Create a bootable USB from a bootable DVD

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@how0909,

  1. The most reliable and hassle-free way of making Windows install USB flash drive from an ISO I’ve found is using Rufus under Windows (on another machine under Windows, for example).

    https://rufus.ie/

  2. There’s also official windows program to do the same:

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool

    I’ve used it to create Windows 7 bootable DVD, but had trouble with Win10.

  3. Just for the broadening our perspectives, so to say, I’m quite sure I’ve used this recipe once successfully:

    linux - Fedora: Create windows 8.1 bootable USB - Super User

    I don’t think it’ll work with win7 though (but again, I’m not sure). I think it works with UEFI boot only (that’s why just unpacking files on a fat32 partition is enough, as suggested). Also I think it worked with earlier Win10 version for me, but a later one had an installation file more that 4 GB in size – and that couldn’t be written to or read from a fat32 partition. Again, not 100% sure, as I’ve tried it quite some time ago.

  4. Here’s another guide – with more details/explanations along the similar lines but using ntfs partition instead of fat32 one, and I think it’s good for BIOS boot. I haven’t tried / verified this one myself.

    Create a Bootable Windows 7 or 10 USB Drive in Linux

  5. I’ve tried WoeUSB myself – right now – and it created a Win7 USB for me without any errors. Moreover, I’ve tested it, and it booted successfully in BIOS mode.

    We can try to troubleshoot it erroring out in your case – if you want. I think)

    It also has it’s own github repo:

    GitHub - slacka/WoeUSB: WoeUSB is a simple tool that enable you to create your own usb stick windows installer from an iso image or a real DVD. It is a fork of Congelli501's WinUSB.

    And there’s a wiki there too, although I haven’t seen you particular error there (but I wasn’t very thorough, just looked briefly).

    One bit of useful information from the wiki regading hybrid iso discussion above:

    Why Not Just Using dd or cp ?

    Windows Installation Disk Images aren’t Hybrid ISOs , thus they won’t make USB storage bootable if it is rawly-written.

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