to let you know that the new adapter didn't work. I did respond Dec. 31, but it was never posted. I remain having the same issue -- the touchscreen is disabled and I am unable to advance the the new installation of Win 10 by clicking/touching Next. There was a promising post on Dec. 27 by Xavalon, but I hit two hurdles finding the files/drivers that he specified. I posted a note above to him, but haven't heard back, understandably, perhaps, because of the holidays.

You'll need to connect a usb hub and use a wired mouse or keyboard.

And did you connect the hub to the tablet using a USB OTG adapter/cable adapter?  Needed--a direct USB connection without the OTG tech. built into the USB OTG adapter will not work.