![]() Note: From my experience working with Linux systems, never remove/unplug your USB drive from your PC without ejecting it from the file manager first. You might get an error like “Do not unplug the drive until the write process has finished.” Please wait for a while until you see the notification, “can be safely removed.” Eject USB Drive Do this by right-clicking on the drive and clicking the eject option. Once done, you can proceed to eject your PC from the file manager. You can use the shortcuts Ctrl + A to select everything, Ctrl + C to copy, and Ctrl + V to paste the files to the USB drive. Click on the mounted Windows ISO and copy all the contents to the USB drive. For some, you might need to click on “Other Locations” to see the mounted Windows ISO. The Windows ISO file will be mounted as a drive, and you can find it on the left side of the file manager. Right-click on it and select the option “Open with Disk Image Mounter.” Disk Image Mounter Launch the File Manager and navigate to the directory containing your Windows ISO file. Create a bootable Windows USB with Disk Image Mounter Let’s now look at the various methods you can use to create a bootable USB drive of Windows on Linux. Once done, click on the Green tick at the top to apply the changes. You will see the unmount option when you right-click on the USB. If you don’t see these options (or they are greyed out), you might need to unmount your USB drive first. Right-click on your USB drive and select the Format option. Select your USB drive from the drop-down menu at the top-left corner. You will, therefore, be required to enter your Root password. Once you have successfully installed GParted, proceed to launch it from the applications menu or execute the command GParted on the Terminal. To install Gparted, execute any of the commands below depending on your distribution. It creates, resize, and move partitions, format and also create partition tables. Gparted is a free Disk manager utility available for most Linux distributions. Once the format process complete, you can now create a bootable USB drive of Windows. You will see a warning – “all data on the volume will be lost.” You can also see the configurations below. That is because the FAT file system only supports a maximum file size of 4GB for any file more extensive than 4GB, use exFAT or NTFS. However, if it’s bigger than that, use the NTFS option as I have done on the image below. Note: If your Windows ISO file is less than 4GB, you can select the FAT option. Enter the Volume Name (can be any) and select the file format you want to use. A window will pop-up listing several options. Select the first option, which is ‘Format.’ Open Settings With your USB selected, click on the Settings button (represented with a gear icon). From the image below, you can see I have my 8GB USB drive selected. The Disk Utility window will open, listing all the available Hard drives and USB drives connected to your PC. Insert/Plug your USB drive and launch the Disks utility from the applications menu. ![]()
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