I am using linux is why i posted this here
I have tried every single guide i could find.
it wont work.
I am trying to make a bootable win10 usb so i can install it on an old laptop to update a piece of equipment that requires windows.
It’s been hours and hours of my time I never imagined this could burn a whole afternooon…
I treid this one
GNOME Disks provides an intuitive graphical interface to manage storage drives. It comes pre-installed on popular Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Fedora and Debian. If Disks is already available on your system, simply launch it and jump to Step 4.
TIP: If GNOME Disks is not installed, use your distribution‘s package manager to install. For example, on Ubuntu/Debian run: sudo apt install gnome-disks
Insert your USB drive and launch GNOME Disks.
In the sidebar, click your flash drive‘s entry (check the size to verify)
Select USB in Disks sidebar
Click the menu icon next to the drive name and select "Format Disk" from the context menu.
Format disk menu option
Confirm your selection in the prompt and click "Format" in the dialog after setting "(MBR/DOS)" for the new partition table. This will completely erase all data on the drive.
Format disk confirmation prompt
Wait for formatting to complete. Then click the "+" button to create a new partition.
Create partition button
In the "Create Partition" dialog, set capacity and partition type as NTFS.
Set partition details
Open your Windows 10 ISO image file, right click the icon, and select "Open With Disk Image Mounter". This will mount it as a virtual drive.
Open the newly mounted drive, select all files/folders, copy them over to your flash drive partition you just formatted.
Copy Windows ISO contents
After the copy completes, right click the USB partition and eject it safely. The drive is now ready to be used for installing or repairing Windows.
The GNOME Disks utility provides an easy graphical way to format drives and configure partitions. But if you‘re looking for advanced storage management, GParted is an excellent choice. Let‘s see how to create Windows 10 media with it.
I tried several other ones too I tried restoring disk image like i do with linux iso and NOTHING IS WORKING IT JUST WONT WORK MAN…
what am i doing wrong???
I honestly should never have removed windows from it. I knew I would need that pos OS at some point for something and they seriously make it harder than anything i have ever installed ever, to install on a computer. I don;'t get it man. It’s ruining my entire day.
Is it normal to have to be running this as superuser?
Man I can not believe Microsoft makes it this fucking difficult to make a bootable usb. It is honestly insane
Yes, unfortunately. You might be able to use it as a normal user if you are a member of the ‘disk’ group, but its not consistent and it may still actually need root to do all the loopback setup and so forth that you need to make the Windows install ISO sane.
Yes, you need root to write to a disk device. The tool needs to create completely new partitions so Windows works.
Microsoft comes preinstalled on most computers and their Creation Tool works ok. I don’t think they care for the rest.