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jt1122

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Registered: 2021-03-26

Posts: 251

Creating a bootable Windows 10 USB

Hi,

This isn't a strictly XFCE question but maybe someone here could help.

I'm trying to create a bootable Windows 10 installation USB on Debian 12 (actually SparkyLinux rolling which is a derivative).

I've downloaded the iso file from MS.

Followed this: https://shrtn.escalar.pt/Knbm :
created an NTFS primary partition on the usb
mounted the iso + usb
rsynec the iso contents to the usb
did

 ms-sys -7 /dev/sdc ; sync 

and unmounted the usb.

Booting the PC with the usb inserted I get "Disk is not bootable".

Any solutions?

Thanks

eriefisher

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From: ON, Canada

Registered: 2008-10-25

Posts: 547

Re: Creating a bootable Windows 10 USB

The instructions you provide in the link are extremely old and ms-sys seems to also be very old and unsupported. There is a link at the bottom of that page that has some more current instructions. Have you looked there?

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/create-a- … -in-linux/

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ajgringo619

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Registered: 2024-06-09

Posts: 4

Re: Creating a bootable Windows 10 USB

I've had really good luck with Ventoy: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy. Makes adding bootable ISOs as simple as copying the file.

mint4all

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From: off the map

Registered: 2018-08-21

Posts: 285

Re: Creating a bootable Windows 10 USB

Greetings!

Though I have no need/use for this procedure, here is the link to a pretty good discussion for creating a windows-bootable thumb drive, @ https://itsfoss.com/bootable-windows-usb-linux/

Cheers, m4a

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