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Over the past few weeks, I've been trying to make a Windows installer USB by using WoeUSB/UNetBootin, but when I boot from the USB and click install, I get the error "C:\Sources\install.wim" is not found. So I do a bit of googling I found an answer, the post said that the .iso was corrupted. I download another Windows 10 ISO, reinstall it to the USB, boot from the USB & the error still persists, I tried installing Windows 7/8.1, and they too held errors like "BSOD" & "Format installer to FAT32" and "Media Drivers missing". I even tried to use the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool on a Windows 7 VM, but the USB drivers would not work. Now I am stuck with Linux for now.

Can anyone help me resolve this problem?

Pablo Bianchi
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InfiniteJayz
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Installing Windows using mkusb 12.5.7

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You should now have a USB installer ready to infect your computer with Windows

More Information can be found here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb#Windows_USB_install_drive

C.S.Cameron
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at first windows installation ability depend on putting sources drictory from windows iso to usb root directory. on the second hand you can make usb drive in ubuntu to install windows without any especial tool by 2 alternatives

  1. format the USB drive to ntfs, extract windows 7/8/10/11 iso file to usb drive root and install grub2 to USB drive after mount usb drive in /mnt:

    sudo -i

    grub-install --boot-directory=/mnt/sdx1/boot /dev/sdx #make sure to sellect the right litter to replace with x

add this menu entry to usb drive boot/grub/grub.cfg:

menuentry "Windows installation Environment" --class windows --class os {
    insmod part_msdos
    insmod ntfs
    set root='hd0,msdos1'
    if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
      search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1  55DD0595418E5BFC
    else
      search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 55DD0595418E5BFC
    fi
    parttool ${root} hidden-
    drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
    chainloader +1
}

Replace 55DD0595418E5BFC by your USB drive uuid that can be known from disk utility, save boot/grub/grub.cfg and reboot by your USB drive to install windows.
2. by other way you can extract hbcd pe 64 to usb root and install grub2 but extract install.wim from windows iso file to usb root ,add same menu entry from the first alternative, reboot by USB drive with hbcd and open winnetsetup program which uses install.wim to install windows.

related: Create USB drive contains multi Ubuntu versions, HBCD-PE-64 and multi Windows installation

Talaat Etman
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