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antares

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Registered: 2019-01-24

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How to create bootable usb stick with windows 10 on q4os Scorpion ?

How to create bootable usb stick with windows 10 on q4os Scorpion ?
Windows os must be reinstalled on hard drive
Can anyone help with explanation?
regards

Last edited by antares (2020-08-16 18:30)

Tolkem

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Registered: 2019-10-06

Posts: 487

Re: How to create bootable usb stick with windows 10 on q4os Scorpion ?

How to create bootable usb stick with windows 10 on q4os Scorpion ?
Windows os must be reinstalled on hard drive
Can anyone help with explanation?
regards

Depending on whether the Windows' source is an .iso file or DVD, the procedure for creating a Windows USB install media in Linux will slightly differ:

If an iso:

1. - Open a terminal and type

sudo mkdir /mnt/loop

hit Enter type in your password when asked, hit Enter again.
2. - Mount the Windows.iso file to the dir just created in /mnt

sudo mount -o loop /path/to/windows.iso /mnt/loop

hit Enter
3. - Open a file manager, navigate to /mnt/loop, select all of the Windows files in it and hit Ctrl + c to copy or right-click on an blank space and from the context menu select copy
4. - Open your USB stick in a new window or tab and hit Ctrl + v to paste the files or right-click on a blank space and from the context menu select paste
5. - Wait for the copy/paste process to finish and unplug your USB stick once it does.
6. - umount Windows.iso

sudo umount -R /mnt

7. Reboot your PC,enter your BIOS settings and change the boot priority device by selecting your USB stick, save your changes and boot into Windows USB install media.

If a DVD:

Insert it in the CD/DVD reader/writer, open it in a file manager, plug your USB stick in and copy the contents of the Windows DVD onto it. Reboot your PC and follow step 7 as explained above in the .iso method.

I've used this method when need to create a Windows install media and has never failed. However, the USB device must be larger than 4GB, at least 8GB so you get no errors regarding space, otherwise the process will fail.

Hope this helps!

Midas

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Registered: 2017-12-15

Posts: 191

Re: How to create bootable usb stick with windows 10 on q4os Scorpion ?

How to create bootable usb stick with windows 10 on q4os Scorpion?

If you by Windows 10 you mean a Windows SETUP disk, new-comer Ventoy (see https://ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html for instructions) can do it real easy.