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Asked: 2016-06-24 21:58:34 +0800 CST

How to create Win7 bootable usb from within Ubuntu 16.04 [duplicate]

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I know this has been asked before but the majority of the answers given seem to be a bit out of date.

I've tried the gnome disk utility, after reading somewhere in here that it might be as simple as that, I've tried running Rufus through Wine, and I've also tried Unetbootin, which actually got me so far as to boot from my pendrive, but then I got a "Missing Operating System" message flicking on my monitor from top to bottom.

Has anybody actually tested creating a Windows 7 bootable USB from within Ubuntu 16.04. And if so, how do I do it?

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  1. Easiest way is dd from terminal

    sudo dd if=location of Windows image of=/dev/sd#

    Replace # with your usb drive letter, do not enter the partition number, then press enter. MAKE SURE to unmount the usb prior to running dd. When it runs it will look like nothings happening, when it completes it will output how much data was written. Reboot and boot from the usb.

    You can run

    sudo fdisk -l

    To list your drives

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