{"id":1743,"date":"2024-01-07T13:48:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T13:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/?p=1743"},"modified":"2024-01-07T21:37:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T21:37:51","slug":"create-windows-10-bootable-usb-woeusb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/create-windows-10-bootable-usb-woeusb\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make Bootable Windows 10\/11 USB with WoeUSB (Linux)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1744 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Create-Bootable-Windows-10-USB-With-WoeUSB-on-Linux.jpg\" alt=\"How To Make Bootable Windows 10\/11 USB with WoeUSB (Linux)\" width=\"918\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Create-Bootable-Windows-10-USB-With-WoeUSB-on-Linux.jpg 918w, https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Create-Bootable-Windows-10-USB-With-WoeUSB-on-Linux-300x89.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Create-Bootable-Windows-10-USB-With-WoeUSB-on-Linux-768x228.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Create-Bootable-Windows-10-USB-With-WoeUSB-on-Linux-150x44.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Create-Bootable-Windows-10-USB-With-WoeUSB-on-Linux-696x206.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 918px) 100vw, 918px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is a tool that is used to <strong>create a bootable Windows 10 USB drive on Linux<\/strong> and is CLI-based known as <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/slacka\/WoeUSB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WoeUSB<\/a>. This is under active development and a graphic user interface known as <strong>WoeUSB-frontend-wxgtk<\/strong> which at the moment is not maintained.<\/p>\n<p>An independent Python port known as WoeUSB-ng is also available and maintained actively. This supports the creation of a bootable Windows USB from Linux with support for both UEFI booting and Legacy PC. Its filesystem can be FAT32 or NTFS, whereas the source can be a disk image or a physical installation disk. The best thing is that it supports non-ASCII filenames.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" 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title=\"Fedora\">Fedora<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/create-windows-10-bootable-usb-woeusb\/#Arch_Linux_Manjaro_Ubuntu\" title=\"Arch Linux \/ Manjaro \/ Ubuntu\">Arch Linux \/ Manjaro \/ Ubuntu<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/create-windows-10-bootable-usb-woeusb\/#Guide_Creating_Bootable_Windows_10_and_Windows_11_USB_with_WoeUSB\" title=\"(Guide) Creating Bootable Windows 10 and Windows 11 USB with WoeUSB\">(Guide) Creating Bootable Windows 10 and Windows 11 USB with WoeUSB<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/create-windows-10-bootable-usb-woeusb\/#Using_Device_Mode_Easy\" title=\"Using Device Mode (Easy)\">Using Device Mode (Easy)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/create-windows-10-bootable-usb-woeusb\/#Summary\" title=\"Summary\">Summary<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_To_Install_WoeUSB_Tool_on_Linux_Distros\"><\/span><strong>How To Install WoeUSB Tool on Linux Distros<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1748 \" src=\"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Install-WoeUSB-Tool.jpg\" alt=\"Install WoeUSB Tool\" width=\"312\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Install-WoeUSB-Tool.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Install-WoeUSB-Tool-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>It has the following dependencies:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Bash &gt;= 4.3.<\/li>\n<li>Coreutils<\/li>\n<li>Util-linux.<\/li>\n<li>Grep and Gawk.<\/li>\n<li>Find utilities.<\/li>\n<li>Parted<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>p7zip is an optional dependency required like when Windows 7 installation media does not ship with the USEFI bootloader in the proper location.<\/p>\n<p>Now, on Debian, Ubuntu, and Linux distributions on such as Pop!_OS, Linus Mint, Zorin Operating System and many others you can install these by using:<\/p>\n<pre><code>sudo apt install coreutils util-linux gawk parted wget p7zip\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fedora\"><\/span><strong>Fedora<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<pre><code>sudo dnf install coreutils util-linux gawk parted wget p7zip\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Arch_Linux_Manjaro_Ubuntu\"><\/span><strong>Arch Linux \/ Manjaro \/ Ubuntu<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<pre><code>sudo pacman -S coreutils util-linux gawk parted wget p7zip\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>User can now install the new command line somewhere in their PATH (commands below download them, install it to <em>\/usr\/local\/bin<\/em>)<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<pre><code>wget https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/WoeUSB\/WoeUSB\/master\/sbin\/woeusb -O \/tmp\/woeusb<\/code><\/pre>\n<pre><code>sudo install \/tmp\/woeusb \/usr\/local\/bin\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong>Bootiso<\/strong> is yet another tool for creating bootable USB drives from Linux.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO TRY<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/which-ubuntu-version-is-best\/\">Which is the most Stable Ubuntu Version.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Guide_Creating_Bootable_Windows_10_and_Windows_11_USB_with_WoeUSB\"><\/span><strong>(Guide) Creating Bootable Windows 10 and Windows 11 USB with WoeUSB<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In the first step, you need to plug the USB stick you wish to create installation into your system. wait for some time, use the following command line to list all disks which are connected to your system, including the drive:<\/p>\n<pre><code>Sudo parted -1\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong>Following is an example of a command showing a drive attached to my PC:<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><code>Model:\u00a0 USB DISK 3.0 Pro (iscsi)\r\nDisk \/dev\/sda: 31.0GB\r\nSector size (logical\/physical): 512B\/512B\r\nPartition Table: msdos\r\nDisk Flags:\r\nNumber\u00a0 Start\u00a0 \u00a0End\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Size\u00a0 \u00a0 Type\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0File system\u00a0 Flags\r\n1\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1024kB\u00a0 91.0GB\u00a0 40.2GB\u00a0 primary\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0boot\r\n2\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 56.0GB\u00a0 89.0GB\u00a0 60.3MB\u00a0 primary\u00a0 fat16\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 esp\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Now, in the above example output, you can see the USB device name by looking under the Disk, so in this case, it is \/dev\/sdd. Partitions are listed below the disk flags, so in this, you can see 2 partitions: 1 and 2 (since the name of the device is \/dev\/sdd, partitions are \/dev\/sdd3 and \/dev\/sdd4.