Linux: bootable USB with Windows, without tools

Creating one with Windows it's a game…. on Windows. This is because as a Windows user, there are many great USB creation tools. So downloading an ISO copy of Windows and burning it to a USB for installation can be done in minutes.bootable USB

What if you try to create a bootable USB with Windows on a Linux distribution? All the traditional USB imaging tools on the Linux platform (even the good ones like the Etcher) can not create a bootable Windows USB. This leaves users who use Windows and Linux by chance.

Below we will see a very easy way to create a bootable USB with Windows, without using anything extra .

Yes we will create a working bootable USB with only the tools included in all distributions. For those who don't do well with it , we will explain how they can do the same process with gparted.

First, add the USB to the port:

Open the terminal and:

sudo umount / dev / sdb (the last letter b may change on your system) for its umount

Let's format the flash in Fat32 with the command:

sudo mkfs.msdos -F 32 / dev / sdb1

The command requires creating a partition msdos in Fat32 format.

To do the same with gparted, run the application, do umount USB and from the menu - Device - Create Partition Table

Select msdos and click Apply.

Then choose format to FAT 32.

Logically we are ready to create USB.

Open ISO of Windows downloaded with Disk Image Mounter, select all the , copy and paste to the USB we dealt with in the steps above. 

The process

In the above image it seems that I have opened folders as root. I had to do it because I was in MX Linux distribution that does not allow system file replication to ordinary users.

With some other distribution you won't have even if you copy and paste like normal users.

Ready, try booting from USB.

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