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I have been trying with numerous methods to install Windows 7 alongside my 14.04 Ubuntu installation (64bit) which has a UEFI boot system, but none of the methods have worked yet.Here are some of the methods oI have tried:

1 - I made a bootable USB using the Windows7 USB-DVD tool on a Windows machine (everything seemed to work fine during creation), but when I go to load it, my machine boots right into ubuntu. I then went into GParted on Ubuntu and assigned a BOOT flag to the USB drive, but this didnt help. Windows installer just wont boot.

2 - I also tried using Unetbootin from my Mac machine, and all seemed well during the creation of the installer, but that would not boot either.

3 - I have also tried using WinUSB for Ubuntu, however I am getting a 512 error. While researching this error I read that "WinUSB only creates MBR bootable USB drives. If you want to install Windows in EFI mode a different method should be used".

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As you said in the comments, use Rufus on Windows and it will work like a charm.

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  • there was a major issue with this, that being that RUFUS would not let me choose MBR, so I was forced to use GPT which is different form my UEFI, and caused all kinds of havok with booting to windows. I was able to install Windows, but not able to get it to boot without having to have a USB stick attached.
    – Kalamalka Kid
    May 27, 2016 at 8:17
  • You can also try using Etcher at etcher.io which is dead simple and might work for you.
    – user484158
    Sep 27, 2016 at 19:34

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