Create a bootable USB drive for Windows [duplicate]

Question

I'm trying to make a bootable USB for Windows 7 in Ubuntu (14.04) any ideas on how to do this? I've been searching but all of the other questions are talking about creating an Ubuntu USB. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You can use WinUSB, a program especially created for that, you just input your ISO and specify a USB or CD device to output on. Older versions of UNetbootin also support this, but newer versions don't.

Answer 2

1) make one partition, format as NTFS & mark bootable
2) write boot sector (ms-sys -7)
3) mount and copy all the files from the iso

Details on how to do the three steps
http://www.webupd8.org/2010/10/create-bootable-windows-7-usb-drive.html https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=163574

Answer 3

I haven't tried this, but you could run the 'startup disk creator' in Ubuntu, and use your Windows iso for the input file.

Alternatively, and this is a longer work around, you could use your Windows ISO to create a virtual machine in Ubuntu, and from the virtual machine use Windows applications to create the USB.

Answer 4

To create Bootable for windows 7 install unetbootin:-

click here to download unetbootin: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

You can even download from Ubuntu Software Center. Just search 'unetbootin'.

Visit here for detailed information:- http://www.webupd8.org/2010/10/create-bootable-windows-7-usb-drive.html

Answer 5

I assume you want to create a live USB like you can do with Ubuntu and friends.

you can use any Virtual Machine,format your USB drive to NTFS,mount your USB drive to the virtual machine as a HDD,install it you your USB from the virtual machine

Cheers :)

P.S. : You need at least 16 GB of USB drive.