How to create a Windows 10 bootable USB on Linux

You all know very well how to create bootable Windows 10 media on computers running the Windows operating system. In this article, we will show you the procedure for creating a bootable Windows 10 CD / USB on computers running the Linux operating system.

The well-known process of creating a bootable Windows 10 CD / USB using the Media Creation Tool (MCT) only works under the Microsoft Windows 10 operating system. Therefore, it is necessary to show you how to perform the same action on a Linux machine.

Some might ask if this tutorial is really necessary. The answer to this question is yes. This procedure for creating bootable Windows 10 media on a Linux machine will be useful if, for example, your Windows 10 production machine is packed and you need to set up another machine on the fly – but the machines you currently have access to are all compatible. Linux machines on which you can not create Windows 10 bootable media in the usual way. It is therefore a valuable technical know-how that you should have in your kit.

Make a Windows 10 USB bootable under Linux

To successfully create a Windows 10 bootable USB drive in Linux, you need the following:

• A USB flash drive
• A computer running Linux
• Windows 10 ISO
• WoeUSB, a simple tool that allows you to create your own Windows installer from an ISO image or a real DVD.

Note: If you boot into legacy mode (BIOS) and this procedure does not work, use the ISO image that you downloaded instead of creating a bootable USB flash drive, then burn it to a DVD, and then start the machine Windows 10 after you have made sure to configure your BIOS to boot it from the DVD drive first.

1) You must first install WoeUSB

If you are on Ubuntu or a distribution based on Ubuntu such as Linux Mint, add the PPA first using the command below:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8

If you receive a message that "add-apt-repository " could not be found, proceed with the installation with the command below:

sudo apt install software-properties-common

Then restart the procedure above "add-apt-repository"Order again.

In case the next one "apt install woeusb"Command does not work because it can not find the package, do it manually, with the command below:

sudo apt update

Then install WoeUSB with this command:

sudo apt install woeusb

Sure Felt, install with the command:

dnf install WoeUSB

Sure OpenSUSEyou can get WoeUSB from right here.

2) Create the bootable USB key

Plug in your USB drive and launch the WoeUSB GUI from the launch menu. If you can not find it, call it with this command:

woeusbgui & disown

If your USB device contains a file system, it will be automatically mounted by the operating system. Open your file browser and unmount it by clicking on the eject arrow next to it.

Now select the field under From a disk image (iso) and navigate to the location where you downloaded the Windows ISO image.

Then, under File system select the radio button to NTFS.

Finally, under Target device Click on your USB device.

Click Install and wait for the process to complete. Do not close the application or remove the USB device until you have received the message that the operation completed successfully.

And this is how you can create a Windows 10 bootable USB stick on a Linux computer.