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>After this, you need to unmount any mounted drive partitions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If the drive you have inserted was mounted then unmount it before proceeding by using:<\/p>\n<pre><code>sudo unmount \/dev\/sdXN\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Then create bootable windows drive from Linux using WoeUSB.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In two ways this can be done. The device creation method is used to wipe the entire storage device completely, after this you can build one from scratch. This method copies the ISO files to a partition on a USB device and then makes it bootable, only overwriting files that exist already under the same name on.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO TRY:\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/download-and-install-chrome-on-ubuntu-18-04-20-04\/\">Install Latest Version of Google Chrome on Ubuntu 20.04.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Using_Device_Mode_Easy\"><\/span><strong>Using Device Mode (Easy)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Use the following command:<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><code>sudo woeusb --device &lt;\/path\/to\/Windows.iso&gt; \/dev\/sdX --target-filesystem ntfs\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong>What you need to know about the syntax:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 &#8211;device<\/strong> specifies the creation mode of the device, \u201cdevice\u201d in such a case.<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 \/path\/to\/windows.iso<\/strong> \u2013replace this with a path toward the images you wish to use for bootable USB media creation.<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 \/dev\/sdX<\/strong> is the found under step 1 (like \/dev\/sdd)<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 &#8211;target-filesystem ntfs<\/strong> specifies to use this as the target filesystem, despite default FAT32. Now, without this, you shall get an error in most cases that would say that the source image has been exceeded FAT32 4GiB file size limitation, like this: Error: File.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1749 \" src=\"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Make-Windows-10-Bootable-USB-on-Linux.jpg\" alt=\"Make Windows 10 Bootable USB on Linux\" width=\"430\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Make-Windows-10-Bootable-USB-on-Linux.jpg 259w, https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Make-Windows-10-Bootable-USB-on-Linux-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Make-Windows-10-Bootable-USB-on-Linux-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Make-Windows-10-Bootable-USB-on-Linux-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;\/<strong>media\/woeusb_source_\/sources\/install.wim<\/strong>&#8221; in source image has exceeded the FAT32 Filesystem 4GiB Single File Size Limitation and cannot be installed. You must specify a different &#8211;target-filesystem.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In this section:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8211;partition<\/strong> is used to specify to use its partition mode, which is used to copy the windows ISO files to an existing partition of a storage device and make it bootable, only overwrite files which exist under the same name of the USB already.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\/path\/to\/windows.iso<\/strong> \u2013replace this with the path toward the ISO you wish to use for the bootable USB media creation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\/dev\/sdXN<\/strong> is a device partition to which users want to copy the files. They can find this by using <em>sudo parted -1, <\/em>explained above.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We are not specifying the type of partition target filesystem when using this in such a mode, as this only copies them to a partition on the USB stick; therefore, it is already supposed to be NTFS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: Double-click the device and partition correctly<\/strong>\u00a0before running the command; all data on it shall be lost!<\/p>\n<p>For more options such as specifying your label for the filesystem which has been created newly, applying a workaround for a BIOS bug that shall not include the device there in the boot menu if no partition has a boot flag toggles and more, you can see the app help (woeusb \u2013help).<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1750 \" src=\"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WoeUSB-Guide.jpg\" alt=\"WoeUSB Guide finished\" width=\"611\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WoeUSB-Guide.jpg 365w, https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WoeUSB-Guide-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WoeUSB-Guide-150x57.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO TRY:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/fix-add-apt-repository-command-not-found-ubuntu-debian\/\">Add Apt Repository Command Not Found Finally Solved.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Summary\"><\/span><strong>Summary<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This was all for it! You should now be able to create a Windows 10\/11 bootable USB using WoeUSB tool on Ubuntu, Debian, or CentOS! This method has worked on all types and brands of pen drives, none have yet failed on me including SanDisk, Kingston, or HP ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a tool that is used to create a bootable Windows 10 USB drive on Linux and is CLI-based known as WoeUSB. This is under active development and a graphic user interface known as WoeUSB-frontend-wxgtk which at the moment is not maintained. An independent Python port known as WoeUSB-ng is also available and maintained [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,24,76,5,484],"tags":[278,701,279],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dekisoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}