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Currently I have Ubuntu 19.10 installed on my PC. I got 3 drives:

1) 256 GB SSD - Ubuntu 19.10

2) 1 TB HDD - My Data

3) 240 GB SSD - New and empty

I bought dirve no. 3 because I need (unfortunately) windows 10 to run some software that won't work on linux. The idea was to create a dual boot system.

I flashed a win10.iso via win32diskimager (on my laptop) to a USB drive and tried to boot from it. Unfortunately it doesn't boot from it, but it boots into ubuntu. What could I be doing wrong?

TMaddox
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  • You don't say, but did you set your bios to boot from USB first? Does the USB boot if used in the laptop? It is good to check simple things first. – crip659 Mar 29 '20 at 13:53
  • @crip659, I select boot from USB at startup in my bios manually – TMaddox Mar 29 '20 at 13:55
  • Would seem like PC not reading USB as bootable, would check if booting in laptop, if not, make new image using another program. – crip659 Mar 29 '20 at 14:03
  • win32diskimager is a cloning tool, but cloning does not make a working boot drive from a Windows iso file. Try 1. the brand new mkusb-plug or 2. the classic woeusb in text mode. – sudodus Mar 29 '20 at 14:20
  • If you want to create the Windows installer in a Windows computer, I think it will work well to use Rufus – sudodus Mar 29 '20 at 14:38
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    Using the windows 10 installation media creator from microsoft did the trick. I think @sudodus is correct, win32diskimager didn't create a bootable usb stick. (althrough I always use win32diskimager to flash images like ubuntu, raspbian, .... and never had a problem) – TMaddox Mar 29 '20 at 16:39
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    You are right. Most (but not all) Linux distros provide iso files, that are treated with isohybrid (they are hybrid iso files). This means that they will work when burned to DVD disks and when cloned to USB pendrives and memory cards. – sudodus Mar 29 '20 at 19:36

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